Results 21-40 of 64 for speaker:Liz O'Donnell

Written Answers — Public Service Contracts: Public Service Contracts (16 Nov 2005)

Liz O'Donnell: Question 235: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of plans to introduce fixed price contracts for future public projects; the way in which such contracts might be framed in order to ensure proper standards of construction, viability of smaller firms and the pay and conditions of workers are maintained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34782/05]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (16 Nov 2005)

Liz O'Donnell: Question 236: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding his Department's and the Office of the Revenue Commissioner's review of the tax exemption for artists under the Finance Act 1969 and section 195 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997; the value of the exemption; if a conclusion has been reached as to the retention or otherwise of this specific exemption; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (16 Nov 2005)

Liz O'Donnell: Question 392: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the allocation of the additional €5.5 million announced for youth development in the 2005 budget estimates; the progress which has been made on implementation of the national youth work development plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34784/05]

Ferns Report: Statements. (9 Nov 2005)

Liz O'Donnell: I wish to preface my remarks with a word of support for those priests who have done no wrong. They deserve our support and sympathy at this difficult time. The majority of priests are living out their Christian message in an exemplary fashion and have our support at this time. It is difficult to overstate the importance of this report, produced by Mr. Justice Frank Murphy and his colleagues....

Ferns Report: Statements. (9 Nov 2005)

Liz O'Donnell: I note that, true to form, the church has the temerity to claim €100,000 for its legal costs for dealing with the Ferns Inquiry. It is estimated that the church now faces a compensation bill of up to €250 million for clerical sex abuse resulting from existing claims and new claims set to emerge following publication of the Ferns Report. On top of this is the €128 million already paid to...

Ferns Report: Statements. (9 Nov 2005)

Liz O'Donnell: Money was the reason thedioceses needed insurance.

Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (8 Nov 2005)

Liz O'Donnell: Question 489: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of child abuse cases in each of the past five years in respect of which a prohibition against prosecution was sought by the accused on the grounds of prejudicial defence due to a delay in prosecuting the offences; the number of such cases which were successful in the first instance; if the State appealed to the...

Local Authority Staff. (3 Nov 2005)

Liz O'Donnell: I raise this matter in the light of acute public concern in my constituency of Dublin South. It relates to the fact that the former county manager of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, Mr. Derek Brady, has recently taken up a senior position with a development company, Alburn Limited, which is responsible for the former M. J. Flood site in Sandyford Business Estate, where planning...

Irish Unification: Motion (Resumed). (3 Nov 2005)

Liz O'Donnell: The Deputy cannot handle it.

Irish Unification: Motion (Resumed). (3 Nov 2005)

Liz O'Donnell: The Deputy is very democratic.

Irish Unification: Motion (Resumed). (3 Nov 2005)

Liz O'Donnell: I wish to address the issue of reunification and in particular my perception of what it and the new nationalism should constitute following from the Good Friday Agreement. Last night Deputy Ó Caoláin stated that there could be no possible excuse for the DUP not engaging with Sinn Féin, as the decommissioning of weapons has commenced. This is perhaps five weeks after the IRA eventually...

Irish Unification: Motion (Resumed). (3 Nov 2005)

Liz O'Donnell: ——about the meaning of nationalism. I will tell the Deputies what nationalism is or is not.

Irish Unification: Motion (Resumed). (3 Nov 2005)

Liz O'Donnell: We do not want the import of sectarianism or horrible parades on O'Connell Street with people banging drums or dustbin lids.

Irish Unification: Motion (Resumed). (3 Nov 2005)

Liz O'Donnell: That type of tribalism has been dreadful to witness for years in Northern Ireland, and we do not wish to see this type of nationalism on the streets of Dublin. The constitutional parties in this House have worked hard to bring about a peace process and we will continue to have our view of nationalism. We will not take lectures from Sinn Féin.

Lisbon National Reform Programme: Statements. (25 Oct 2005)

Liz O'Donnell: As the Minister of State, Deputy Treacy, is not in the House I will commence the debate, as scheduled, with the agreement of the House. I welcome the publication of this report. It is a draft document entitled Integrated Guidelines for Growth and Jobs — the Lisbon Agenda. Its focus quite properly is on sustaining Ireland's strong economic growth and employment performance, an issue which...

Employment Permits Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 Oct 2005)

Liz O'Donnell: It is interesting that this is one of two Bills from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment before the Dáil this week. These Bills closely reflect our changing society, specifically in respect of our working lives. The Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill responds to the pressure of today's working family and the ways in which we are trying to achieve a balance between work and life....

Order of Business. (6 Oct 2005)

Liz O'Donnell: The question Deputy Higgins tabled, as outlined by him today, is a matter for the Minister for Foreign Affairs. This issue of the United Nations Convention against Corruption is central to the furtherance of our development programme in overseas countries, a programme which has been recently expanded, and this House is concerned about corruption. This issue has been raised domestically and...

Order of Business. (6 Oct 2005)

Liz O'Donnell: It is on the Order of Business. I rarely make an intervention in this regard but I have sympathy with the points raised. The parliamentary question is the fundamental vehicle for holding the Government of the day to account.

Order of Business. (6 Oct 2005)

Liz O'Donnell: That is a matter for this House. Deputies on this side have an equal interest in holding the Executive to account.

Order of Business. (6 Oct 2005)

Liz O'Donnell: It is our function and I support the points that have been made by Deputy Higgins.