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Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: I am not suggesting that.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: Exclusion is what the problem is. Exclusion is the problem-----

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: -----not a quota.

Seanad: National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: It is tricky to resolve this issue in any reasonable way. Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh has inadvertently put his finger on it. A group of people are drawn together through a process that is now public, which we all agree is an improvement on the way the system used to operate. The people concerned do not necessarily know each other and cannot decide to have six meetings before they...

Seanad: National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: My meaning was to know of a person's capability to be a chairperson.

Seanad: National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: The Senator should not say that in front of Senator Mooney.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: Like polls.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: I support my colleague, Senator Hayden, in her call for a debate on the matter of the Brexit. It is a serious matter and we should discuss it in the House. I also welcome Ireland's signing of the Istanbul convention on domestic violence. Domestic violence has been the poor relation of crime for far too long, but this is a step in the right direction and a sign that the Government is...

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (4 Nov 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: I thank the Minister for being with us and for introducing this legislation. It is always good when there is cross-party support. The Bill is clearly a step in the right direction. As others have said, the State's record regarding vulnerable children has not always been good. In such circumstances, this legislation is welcome. I commend colleagues on the health committee on the work they...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Nov 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: Before I speak on The Guardianreport on the Irish fishing industry, I assure Senator Mooney that I do not believe that there is any kind of soap opera going on between the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Alan Kelly, and Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan. The issue of housing and the capacity to sort it out will take a number of weeks. There is...

Seanad: National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Nov 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: I welcome the Minister to the House. She has been here several times recently, which is good. Any legislation that strengthens the role of one of our cultural institutions and makes it more accountable is to be welcomed. Members of the public often complain that State organisations are not accountable. These proposals represent a good step forward in addressing that issue. While the...

Seanad: National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Nov 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: Of course. Perhaps Leitrim also. Part of the reason why we wanted to encourage the national institutions to hold hands, as it were, with Sligo through the Yeats piece was to make sure that people who do not get the chance to travel to our national institutions, because they do not have the time or money, have the chance to understand that these are our national institutions and that we have...

Seanad: National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Nov 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: What a good idea.

Seanad: National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Nov 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: How can Senator Ó Murchú sit on the board of the National Concert Hall and be on the committee at the same time?

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: I take the opportunity to welcome the Connaught-Ulster Alliance's first step towards a technological university. It has been given approval by the Higher Education Authority and the Minister for Education and Skills. The alliance is made up of IT Sligo, Letterkenny IT and GMIT in Galway. While they have been, if one likes, last to the table on the technological university front, it is good...

Seanad: Marriage Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: That has nothing to do with section 23.

Seanad: Marriage Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: We all made history and now we are all equal. It is a very happy day. Let us hold our heads up high. Roll on the weddings.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Tuarascáil Bhliantúil an Choimisinéara Teanga: Díospóireacht (21 Oct 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: Gabh mo leithscéal, a Chathaoirligh Ghníomhaigh, ach tá fadhb ann leis an bhfuaim. Ní raibh fadhb ann nuair a bhí an coimisinéir ag caint ach tá fadhb ann anois. Tá sé an-deacair é a chloisint. Tá hum de shaghas éigin ann anois ach ní raibh sé ann nuair a bhí an ban-ateangaire ag caint níos luaithe.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Tuarascáil Bhliantúil an Choimisinéara Teanga: Díospóireacht (21 Oct 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: There was no problem at the beginning but there is a problem now. Whoever was speaking-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Tuarascáil Bhliantúil an Choimisinéara Teanga: Díospóireacht (21 Oct 2015)

Susan O'Keeffe: I think it may be something small on the male interpreter's end because it was perfectly fine when the woman was speaking.