Results 1,701-1,720 of 2,017 for speaker:Paul Bradford

Seanad: Lisbon National Reform Programme: Statements. (26 Oct 2005)

Paul Bradford: We will let Ms Hussey know.

Seanad: Lisbon National Reform Programme: Statements. (26 Oct 2005)

Paul Bradford: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and extend good wishes to the visitors from Northern Ireland.

Seanad: Salmon Fisheries Report: Statements (Resumed). (25 Oct 2005)

Paul Bradford: I would like to say a few words as part of this important debate. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Gallagher, to the House. I recognise that he will have a difficult job in trying to resolve this issue. Ireland spends billions of euro each year, in the form of direct grant aid or tax incentives, for example, on trying to attract enterprise and industry. We need to ensure we protect our...

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

Paul Bradford: I have requested a debate on decentralisation on a few occasions recently. It might sound like an old chestnut but it is almost two years since the initial announcement of the decentralisation programme and there has been a total lack of progress in that regard. For instance, last week in Mallow the chairperson of Fáilte Ireland indicated that the proposed decentralisation project to Mallow...

Seanad: Home Help Service: Motion. (19 Oct 2005)

Paul Bradford: I suspect the Minister of State, Deputy Tim O'Malley, will definitely support Senator Ormonde in the next Seanad election because that was a strong plea. We all know that child care will be one of the big issues in the next general election and the political parties are currently putting forward their views on this issue. It is an important matter which needs to be addressed. However, the...

Seanad: Home Help Service: Motion. (19 Oct 2005)

Paul Bradford: That is an unfair comment. Any debate on services for the elderly in this House is not a waste of time.

Seanad: Home Help Service: Motion. (19 Oct 2005)

Paul Bradford: That was before the former Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Martin, sacked the Senator.

Seanad: Home Help Service: Motion. (19 Oct 2005)

Paul Bradford: Or protection from Deputy Martin?

Seanad: European Union: Statements. (13 Oct 2005)

Paul Bradford: I welcome the Taoiseach to the House. He concluded his remarks with reference to the publication of the White Paper which we received within the past couple hours. I welcome it and it will be of assistance in the necessary ongoing broad debate we will have on European issues during the coming months. I thank the Taoiseach not only for his attendance but for the work he and his Government have...

Seanad: European Union: Statements. (13 Oct 2005)

Paul Bradford: This morning at a meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on European Affairs attended by some of my colleagues, we had a discussion with the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Georgia. It was certainly good to hear from a Foreign Minister of a former Soviet bloc country who now sees the future of her country as part of the broader European family. That brings me to the question of Turkey,...

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Oct 2005)

Paul Bradford: I support Senator O'Toole on the question of a debate on energy. We must concede that much discussion has taken place on the cost of energy since the significant increase in oil prices during the summer. However, we have not had the quantity or quality of debate we urgently require on energy conservation and alternative energy sources. I would like the Minister for Communications, Marine and...

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2005)

Paul Bradford: I ask the Leader to try to arrange a further debate on decentralisation. The budget, in five or six weeks time, will mark the second anniversary of the Government's announcement of decentralisation to 50 or 60 towns across the country. Unfortunately, the debate has moved from doubt to ridicule. The problem is people do not believe that the decentralisation project is going ahead. It is...

Seanad: The Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act: Motion. (11 Oct 2005)

Paul Bradford: I wish to share time with Senator Finucane.

Seanad: The Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act: Motion. (11 Oct 2005)

Paul Bradford: I welcome the Minister to the House. It is significant the Seanad will now join the Dáil in passing this motion and in showing the strength of support in the Oireachtas for the Irish community who are undocumented in the United States. I agree with everything the Minister has said. Above all, I want to reflect on and reiterate his statement that "we understand that meeting the needs of our...

Seanad: Sugar Beet Industry. (1 Jul 2005)

Paul Bradford: I wish to share my time with Senator Callanan. I thank the Chair for affording me an opportunity to speak on the crisis facing the Irish sugar beet industry, and the need for the Minister and her Government colleagues to ensure the strongest possible case is made to the Commission to secure this fine native industry. I am glad the Minister is here to respond directly to this crucial issue....

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (30 Jun 2005)

Paul Bradford: I move amendment No. 9: In page 5, column 1, line 11, to delete "Cork East" and substitute "Cork North-East". I accept what the Minister stated on the previous amendments, that since the introduction of the independent electoral commission the political parties have accepted per se the recommendations from the various commissions in totality. I have no difficulty with that. We generally...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (30 Jun 2005)

Paul Bradford: I am not second-guessing the redrawing of any constituency. I simply ask that the constituency be termed what it was previously termed, which was its absolutely correct geographical title, Cork North-East.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (30 Jun 2005)

Paul Bradford: I am happy where I am.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (30 Jun 2005)

Paul Bradford: I agree with what has been said. In fairness to the Minister, the issues we are raising in these amendments might be worthy of a more lengthy debate in the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Environment and Local Government. I hope the Minister will be in a position over the next 12 months to introduce another electoral amendment Bill to deal with these specific issues. There are two aspects...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages. (30 Jun 2005)

Paul Bradford: I made the point yesterday that if we had an election in Cork or Tipperary last Sunday, the day of the Munster final, I would not like to try to encourage people to vote.