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Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: Senator Ross to continue, without interruption.

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: Senator Cassidy, please allow Senator Ross to make his contribution in peace.

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: Senator Cassidy will have his opportunity. Will he, please, allow Senator Ross to continue?

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: I ask Senator Ross not to be provoked by Senator Cassidy whom I ask please to contain himself.

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: Thank you.

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: Please allow Senator Ross to make his contribution.

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: Will the Senator, please, contain himself? He must allow Senator Ross to make his contribution and he can make his.

Seanad: Confidence in Government: Motion (8 Dec 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: Senator Cassidy will make his remarks through the Chair and will address the motion.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2011: Statements (8 Dec 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: I appreciate being given a little time to speak on the budget. Everyone has said it was not easy to deliver and neither will any of the next few budgets be. I was quite interested in Senator Cummins's criticisms of where the cuts are to come. If Fine Gael is fortunate enough to serve in Government after the general election it will have to make difficult choices too, and it will be...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: I agree with Senator Fitzgerald that the conduct of the Green Party yesterday not to support the Government has only destabilised a very fragile situation. Whatever about looking after their party members' interests, the two Green Party Ministers hold two constitutional offices and have a duty to uphold some level of loyalty and integrity to their Government colleagues, in particular the...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: After the next general election, we need a Government that will be economically coherent. It will be incoherent, however, if we get Fine Gael and Labour in power. That is why I want to see Civil War politics finally put to bed and Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to form the new Government.

Seanad: Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme 2010: Motion (17 Nov 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: I am glad to have this opportunity to speak on the debate on this scheme. I share the concern of everyone else that we are at a difficult time in our evolution as a country. It is frightening in a sense where we find ourselves. I have great sympathy for the Government, especially the Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance because they are dealing with a situation that is changing all the...

Seanad: Death of Member: Expressions of Sympathy (17 Nov 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: A day like today is always difficult for a family. They are forced to remember the person who is so absent from their lives. I hope they get some comfort from the words of colleagues, because they are heartfelt. We all miss him. I enjoyed listening to Senator Feeney's contribution because the word I really miss is "Rathdowney" and the way he would say it. That is when one realised the...

Seanad: National Paediatric Hospital: Statements (17 Nov 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: I am grateful to the Leader for arranging this debate and to those Senators who proposed that the House discuss the matter. I am becoming increasingly angry as I listen to this debate. Given our fixation with doom and gloom, it was nice to have a Minister giving the House a good news story. How has it been received? We have heard only that the Minister has taken the wrong course of...

Seanad: National Paediatric Hospital: Statements (17 Nov 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: The Minister spoke.

Seanad: National Paediatric Hospital: Statements (17 Nov 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: What does Senator Norris mean there was not a speech?

Seanad: National Paediatric Hospital: Statements (17 Nov 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: Senator Norris means a script.

Seanad: National Paediatric Hospital: Statements (17 Nov 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: Senator Norris said the Minister did not make a speech. She made a speech.

Seanad: Overcrowding in Prisons: Statements (Resumed). (11 Nov 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Overcrowding in Prisons: Statements (Resumed). (11 Nov 2010)

Fiona O'Malley: I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak on this debate even though it is difficult because it is disjointed from the debate last week. Regarding the point made by Senator Cummins, the Minister made clear that 0.2% of the prison population is in prison as a result of fines. We must keep a sense of perspective on this matter. It is a very small number of people. I agree with Senator...