Results 161-180 of 4,168 for speaker:Susan O'Keeffe

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: I welcome the InterTradeIreland seedcorn competition which is run every year by InterTradeIreland, the all-island organisation that supports innovative companies to come forward, particularly young people coming out of universities or companies that have an international look to their business. They look for competitors across the provinces who initially participate in regional finals and...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: I wish to be associated with the remarks made by various Senators about the United Nations day which reminds us all about the bullying that persists across this country and across the world against people who are homosexual. I understand that the Ministers, Deputy Quinn and Deputy Fitzgerald, are hosting a forum today on that matter and this is to be welcomed. I ask the Deputy Leader if the...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (22 May 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: I support the retention of the word "necessary". I believe that in both cases, the word "necessary" is what gives this Bill its strength and makes it stand out from where we have been. Most farmers will assume the reasonable thing, but to make it necessary is at the heart of what this Bill is about. I appreciate the Minister will obviously look at it, but I would like to see the word...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: I seek clarification in respect of laboratory animals. Are they covered by this provision, or are they considered to be outside its remit? Is there a separate regulation for them?

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: My friend, Senator Mooney, was obviously saving that pun all day.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: My friend, Senator Comiskey, might possibly outdo the Senator with his recommendation that there be no foul play. I commend the Fianna Fáil Party's interest in rare birds. I support Senator Mooney's comments and particularly the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine's enormous interest in food, the green island, health and our natural environment. The Minister has been able to...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: I noticed on posters in Dublin this morning – fresh shiny posters – the words, "Demand a better deal. Vote No." The posters are from an organisation that calls itself Libertas. Those of us who know about these things know there is no organisation called Libertas. It is just a front or pseudonym for Declan Ganley. What is really going on is that Mr. Ganley wants a better deal, not for...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: May I continue?

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: Libertas represents a new phenomenon in Irish politics. It is called the privatisation of politics. This is about people whose businesses are shrouded in secrecy providing funding for campaigns, largely in secret, and whose personal business aspirations are sidestepped every time they are raised. This is a campaign being run for the private aspirations of private people. I want to know...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: Indeed. I do not know what to say except that it is the truth of the matter.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: The truth of the matter is that this is-----

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: I have. I would like to ask the Leader to deplore what I describe as the creeping privatisation of politics in Ireland.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: God knows, politicians take enough criticism, some of it warranted, but the idea that individuals with their own private aspirations can use a referendum to further their own ends is a disgrace. I ask the Leader to condemn it unreservedly on the part of this House.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: While Sinn Féin voices lies.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: I echo Senator Mooney's comments and I see he is wearing his green tie I am sure in honour of the forthcoming matches which I am sure we will all enjoy. I also send my best wishes to the Irish team and its wonderful manager, Mr. Trapattoni, whose age shall henceforth be forgotten. I welcome Transparency International's report, Money, Politics, Power: Corruption Risks in Europe, published...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: Sinn Féin wants the solution to everything overnight.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: A dose of realism would not go astray.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jun 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: Senator Darragh O'Brien might be mischief-making. He knows perfectly well that the programme for Government stands.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jun 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: The Senator will find that the programme for Government stands as is. What Deputy Keaveney was referring to was what would happen should some event happen. I am of a mind to say my party will not be taking advice from Fianna Fáil on relationships in a coalition.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jun 2012)

Susan O'Keeffe: I will certainly not be taking advice from Senator Darragh O'Brien on how to provide for stable government.