Results 1,881-1,900 of 7,123 for speaker:Mary O'Rourke
- Seanad: Local Government (Business Improvement Districts) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (29 Jun 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: That is welcome if it is the case but I do not know how that compulsion would work because the scheme is founded on goodwill and the wish to improve one's business, area, village or town. I know a particular part of Athlone that the scheme is well suited for and I hope the people involved will take it up with gusto but I do not know how the compulsion element comes into it. They are compelled...
- Seanad: Local Government (Business Improvement Districts) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (29 Jun 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Jingle jangle.
- Seanad: Local Government (Business Improvement Districts) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (29 Jun 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Yes.
- Seanad: Local Government (Business Improvement Districts) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (29 Jun 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: They are washing themselves.
- Seanad: Local Government (Business Improvement Districts) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (29 Jun 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: I think he came armed with that.
- Seanad: Local Government (Business Improvement Districts) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (29 Jun 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: I was thinking about that.
- Seanad: Local Government (Business Improvement Districts) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (29 Jun 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: We should not count our chickens yet.
- Seanad: Local Government (Business Improvement Districts) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (29 Jun 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Next Tuesday.
- Seanad: Local Government (Business Improvement Districts) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (29 Jun 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.
- Seanad: General Medical Services Scheme. (29 Jun 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Well done.
- Seanad: Health Service Staff. (29 Jun 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Well put. I hope the Minister of State will be as good to Senator Bannon as he was to Senator White.
- Seanad: Health Service Staff. (29 Jun 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: One must not be futile.
- Seanad: Health Service Staff. (29 Jun 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: They will have a long wait before that happens.
- Seanad: Health Service Staff. (29 Jun 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: They have funding.
- Seanad: Local Government (Business Improvement Districts) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (29 Jun 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Very good, I am all for Moate.
- Seanad: Local Government (Business Improvement Districts) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (29 Jun 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Senator Bannon is too late. I said it first.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jun 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: I thank the Senator.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jun 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: It is An Daingean.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jun 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: Senator Brian Hayes, Leader of the Opposition, brought up the very important topic of stem cell research. Equally important was the climate in which he wished such a debate to be couched. I fully agree with him. The lead-up to a general election is fertile ground for intolerance. I remember the mid to late 1980s when such an intolerance was expressed. There was a fear that one would have to...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jun 2006)
Mary O'Rourke: I respect what the Senator said. I also feel that everybody's point of view should be tolerated. People have strong feelings one way or another, but I do not condone the use of words like "murderer".