Results 1,981-2,000 of 2,017 for speaker:Anthony Lawlor
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Anthony Lawlor: The Senator is right.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Anthony Lawlor: Is the order not what is on this paper?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Anthony Lawlor: I was just pointing something out.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Anthony Lawlor: Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. Jesus Christ.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Anthony Lawlor: Since we have discussed those already, can we vote on them?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Anthony Lawlor: We have discussed amendment No. 7.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)
Anthony Lawlor: Move it.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)
Anthony Lawlor: Is this a private conversation?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)
Anthony Lawlor: Is the Senator speaking through the Chair?
- Seanad: Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (27 Nov 2019)
Anthony Lawlor: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (27 Nov 2019)
Anthony Lawlor: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (4 Dec 2019)
Anthony Lawlor: I welcome the Minister to debate this very important legislation that enacts changes made in the budget. One of the things I have always liked about that is the smart way we used our money. Rather than giving people straightforward cash, we used it in different ways so that people get benefits across the board rather than simple payments. We must recognise that over the past number of...
- Seanad: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (4 Dec 2019)
Anthony Lawlor: The Department runs the free travel scheme, which is very welcome and will be worth €95 million in 2020. It is roughly 10% of the revenue of the CIÉ group. This is a large amount of money and the Minister should have some say over the quality of the service it provides. I see old age pensioners waiting at bus stops with no shelters. I know it is not the Minister's function but...
- Seanad: Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (4 Dec 2019)
Anthony Lawlor: Next Tuesday.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2019)
Anthony Lawlor: Yesterday, we had a debate on the Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill. Could the Leader ask the Minister for Education and Skills, who administers the training fund, if he would come to the House to discuss the national training fund? In 2019, there will be a surplus in the training fund of €300 million. Last year there was a surplus of €200 million. Through the introduction of an...
- Seanad: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Dec 2019)
Anthony Lawlor: I welcome the Minister to the House. I sometimes scratch my head when members of Sinn Féin start talking about housing issues. One of the problems that were caused-----
- Seanad: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Dec 2019)
Anthony Lawlor: The Senator made a point about the quality of housing built by local authorities, about which he is worried. A major supporter of the republican movement built Priory Hall, which caused an awful lot of problems for people throughout the country.
- Seanad: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Dec 2019)
Anthony Lawlor: Before you start talking about local authorities and the quality of the housing they provide-----
- Seanad: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Dec 2019)
Anthony Lawlor: -----just remember what types of houses some of your own people built.
- Seanad: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Dec 2019)
Anthony Lawlor: Remember that before you start criticising others.