Results 6,841-6,860 of 11,812 for speaker:Denis O'Donovan
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)
Denis O'Donovan: I call Senator Kelly. My apologies as he should have been called earlier but he was hiding down there so I did not spot him.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)
Denis O'Donovan: Senator Daly, please, without interruption.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)
Denis O'Donovan: Senator Burke can see that he has set off a bomb again.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)
Denis O'Donovan: I urge Senator Daly to address the Chair.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)
Denis O'Donovan: I advise the Senator that it is inappropriate to talk to another Senator across the floor.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)
Denis O'Donovan: Senator Burke should not draw problems onto me.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)
Denis O'Donovan: Is the Senator looking for a debate?
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)
Denis O'Donovan: Senator Daly, you are here a long time. It is inappropriate to address another Senator. You speak through the Chair or not.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)
Denis O'Donovan: I chastised Senator Burke for interrupting you. You do not have to engage for two minutes with the other Senator. If you have an issue for the Leader, please address it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)
Denis O'Donovan: That is not a matter for the Order of Business.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)
Denis O'Donovan: The Senator is well over the time.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)
Denis O'Donovan: Senator Darragh O'Brien has proposed an amendment to the Order of Business: "That a one hour debate with the Minister for Health to update the House on the proposals to provide free GP care to those under six years and over 70 years of age be taken today." Is the amendment being pressed?
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Planning Issues (24 Mar 2015)
Denis O'Donovan: Although the Cathaoirleach has ruled it is not appropriate to mention names on particular planning matters, it would be fine to give the matters privately to the Minister of State, if he wanted her to investigate it properly, as she may need the extra information.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Public Area Enhancement Scheme (24 Mar 2015)
Denis O'Donovan: One should always follow one's dreams.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (24 Mar 2015)
Denis O'Donovan: That is a very comprehensive response.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (24 Mar 2015)
Denis O'Donovan: I will allow the Senator to ask a supplementary question.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (24 Mar 2015)
Denis O'Donovan: I do not think that needs a response. Both the Minister of State and Senator Bradford have put their cases well. The Senator has asked the Minister of State to bring the issue back to the Minister, as I am sure she will.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: General Practitioner Services (24 Mar 2015)
Denis O'Donovan: I thank the Senator. I think he has made his case. Does the Minister of State wish to respond?
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: General Practitioner Services (24 Mar 2015)
Denis O'Donovan: I have been listening with great attention because the area I represent is probably one of the most remote in Ireland. I know what it is like to try to keep GPs in places like Castletownbere and Schull.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Mar 2015)
Denis O'Donovan: I ask the Leader for an urgent debate on medical card assessments and anomalies in the system. I will briefly mention three cases. Two of the cases concern farmers in receipt of farm assist who are being forced to get an assessment from the Revenue Commissioners because they are not in the tax net. The Revenue Commissioners has told me quite clearly that it does not want to know these...