Results 181-200 of 1,214 for speaker:Ann Ormonde

Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)

Ann Ormonde: I just want to talk about funding and infrastructure. Capital spending has increased and that is the bottom line. That is the reality and I want to have my say.

Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)

Ann Ormonde: I did not interrupt Senator Bannon. The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government has recently announced another package of €752 million.

Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)

Ann Ormonde: I am pleased that the levies have been regularised at long last. Up to now as a county councillor I did not know where these levies were being used. Now I know what is being spent on roads infrastructure, open spaces and community development. It is time developers make the commitment to finish off housing estates and it is time that they give something back to the system. I could hardly...

Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)

Ann Ormonde: We must find other methods of handling the problem. It is a question of other services coming into play. The Minister of State has referred to this difficulty and only a percentage will come back into the fold. We must aim to help those who cannot help themselves. I congratulate the Minister of State and the Government. As a result of my work as a county councillor, I acknowledge there is...

Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)

Ann Ormonde: What would the Senator do?

Seanad: Address by Mr. Seán Ó Neachtáin, MEP. (11 Dec 2003)

Ann Ormonde: I welcome Mr. Ó Neachtáin to the Chamber. It is very clear that since becoming an MEP he has immersed himself in all sections and aspects of the European institutions. He will certainly be an MEP again after the elections at the end of June next year. He talked at length about how he is protecting Irish fishermen and their representative organisations and agricultural policy for the west. I...

Seanad: Address by Mr. Brian Crowley, MEP. (11 Dec 2003)

Ann Ormonde: I am delighted to be here today to welcome our MEP, Brian Crowley, to this Chamber. As he said, he began his political career in this House in 1993, I believe, when I started myself. It was here he cut his teeth although, knowing him, he probably cut his teeth in politics the day he was born. He did not pick it off the ground. He tidied up the loose ends of his thinking in this House and...

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jan 2004)

Ann Ormonde: As spokesperson on European affairs, I wish the Taoiseach and the Government well over the next six months. I re-echo the points raised by Senator Dardis in regard to how best we can solve the outstanding issues and come to a successful conclusion in six months' time. Will the Leader arrange for such debates since there is no better place than the Seanad in which to outline the position on...

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jan 2004)

Ann Ormonde: We are serious about it. That is the problem.

Seanad: Recognition of the Irish Language: Motion. (21 Jan 2004)

Ann Ormonde: Tá brón orm nach bhfuil mórán Gaeilge agam. Chaill mé a lán den Ghaeilge a bhí agam ach tá suim agam sa teanga agus tá mé ag freastal ar rang le feabhas a chur uirthi. Senator Ryan was the only person I understood this evening because he spoke my Irish. I am glad it is still in the back of my mind. He has encouraged me to continue speaking it. I went to the forum two weeks ago where...

Seanad: Report on Future Skills Needs: Statements. (22 Jan 2004)

Ann Ormonde: I thank Senator Hanafin for giving me the opportunity to speak. We could all speak at length about this report, but as I have only six minutes, I am delighted to compliment the Tánaiste and the Minister for Education and Science on initiating this report. I thank the expert group under the chairmanship of Danny O'Hare for producing such a fine report. The whole exercise is to examine the...

Seanad: Report on Future Skills Needs: Statements. (22 Jan 2004)

Ann Ormonde: We are not all madly third level-educated people. Thankfully, I am delighted to have such an education but not everybody will take that option. We need drivers, transport workers, forklift operators and people to do the operative jobs and this has not been emphasised enough. I ask the new chairman to examine this area. I will not deal with the financial skills because they look after...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jan 2004)

Ann Ormonde: A related issue is the horrific crimes of recent weeks involving young gangs who roam our cities and countryside. While we must have a detailed debate on the factors related to such crimes, there is the fundamental question of why this is happening among the 14 to 16 age group. It is not because there are not enough gardaí, although that is one aspect. We need to increase the number of...

Seanad: European Presidency: Statements. (29 Jan 2004)

Ann Ormonde: I wish to share my time with the Leader, Senator O'Rourke. I welcome the Taoiseach and thank him for taking time from his busy schedule to address the House. The Taoiseach has described the operational programme for the next year. The theme of the Irish Presidency is Europeans working together. The Taoiseach's goal will be to finalise the draft constitutional treaty, EU enlargement and the...

Seanad: European Presidency: Statements. (29 Jan 2004)

Ann Ormonde: ——wishing the Taoiseach every success with his ambitious agenda. I also wish him well in his talks on Northern Ireland this afternoon.

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Feb 2004)

Ann Ormonde: Thank you.

Seanad: Third Interim Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements. (4 Feb 2004)

Ann Ormonde: I also welcome the Minister of State to the House. I am delighted to see her looking so well again. I will try to speak positively because I have heard a litany of negative opinion in the past half hour. I have examined the statements on this report and I accept that there were difficulties. The Government was the first to make a commitment to look into cases of sexual abuse and to try to...

Seanad: Third Interim Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements. (4 Feb 2004)

Ann Ormonde: What more could the Department of the Taoiseach do on this issue than the Department of Education and Science? I find this recommendation difficult to understand. The same work has to be put in no matter what Department is involved. The Minister for Education and Science made a commitment. He is the sponsor of the commission and he is responding to the difficulties that have arisen. He has...

Seanad: Regional Development: Motion. (11 Feb 2004)

Ann Ormonde: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Treacy, to the House. I endorse the motion before the House. I am happy to outline why I feel that the proposed programme of decentralisation is the best way forward. I live in Dublin. I travelled to Bray at 8 a.m. the other day, but the return journey, at 8.45 a.m., nearly did my head in. I had time to do a great deal of thinking, because the journey...

Seanad: Regional Development: Motion. (11 Feb 2004)

Ann Ormonde: No, that is not true.