Results 981-1,000 of 2,735 for speaker:Marie Louise O'Donnell
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (6 Apr 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I thank the Chairman. What I heard was very pessimistic. I know the witnesses come here with a tremendous sense of pessimism and foreboding. However, I also heard much creativity and ways out of the problems which they said have been exacerbated and which they are trying to get through. Now they have been halted. I also know and love the area, since my mother is from Omeath near Newry....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (6 Apr 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I was not picking it out. I was just saying that Ms Martin made a comment on it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (6 Apr 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I do not think Ms Martin was listening. I did not say that. I said it was pessimistic, but that it was also full of creativity and imagination. Please do not misquote me.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (6 Apr 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: The witnesses do not need to answer my first question until we get to the end. Are they worried about Brexit? In what way are they worried about Brexit? How will it affect the Special EU Programmes Body's funding? When is the next round? I know it is the PEACE and also INTERREG. The body got €1.6 billion and INTERREG was €1.13 billion. Is that over 15, 20 or 22 years?...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (6 Apr 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Will it be all over then?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (6 Apr 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: No. I am asking whether it is all over after that €500 million allocation. This is what I am trying to find out. In 2020 or 2022, does the SEUPB expect the same amount of money? If not, does it expect the same gift, because of the success of many of the things the body has done in the areas of science, scouts and sports? What happens then?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (6 Apr 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Is that not a major concern? I will leave it at this. Is it not a major concern in the sense that half of the participants will not be in the EU?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (6 Apr 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: That is optimistic.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (6 Apr 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Of course. I am simply trying to get it right in my head.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (6 Apr 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: There is no money to keep them open either.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (6 Apr 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: The Senator across must have very wealthy friends in south County Dublin if the council there can give a job to someone to do the work of applying to Europe for the money. Those responsible should be in a backroom doing it themselves. Anyway, it is an interesting question. It happens all the time. It is like a minefield. Mr. Greer has raised a good question. There has to be the various...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (6 Apr 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: No. I offer my congratulations and may the Special EU Programmes Body keep its great work going. Let me reiterate that we need to know more about it. It is so creative and enterprising from environmental science to young people. We have a lot to learn. It is very indicative that we in the South have not taken on board what is really happening with Brexit and what damage it could do to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Border Counties: Discussion (29 Mar 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I have a question. It is difficult to argue this because one is in the realms of Peter Pan and fantasy all rolled into one. What should we be doing that we are not doing? That is the first question. Today and next week, what should we be doing? Has there ever been a precedent for borders in the middle of the sea because that is what they are suggesting? It is a good suggestion, that one...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Border Counties: Discussion (29 Mar 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I am merely making a comparison.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Border Counties: Discussion (29 Mar 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I am not asking Mr. Sheridan to argue. I am merely making the comparison that he was making.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Border Counties: Discussion (29 Mar 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: But not an all-island-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Border Counties: Discussion (29 Mar 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: It does. It is an interesting concept but it is a difficult one. Can Mr. Sheridan go back about the border at the sea? Will he answer that? Would he also answer is there anything going on that we do not know about, not in a sinister but in a clever way?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Border Counties: Discussion (29 Mar 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I do not mean to create limitations; it was just a platform for hearing what the witnesses have to say. What they are saying is very refreshing and chaotic in its creativity, and they are quite right that we must find ways around the issue. There is cross-Border co-operation even in health, the arts, culture and tourism - and milk. Starting with milk, even if one knew nothing, one could...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Border Counties: Discussion (29 Mar 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: There should be absolutely no technology in here-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Border Counties: Discussion (29 Mar 2017)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: -----bar our mouths.