Results 1,781-1,800 of 2,735 for speaker:Marie Louise O'Donnell
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (4 Dec 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Can I? All right. The Minister of State knows the point I am making. I also asked why the Department of arts, heritage, the islands and the whales was not included in the Supplementary Estimate.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (4 Dec 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: It is not in it.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (4 Dec 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Yes.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (4 Dec 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Okay.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (4 Dec 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: The massive example is that somebody earning €30,000 is paying €175 a month.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (4 Dec 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I wish to share my time with Senator Kelly. I will only speak for two to three minutes.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (4 Dec 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I do not have a great knowledge of finance, barring its language of obfuscation and also what I know because I owe so much to the bank. I want to ask two disparate questions and the Minister may be able either to think about them or answer them. On page A.5 of budget 2015, an outline was provided of the universal social charge, USC. People on incomes of between €0 and €12,000...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Online Learning at University: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Professor MacCraith would probably know my feelings about this. I am not resistant to it. It is highly creative and imaginative and it is something we must do. I agree with everything Deputy Cannon and all the participants said about this. However, in doing this we must always uphold the arts within it. We have decimated them in primary and secondary schools and at third level. They are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Online Learning at University: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Senator Moran is a musician.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Online Learning at University: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Can Professor Mac Craith tell me about this DCU history module? That is not available yet.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Online Learning at University: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Will it be for-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Online Learning at University: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Does Professor Mac Craith think it could be out for 2016?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Online Learning at University: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Professor Savage would fit in well as a politician, then. He would do very well. If he had training, at least.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Online Learning at University: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I disagree with Deputy Cannon. I am delighted we have not got computers in front of us here because we can pay attention with our ears and meet people who are passionate about what they are doing. It is very important that computers do not take over completely and that we are not always looking at them and tapping away. I am a great believer in the human voice and ear and human...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Online Learning at University: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Brilliant.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Online Learning at University: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: We should hear more about the area because when I think of digital learning, I tend to think of mathematics and biomedical studies rather than the arts, music and theatre. It could be a wonderful way of educating and informing people about all the trajectories of digital learning.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Online Learning at University: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I thank the witnesses for the presentation and I particularly welcome Professor Brian Mac Craith who is a colleague and friend of mine. We joined DCU together. He rose up the ranks far faster than I to become a very fine president. I am delighted to see him and a new colleague, Professor Mark Brown, here today. It is not necessary to answer this specifically, but I would like to ask the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Dec 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: No.
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Dec 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I am happy for the Leader to decide when the Minister comes in.
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Dec 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Could Senator Daly produce the proof?