Results 11,661-11,680 of 14,886 for speaker:Dara Calleary
- Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)
Dara Calleary: The Tánaiste is good at that himself.
- Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)
Dara Calleary: I welcome the publication yesterday of the wording for the children's referendum and commend the Minister for Children on the work she has done. As Deputy Troy said, the Fianna Fáil Party will support the amendment. I hope we will have a sensible campaign in the coming weeks around this very important issue. The CSO quarterly national household survey statistics were stark and...
- Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)
Dara Calleary: The opposition to the Tánaiste is sitting behind him.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2012)
Dara Calleary: The Tánaiste never gives an answer.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2012)
Dara Calleary: Last night the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Shortall, voted confidence in the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, but it was clear from her speech, the tone of her remarks and the fact she failed to mention the Minister by name that she does not have confidence in him. Not only did she fail to mention him by name but she also outlined in her speech a series of issues...
- Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2012)
Dara Calleary: Once again the Tánaiste failed to completely answer the question. He has the gall to speak about urgency and impatience.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2012)
Dara Calleary: Last night the Minister of State, Deputy Shortall, expressed concern about the lack of priority afforded to producing the free GP care legislation. The Minister of State in charge of this area says that not enough is being done for that mother and her sick child, but the Tánaiste speaks about urgency and impatience. What has he done to address the completely fractured working...
- Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2012)
Dara Calleary: A team.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2012)
Dara Calleary: I ask the Tánaiste to define what he means by "team".
- Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)
Dara Calleary: How much time remains in the slot?
- Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)
Dara Calleary: Deputy Kelleher and I are sharing the slot.
- Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)
Dara Calleary: I thank Deputy Kelleher for giving the House a chance over the past two evenings to discuss the current state of our health service. It is in the state it is primarily because of the very flawed budget presented to the Dáil last December, the flaws of which Deputy Kelleher has highlighted on numerous occasions in the Chamber and at meetings of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health...
- Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)
Dara Calleary: I will give the example of a group which organised awareness training on suicide for volunteers in youth organisations. They had to cancel a course for 30 people at the weekend in Westport because the HSE people were not allowed to travel. Even though the group was willing to pay their travel expenses they could not proceed. This is what will happen. Tonight Deputies will vote away their...
- Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)
Dara Calleary: This evening the Tánaiste spoke in defence of the Minister for Health and I congratulate the Government Chief Whip on the manner in which he has all the boys and girls in the choir behind the Minister this evening. Fair dues to him, the Minister owes him a drink.
- Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)
Dara Calleary: The Tánaiste spoke of his confidence in the Minister but he never spoke about his party chairman's lack of confidence in him and the comments he made about him not only on local radio, but on national radio. He did not refer to the fact that the Minister, Deputy Burton, and the Minister of State, Deputy O'Sullivan, who are here this evening performed Olympian gymnast standard efforts to...
- Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)
Dara Calleary: As soon as the Minister got here he turned his back on them. He turned his back on Roscommon, Navan, Sligo and all of the groups he could not talk to, hug and love enough before he came to office.
- Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)
Dara Calleary: This is the damage and why it is so difficult for the Minister to stand up and have credibility. I know the Minister has had a rough few nights and the Minister, Deputy Noonan, wanted us to apologise for roughing him up and highlighting this issue. The Chief Whip has ensured a group hug for the Minister this evening.
- Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)
Dara Calleary: Many people will vote confidence in the Minister this evening. All of the Government backbenchers are arriving in to vote confidence in him. However, there is a difference between voting confidence and having confidence. All of the off the record briefings in the Knockranny House Hotel and Carton House are what count and reflect the Deputies' real opinion of the Minister. Yesterday...
- Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)
Dara Calleary: I presume the Minister gave the Minister of State that line.
- Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)
Dara Calleary: Deputy Burton is smiling.