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Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: That is jolly good of the Senator.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: No. That is about the Molly Maguires.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: It is on at 9.30 tonight.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: Plus ça change.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: One is merry and the other sad.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: Yes, the Brehon law.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: He was not enlightened about the rights of women except in a certain category.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (7 Feb 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business such that Senator Ryan be allowed to conclude and the Minister of State, Deputy Kitt, be allowed ten minutes to reply.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed). (7 Feb 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: That case related to a woman who wanted to marry her brother-in-law.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed). (7 Feb 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: At 10.30 a.m. tomorrow.

Seanad: Domiciliary Care Allowance. (7 Feb 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: I raise the matter of the payment of domiciliary care allowances in County Westmeath. Perhaps this pertains to many other counties but I am dealing with the problems in County Westmeath. Apparently, the position is that domiciliary care allowance claims received in the latter part of 2005 are being assessed and the waiting time for a decision is at least 18 months. Nobody can understand...

Seanad: Domiciliary Care Allowance. (7 Feb 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: People cannot get it.

Seanad: Domiciliary Care Allowance. (7 Feb 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: With the Acting Chairman's permission, I wish to ask a supplementary question. The Minister of State stated that the position of principal medical officer has been filled. Is that correct?

Seanad: Domiciliary Care Allowance. (7 Feb 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: I am aware the Minister of State may be unable to give me the details this evening. However, can his office inform me tomorrow as to when it is anticipated the 18-month backlog will be cleared? The Minister of State has stated he understands this can be backdated. If parents or guardians are found to be eligible for domiciliary care, will it be backdated to the date of application for the...

Seanad: National Development Plan: Motion (7 Feb 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Order for Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: I move: "That Second Stage be taken today."

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: This is very exciting legislation. As the Minister of State was talking I thought about all those centuries ago when clerks would have been bent over desks with very bad light thinking how they would write a Bill, whom it would affect and whether it would be beneficial to the people. I am well aware that the legislators of the time would have been of the elite class and would not have been...

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: I used to be a historian before I became a politician. A Bill like this is exciting and interesting and well worthwhile. They have only begun to make a small inroad into the mess of old legislation. For the first time the Bill gives a comprehensive list of the laws predating Independence. It has two parts — a "white list" of Acts retained and as we are not allowed to mention "black" I...

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: Would Senator Norris have liked that?

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Feb 2007)

Mary O'Rourke: Another Act, the Assise of Arms 1181, forbids Jewish people from owning armour. The only statute which is being partially repealed by this Bill is the Bill of Rights of 1688. It is interesting that there was a Bill of Rights in 1688. Although it discriminated against particular religions, the principle underlying it was fair. Nowadays we have various UN declarations on rights and years of...