Results 61-80 of 2,066 for speaker:Joe Flaherty
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Joe Flaherty: We are dealing with defamation, so I will let one of the Senator's colleagues come in now.
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Joe Flaherty: You have gone on to the hate speech legislation.
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Joe Flaherty: You are out of time.
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Joe Flaherty: I call Senator Conway.
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Joe Flaherty: I did afford you additional time, and now it is your colleague, Senator Conway's turn.
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Joe Flaherty: Sorry, Senator. There are other Senators in the House.
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Joe Flaherty: I call Senator Craughwell before Senator Conway.
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Joe Flaherty: No, you cannot. You are out of time. I have indulged you long enough and given you plenty of time. I call Senator Craughwell.
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Joe Flaherty: I thank Senator Dee Ryan for taking the Chair to facilitate me contributing. Obviously, I welcome the Bill. As I was sitting in the Chair, I was thinking that if this was 70 or 80 years ago, we would just have been thinking about newspapers. It shows how we have evolved as a society when defamation covers so many aspects of our lives now. I am not quite sure whether this is a good or a...
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Joe Flaherty: Before the Minister contributes, the Senator did withdraw them when I was in the Chair. That is for clarity. That is also on the record of the House.
- Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)
Joe Flaherty: For clarity, the Senator can check the record. She did say she was withdrawing the comment.
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (2 Apr 2025)
Joe Flaherty: Caithfidh mé iarraidh ar Seanadóir Tully mo leithscéal a ghabháil. I should have brought you in as the last speaker. My apologies.
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (2 Apr 2025)
Joe Flaherty: Before the next speaker, cuirim fáilte roimh na daltaí agus múinteoirí ó Choláiste Muire Tuar Mhic Éadaigh i gContae Mhaigh Eo atá in éineacht leis an Aire Stáit, an Teachta Alan Dillon. I welcome the students and teachers from Tourmakeady in the Gaeltacht region in County Mayo. I will go to Senator Blaney. He can blind them with Gaeilge.
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (2 Apr 2025)
Joe Flaherty: Cuirim fáilte roimh na daltaí ó Choláiste Mhuire, Rathmines. I welcome the pupils from Coláiste Mhuire, Rathmines. I hope they have an enjoyable visit.
- Seanad: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (26 Mar 2025)
Joe Flaherty: I concur and welcome the pupils from St Peter's. I am sure they were enthralled by that riveting discussion on pensions, but it is very important and, in 40 years’ time, they will reflect on it and say we made very wise decisions here. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Troy, my constituency colleague, to the Chamber and wish him well in his role. I know he is very passionate...
- Seanad: Special Education Provision: Motion (26 Mar 2025)
Joe Flaherty: I welcome Minister of State, Deputy Moynihan. He has been a long-time advocate for and champion of the disability sector, which has been a great pillar of his political life to date. I have great expectations that he is going to do well in his role. It would be remiss of me, but not because she is sitting in front of me, not to acknowledge the huge work that former Deputy and now Senator...
- Seanad: Road Safety: Statements (25 Mar 2025)
Joe Flaherty: Senators Cathal Byrne and Mike Kennelly are sharing time.
- Seanad: Road Safety: Statements (25 Mar 2025)
Joe Flaherty: For our penultimate contribution, we will go to Cavan for the roads report from Senator O’Reilly.
- Seanad: Road Safety: Statements (25 Mar 2025)
Joe Flaherty: If the Minister of State can indulge me, he might address one point for me as he makes his contribution. It relates to the major capital funding for TII for national development plan projects. We normally have sight of it by this stage of the year. The funding is for a number of projects nationwide. Foremost among them, I suppose, is the upgrade of the N4 from Mullingar to Roosky, a very...
- Seanad: Road Safety: Statements (25 Mar 2025)
Joe Flaherty: I thank the Minister of State. When is it proposed to sit again?