Results 161-180 of 445 for speaker:Eoghan Harris

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Eoghan Harris: Execution.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Eoghan Harris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2010)

Eoghan Harris: In the great Tipperary amhrán mór, Slievenamon, there is the line "...mar sheolfaí aoireacht bó gan aoire", which translates roughly as: "We were driven along the roads of Slievenamon like a herd without a herdsman". I fear this is how the political process is being driven by sections of the media, particularly the broadcast shock-jock section. It is time we had a debate on broadcasting...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2010)

Eoghan Harris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Feb 2010)

Eoghan Harris: Is that right?

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Eoghan Harris: I dissent from the sentiments expressed by Senators O'Toole, Ó Murchú, Coghlan and Buttimer regarding the public sector. If politicians are to earn their money, they must mediate among the differing needs of society. The public sector went out of control during the boom years. Any correction is bound to be bloody and difficult. It is easy to implement social partnership in boom times...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Eoghan Harris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Eoghan Harris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Eoghan Harris: Or democracy.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Eoghan Harris: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Eoghan Harris: I wish to return indirectly again to the question of political life. I was perturbed last night to hear two political commentators say that the Lee issue illustrated the gap between the insiders in politics and the rest of the country on the outside. That is a very pernicious doctrine. I seek a proper debate in the House on political life. Following on what Senator Fitzgerald said, I...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Eoghan Harris: The Halifax workers cannot walk out of their offices today back into State employment in the ESB, as a certain celebrity candidate could walk out of the free market situation — after all politicians are subject to the free market — and back into a safe, secure and pensionable job in RTE. No Halifax worker can do that, unless they can walk back into the ESB. I speak as someone who is an...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Eoghan Harris: I could not take the gruelling nature of a Dáil election nor far more seriously a Seanad election. Given the short, cushy hours they work, George Lee and people like him have no understanding of the business of politics. I am better placed than anyone to see how hard politicians work.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Eoghan Harris: Two debates are going ahead today, one on NAMA, while the other is an attempt, not to discuss the George Lee issue, to discuss the serious issues that arise in regard to politics and political life. On a personal level, the George Lee issue is the equivalent of that of the mayfly. It is like a butterfly in the sun but there are deeper issues. I call on the Leader to find a way to extend...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Eoghan Harris: Listening to cranky people or those who are annoying or boring is a test of character.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Eoghan Harris: It teaches people how to deal with the public. Politics is about the rule of states and peoples. It starts with people. It is not an abstract issue. I accept there is a delusion among college students and certain of the younger sections of the political correspondents, not the old guard, that all one has to do is assemble people with first class honours degrees, involve them in politics...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Eoghan Harris: He cannot stop smiling.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2010)

Eoghan Harris: It is in the nature of parliaments to foster the critical spirit at the expense of the creative spirit. We do need the critical spirit and, in this regard, some very good comments have been made today. One thing the Seanad does very well is look after minorities. The disabled and elderly have been talked about today. People with mortgage difficulties, who comprise a minority, have been...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Dec 2009)

Eoghan Harris: On a point----

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Dec 2009)

Eoghan Harris: It was trade union leaders I was referring to, not the public sector.