Results 21-40 of 7,765 for speaker:Maurice Cummins

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Dec 2002)

Maurice Cummins: A few weeks ago the National Roads Authority published a list of 20 road projects which would not proceed next year due to lack of funding. Will the Leader arrange for the Minister for Transport to come before the House to outline which projects will proceed and which will not? The Minister for the Environment and Local Government stated that the finance for the N9 is available, while the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Dec 2002)

Maurice Cummins: The savage cutbacks in the back to work scheme, announced today, will hurt the long-term unemployed severely, as will the cuts already made in the community employment schemes, which affect the most vulnerable sections of our community. Is it Government policy that we decimate all the schemes dealing with the disadvantaged?

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Dec 2002)

Maurice Cummins: Like the medical cards.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Dec 2002)

Maurice Cummins: Who needs it most?

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2002)

Maurice Cummins: I welcome the Minister but I cannot welcome the provisions of the Bill. I take up Senator Quinn's point and ask why this Bill is being rushed through the House. Some time ago we were given a list of Bills which were to be dealt with before Christmas but this Bill was certainly not on the list. What is the motivation behind the Government's introducing and rushing through these amendments in...

Seanad: Alcohol Consumption by Young People: Statements. (11 Dec 2002)

Maurice Cummins: The abuse of alcohol is one of the most serious challenges facing society at present. The "Prime Time" programme brought this problem into the living rooms of houses in middle and upper class areas throughout the country and showed what is happening in the streets of our towns and cities. People knew and accepted that the problem existed in the streets of Dublin but they were not aware it was...

Seanad: Primary Education: Motion. (11 Dec 2002)

Maurice Cummins: What about Department lists?

Seanad: Primary Education: Motion. (11 Dec 2002)

Maurice Cummins: I listened in awe to Senator Fitzgerald trying to defend the indefensible. To paraphrase a song from a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, I have got them on the list. The following ten schools in Waterford are on the list to which I refer: Naomh Mhuire, Ballygunner; Scoil Lorcáin, in St. John's Park, Waterford; St. Paul's Junior School, Lisduggan; Gaelscoil Phort Láirge, Ballygunner; Ballyduff...

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Dec 2002)

Maurice Cummins: Under the national spatial strategy Waterford is designated a gateway city and the importance of infrastructure and access has been deemed to be a very important part of that strategy. Given that the lone carrier at Waterford regional airport has decided to pull out from the airport at the end of January, and the consequent loss for the region, I ask the Minister for Transport to come to this...

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Dec 2002)

Maurice Cummins: We are doing it currently. We should have the roads to travel to Waterford. It is very much an outlying area.

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Dec 2002)

Maurice Cummins: All bar Waterford.

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Dec 2002)

Maurice Cummins: They do, or they have done.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Maurice Cummins: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I acknowledge the significant increases in the old age pension and child benefit in previous budgets. It was only correct that people on social welfare should share some of the benefits enjoyed by other sections of the community in recent years. When the purse strings tighten, however, the poor and vulnerable suffer the brunt of the cutbacks. All budgets involve...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Maurice Cummins: We would never have been in this position. We would not have had spendthrift policies for the 17 or 18 months before the election.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Maurice Cummins: That is why there would be no need for us to cut back.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Maurice Cummins: Lies were told. The Minister acknowledges that women were disappointed. I read her statements.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Maurice Cummins: They were conned.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Maurice Cummins: Those are the Senator's words, not mine.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Maurice Cummins: A commitment for €31.80 extra that was not honoured.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (18 Dec 2002)

Maurice Cummins: A commitment of €31.80 over three years.