Results 121-140 of 587 for in 'Dáil debates' speaker:Noel Coonan

Hospital Services: Motion (10 Feb 2009)

Noel Coonan: She should apologise to the doctors in Nenagh.

Hospital Services: Motion (10 Feb 2009)

Noel Coonan: We used to have such a hospital in north Tipperary.

Hospital Services: Motion (10 Feb 2009)

Noel Coonan: They put in the services first.

Hospital Services: Motion (10 Feb 2009)

Noel Coonan: The Minister should first put in place the services.

Hospital Services: Motion (10 Feb 2009)

Noel Coonan: We were told that last year as well.

Hospital Services: Motion (10 Feb 2009)

Noel Coonan: Do not do it, Tadhg.

Hospital Services: Motion (10 Feb 2009)

Noel Coonan: We will allow the Deputy pass through.

Hospital Services: Motion (10 Feb 2009)

Noel Coonan: How does the Minister know? She is not a doctor.

Hospital Services: Motion (10 Feb 2009)

Noel Coonan: So does Deputy Crawford.

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) (11 Feb 2009)

Noel Coonan: I wish to share time with Deputies Joe Carey, Pat Breen and Tom Hayes, if that is in order. At the outset, I acknowledge the role played by the staff, medical and otherwise, of Nenagh General Hospital and Limerick Regional Hospital. I acknowledge also the emergency services who provide such a fantastic service, in difficult situations, to the people of north Tipperary. Deputy Lowry provided...

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) (11 Feb 2009)

Noel Coonan: I am glad she is not at a Labour Party rally tonight. Did the party deliver? It did not. What confidence and trust can the people of north Tipperary now have in Fianna Fáil's ability to deliver, aided and abetted by Deputy Lowry? I say they can have none and I offer an example, although Deputy Lowry has left the House. This time last year, capital funding was planned to provide for a...

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) (11 Feb 2009)

Noel Coonan: Look at the cat scan. There were only three staff for it.

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) (11 Feb 2009)

Noel Coonan: We have heard that promise for the last two years.

Order of Business (12 Feb 2009)

Noel Coonan: Why is the Government robbing the public service if it has money to give away?

Price Controls. (24 Feb 2009)

Noel Coonan: Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on whether she has damaged the retail sector and depressed consumer demand through her recent comments on price controls and her endorsement of the National Consumer Agency's recent price survey; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7362/09]

Request to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32. (26 Feb 2009)

Noel Coonan: The real Minister for agriculture.

Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Noel Coonan: I refer to the minerals development Bill, the purpose of which, we are told, is to modernise and consolidate all mineral developments in the country. In view of the fact that Galmoy Mines has already closed and that the largest zinc ore mine in Europe, namely, Lisheen Mines in County Tipperary, is due to close in two years time, when will that Bill be introduced? Given that the Tánaiste's...

Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Noel Coonan: When will the forestry (amendment) Bill be introduced?

Order of Business (26 Feb 2009)

Noel Coonan: If the Government does not act soon all the mines will be closed.

Financial Services Regulation. (26 Mar 2009)

Noel Coonan: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the consumer director of the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority to examine the extent to which banks have backed their fixed rate mortgages by long dated securities, in order to establish whether the penalty for switching from fixed rate commitments could be reduced. [12537/09]