Results 1,441-1,460 of 7,123 for speaker:Mary O'Rourke
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: I propose we extend this debate until 5.10 p.m.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Does it involve just the application form?
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: We have all heard such tales.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Why is Fine Gael not showing up in the polls?
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: The Senator must be joking.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: We can belch all we like, give out about the personnel on councils and all the rest, but for the first time since I have been involved in the electoral process, somebody has taken the matter of the electoral register by the scruff of the neck and decided to do something about it. While I might not like how some of it is unfolding owing to the slowness of council officials to believe the...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: No, I did not.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: I did not know the Senator had a problem going around, knocking on doors.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: They are out at night.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: We are talking about the electoral register.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: I am surprised the Senator does not like knocking on doors.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Senator Bannon said he does not like knocking on doors. How awful.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: We would not know where the person is from.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: We would have to track every movement.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: The Senator's party should have been in power then.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: What did the letters state?
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Did the Minister win some money?
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: The Minister likes Senator Bannon. That is good.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Senator Brian Hayes, the Leader of the Opposition, raised the issue dealt with on the "Prime Time Investigates" programme last night. I was home alone and saw the full programme. I am not ashamed to say I cried over it because it brought back memories of a nephew of mine with autism who died many years ago. People with autism, Asperger's syndrome, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder...
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: The programme was about youth mental health. A range of support services are needed in this regard. Many teachers are struggling to deal with those pupils suffering incipient or embryonic attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, Asperger's syndrome or other disorders. A great number of special needs assistants are now working in our classrooms but, notwithstanding this, there are...