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Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Sinn Féin thinks I have no sense of independence. I am not going to stay and listen to that.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Mar 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I agree with what Senator Norris has said. It is the very fact that he named the cat - entrepreneurship - that has us in trouble. I agree with him that ethos and entrepreneurship is a contradiction in terms. When I think of the word "ethos", I think of the idea of the good and I do not necessarily think of the profit margins for entrepreneurs. One might as well mention the idea of...

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I mean the genius of the arts and how the arts have an impact on all human heartbeats and on all ages. I think it is the naming of cats. One should remove the word "entrepreneurship" and insert the idea improving all aspects of life and assisting in the development of the human being, without naming one or any subject. Is that not what a university is about? One could also insert the term...

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Exactly. I agree with the Senator's amendment. I do not like the idea of promoting an entrepreneurial ethos. I do not like its contradictory element. When I think of the word "ethos", I do not think of entrepreneurial skills.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Yes, I think of ethics.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I also go right back to the lectures on The Idea of a Universityby John Henry Newman and further back to Plato who put forward the idea of the good. The Minister of State needs to change the legislation. With the naming of cats she has placed the matter in a big profit boundary, which is not what a technological university would set out to do at any level.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I agree with what my colleagues said about vulture funds and mortgages. I ask the Leader to bring the Minister for Finance to the House. There is an elephant in the room, namely, the Bank of Scotland (Ireland), which has thousands of mortgages here and it has been fined in England for its seriously unbecoming behaviour. The bank has left this island with our mortgages and we have not seen...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (14 Feb 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: It would be perfectly placed in the intergenerational session in Bealtaine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (14 Feb 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: That is a good point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts and Education: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: I thank the witnesses for their presentations, which was like manna from Heaven and music to my ears. Last week, all female politicians were invited to visit an artist who is doing a large and wonderful portrait in recognition of the 100 years of women getting the vote. Like other Members, I went to meet the artist. I was very taken aback by the fact that, as he did in regard to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts and Education: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Or fail pass maths and pass the exam.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts and Education: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Correct.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts and Education: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: The banks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts and Education: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Yes, they influenced the universities.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts and Education: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Exactly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts and Education: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Disgraceful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts and Education: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: The equilibrium of the subjects is also important. There is no difference between maths and music.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts and Education: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: There is none whatsoever in relation to intellectualisation and all of that. Many of the great businesses take people from the arts because they can think creatively - the very word we are all battering about here. This should be done. A student who wants to pick geography, languages or a subject about which they are passionate should be given extra points. I apologise to the Chairman for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts and Education: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Marie Louise O'Donnell: Representatives of the Arts Council are to Mr. Carney's left and in front of him are those from Creative Ireland.