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Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Apr 2011)

Ann Ormonde: I wish success to all outgoing Senators who are contesting the Seanad election next week. Having read the Nyberg report, although not in detail, it would be a great opportunity for the new Seanad to have a full discussion on it. There are major lessons to be learned from the impact these matters have had on society. It is a crying shame to see former senior bank executives walking away...

Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (23 Mar 2011)

Ann Ormonde: I will be very brief. This is an opportunity to discuss the programme for Government. I compliment Senator O'Toole for initiating this discussion at this time. I wish the Minister every success in his role and I look forward to returning to the Seanad and having many debates with him on this issue. Hopefully, this is not my last speech in the Seanad. There are two areas I wish to address...

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Mar 2011)

Ann Ormonde: I will reinforce what Senator Quinn said. This kind of debate should take place in this House and the Bill was initiated in the Seanad in order to tease out all the points. I became a listener at the tail end of this discussion and all we must do now is rely on the Minister of State to ensure that this goes to the Lower House as quickly as possible and that the points raised here will be...

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Mar 2011)

Ann Ormonde: It is a shame that we are teasing out very important legislation but people want to abolish the Seanad. What better place is there than in here? We have had a fantastic afternoon discussing various points and I am delighted that Senator Quinn has brought us through this topic, on which we have had many discussions. I have reflected these views to contractors and subcontractors and they are...

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Mar 2011)

Ann Ormonde: I do not wish to sound like a broken record player. I thank Senator Quinn for processing the legislation and allowing those with concerns to have their views reflected in the Bill. This debate highlights the important role the Seanad plays in taking time to tease out legislation and listen to the views of members of the public. It would be a shame if the House were no longer able to...

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Mar 2011)

Ann Ormonde: I hate to say it but at this stage the House must adjourn sine die.

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Mar 2011)

Ann Ormonde: I am here purely to endorse the points already made. I took an interest in this issue a long time ago and I was delighted when Senator Quinn initiated a Bill covering this area. I am reflecting many of the views of subcontractors who came to me and asked me to endorse this Bill. We discussed that it does not cover some aspects such as the payment of materials and that there is sufficient...

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Mar 2011)

Ann Ormonde: Considering that we will not carry this much farther today, we should just do what we can. A new Government will be entering office tomorrow. I ask Senator Coghlan, who is taking this legislation on behalf of the other side of the House, to ensure tomorrow, when he is in a position to do so, that it will be put on the agenda for completion very quickly in the new Dáil in order to sort out...

Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Mar 2011)

Ann Ormonde: I know that. We will not make much more progress today, that is for sure.

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (8 Mar 2011)

Ann Ormonde: I would like to be associated with the many tributes paid to the former Senator, the late Willie Farrell. I first met him when he came looking for a vote in the 1980s. I was a councillor at the time and he called to my house. He seemed like a nice man, someone who was charming, courteous and knew how to make his case. One could learn much from his understanding of politics. He knew it...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2011)

Ann Ormonde: I congratulate Senator Darragh O'Brien. I know from listening to him and having observed his political career to date that his will be a success story. I wish him the best of luck. I congratulate all the Senators who were elected to the Dáil and whom I loved looking at across the floor in the last session. I recall all the times we had a flip-flop across the floor. I miss the Senators'...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2011)

Ann Ormonde: There is no canvassing. I am not here to canvass. I am here to make a plea to the next Leader of the Seanad not to allow us to be abolished. We are a great Chamber. We scrutinise legislation and monitor all aspects of legislation coming from Europe. Let us not throw it all out with everything lost in the process.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011 (Certified Money Bill): Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2011)

Ann Ormonde: I have already spoken on the issue of section 23 provisions on Second Stage. I am not speaking for the big developers, big businessmen, auctioneers or valuers. They are well able to speak for themselves. I am speaking for ordinary people who have spoken to me about this. These are people who invested in a house under section 23 in order to provide for their pensions or education. These...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (28 Jan 2011)

Ann Ormonde: This was the most unusual week I ever experienced in the Oireachtas. The Finance Bill has been brought forward in an unusual set of political circumstances. The proposal to accelerate its passage to facilitate an earlier general election means some amendments, such as those concerning civil partnership, will not be made. However, they will be addressed later in the year which is welcome. I...

Seanad: National Monument at 14-16 Moore Street, Dublin: Statements (26 Jan 2011)

Ann Ormonde: I am delighted to be associated with the endorsement of the proposal that the preservation order be achieved at all costs. I recall two years ago we had a debate on the relocation of the Abbey Theatre to the Carlton site. I know the area well because I was a member of Dublin County Council between 1985 and 1989. There has since been a discussion——

Seanad: National Monument at 14-16 Moore Street, Dublin: Statements (26 Jan 2011)

Ann Ormonde: I support the proposal and want to ensure the preservation order is endorsed. When I was a county councillor based in Rathfarnham many moons ago, Rathfarnham Castle was bought by a developer. At the time we made a big push in the former Dublin County Council to prevent the developer developing the site. An agreement was made that Rathfarnham Castle would be preserved and that a land swop...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (26 Jan 2011)

Ann Ormonde: I would also like to be associated with the many fine tributes to the late Séamus Dolan. I did not know him but I knew all about him because in the 1960s my late father, Séan Ormond, and Séamus Dolan were contesting the Seanad elections on the Labour Panel. As they were both teachers their nominations were disputed and it was argued that as members of the INTO they did not qualify for...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Jan 2011)

Ann Ormonde: Yesterday I spoke about the importance of how we conducted our campaign in the next general election. We are in the dying days of this Seanad and I am sad that we must now try to defend ourselves and the Seanad. It is said it is finished, but when I come into the House every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, I am delighted to listen to contributions from all sides. Yesterday, for example,...

Seanad: Student Support Bill 2008: Committee Stage (25 Jan 2011)

Ann Ormonde: I thoroughly agree with the Senator that we are talking about equity, equality and opportunity for vulnerable students. Given that these colleges are profit orientated, they also have a role to play and they, with the Minister, should try to figure out how best they can help students in this situation. If we do not have the resources, then they have an obligation not to milk the students...

Seanad: Student Support Bill 2008: Committee Stage (25 Jan 2011)

Ann Ormonde: They have a role to play.