Results 8,541-8,560 of 9,832 for speaker:Thomas Byrne
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
Thomas Byrne: That is all they heard about.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
Thomas Byrne: The Minister should stop misinterpreting what we say.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
Thomas Byrne: The decision is already taken.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
Thomas Byrne: We are just showing that we are in compliance.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
Thomas Byrne: Of course it did.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
Thomas Byrne: The Senator said An Taisce would go back to court arising from the legislation.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
Thomas Byrne: The Minister does not know. There is not enough money to inspect them.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
Thomas Byrne: It is a separate obligation.
- Seanad: Education (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (31 Jan 2012)
Thomas Byrne: I thank the Minister for accepting some of the amendments tabled. It is probably the first time it has happened in this Seanad. It is welcome and constructive. I wish to make a point about a teacher who is pregnant at the time she is dismissed. The Unfair Dismissals Acts apply in cases where someone has been employed for less than a year implying that legal issues could arise if a person...
- Seanad: Official Engagements (31 Jan 2012)
Thomas Byrne: Gabhaim buÃochas as an deis seo a labhairt ar an dÃospóireacht seo anocht. I will be brief and, with some leeway from the Cathaoirleach, will contribute again when the Minister concludes. It was suggested to me locally, including at a meeting at which Government Deputies were present, that as a matter of policy the Minister for Education and Skills did not visit schools and that as...
- Seanad: Official Engagements (31 Jan 2012)
Thomas Byrne: I note the Minister's comments. However, what he said makes liars of various rural Deputies who say, when requests are made indirectly through them, that the Minister does not visit schools. I accept the Minister's statement that he does visit schools and that he has not visited as many as he would like. I put it to him that it is crucial that he visits a reasonable number of schools and...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jan 2012)
Thomas Byrne: All Members opposite voted for the budget.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jan 2012)
Thomas Byrne: The Senator voted for the budget.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)
Thomas Byrne: I call for an urgent debate on the Meath-Cavan 400 kv power line. The Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, published a report yesterday by an expert group which is welcome. Many previous reports have been welcomed and discussed. The Minister proposes to discuss it with the Joint Committee on Communications, Natural Resources and Agriculture. The Seanad should discuss this in a national context as...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)
Thomas Byrne: The Minister may say one thing but the local Deputies say another in promising to sort out the issue. A year has gone by with no regional hospital or stag hunting. The pylons will not be buried and there will be no funding for groups. The Slane bypass has been cancelled. Local Deputies nevertheless argue the issues are in their hands.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)
Thomas Byrne: There are two debates, one dealing with electricity infrastructure and another dealing with Government policy and backbencher action. Why is one thing being said in Dublin and another in local areas?
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)
Thomas Byrne: A true gentleman.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)
Thomas Byrne: Senator Mooney spoke about a philosophy. There is a philosophy here and a value judgment has been made. When higher rates were brought in for the third, fourth and subsequent children, a value judgment was made at the time that we value families who have more children. We recognised that they have extra costs that other families do not have. We also decided that it is a good idea that we...
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)
Thomas Byrne: Have they been brought down to â¬140?
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)
Thomas Byrne: What is their base rate for which the multiplier is used? Is it double the â¬140 payment?