Results 1,841-1,860 of 2,735 for speaker:Marie Louise O'Donnell
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I reminded the House of that in a different context.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Yes. I propose that to put our minds at rest the Minister, Deputy Alan Kelly, come to the House to answer urgent questions about Irish Water and the impasse to date, as a result of which the people are going crazy.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Yesterday I spoke about Irish Water. Senator Leyden might have been correct that I was somewhat convoluted in my delivery but I will make it simple today. Water forms 60% of our bodies and 60% of everything we eat. It is the only reason we are alive. We cannot live without it. When one establishes a monstrosity like Irish Water, one is not setting up an electricity, telephone or gas...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: No, not today, but I will press it tomorrow.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: No.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I thank the Senator.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Senator Terry Leyden is becoming as convoluted as he accused me of being.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I thank the Senator.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: The Senator is not necessarily my preferred choice, but he is here.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I will attribute that to the Senator.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Convoluted or well written?
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: She is a very qualitative citizen.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: There are loads of people-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: We have. She is a woman called Maíria Cahill. She is a real person called Maíria Cahill.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: I wish to outline a formula for Senators. It is a scrambled egg with a little water. We all know one does not put water into scrambled eggs, but here goes: need improvement - 1.5% to 9% performance related payment with Irish Water; meets expectation - 2.75% to 14%; exceeds expectation - 4% to 17%; far exceeds expectation - 19%. There is need, meet, exceed and far exceed. I invite all...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: My question, and all Senators should put the same question, is whether Irish Water is fit and has the ability to carry out the task of performance-related payment. It is not. The only people who are really competent to carry out that task are the Irish people, and they have decided "No", that there is no need, no meet, no exceed and no far exceed. The only time we should use words such as...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: -----the undrinkable communication and the boiled up fantasy that it is doing a good job. The only job Irish Water is doing is bullying the Irish people into paying for incompetence. My 91 year old mother, a pensioner who has never made a comment in her life about having to pay bills, said to me when we were filling out the application that I could send in the application but she will not...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)
Marie Louise O'Donnell: That the Minister come to the House and explain how he will rectify the monstrosity that is Irish Water. Will somebody second it?