Results 2,101-2,120 of 7,604 for speaker:James Bannon

Seanad: Quarterly National Household Survey: Statements. (2 Nov 2005)

James Bannon: The Government parties have not increased the fuel allowance for five years. The Senator should be ashamed of himself to be part of a Government that has not delivered for our elderly.

Seanad: Quarterly National Household Survey: Statements. (2 Nov 2005)

James Bannon: The Senator is in Government one minute and the next he is looking in.

Seanad: Quarterly National Household Survey: Statements. (2 Nov 2005)

James Bannon: Where are the Progressive Democrats in all this?

Seanad: Quarterly National Household Survey: Statements. (2 Nov 2005)

James Bannon: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. The quarterly national household survey meets the requirements of EC Council Regulation 577/98, adopted in March 1998, which necessitates the introduction of quarterly labour force surveys in EU member states. The current survey, allied with the annual population and migrations estimates, paints a picture of a country with an expanding population...

Seanad: Quarterly National Household Survey: Statements. (2 Nov 2005)

James Bannon: Senator Paddy Burke without interruption.

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Nov 2005)

James Bannon: I support the calls to invite the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, to the House to update us on what actions she intends to take to improve the hygiene standards in our hospitals. It was rich of her to comment that she was disappointed with the results of the hygiene audit. The same Tánaiste has been in Government for more than eight years and has done...

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Nov 2005)

James Bannon: Yes, she has.

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Nov 2005)

James Bannon: On another issue, many health and environmental officers travel throughout the country investigating publicans and owners of restaurants and small hotels. I know of one person who was visited three times in one day and did not have a case to answer. Last Christmas Day a hotelier was called to twice. If the same rules applied, half of the country's hospitals would be closed.

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Nov 2005)

James Bannon: The Government is responsible for——

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Nov 2005)

James Bannon: Shame on the Government for treating the public as it does.

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Nov 2005)

James Bannon: The buck stops with the Minister and the Government.

Seanad: Social Welfare Benefits: Motion. (9 Nov 2005)

James Bannon: I thought for a moment that the motion concerned child care. However, I compliment Senator Cox on outlining areas where the Government has failed, which include that sector. She spoke in great detail and acknowledged the fact that very little has been done in the area by the current or previous Government.

Seanad: Social Welfare Benefits: Motion. (9 Nov 2005)

James Bannon: No major review of the social welfare system has taken place since the establishment of the Commission on Social Welfare in 1983. That contrasts poorly with other areas, such as health and education, in which we know that there has been an embarrassment of riches when it comes to reviews and reports. Unfortunately, as we know only too well, there has been very little Government...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Nov 2005)

James Bannon: I wish to support the call for a debate on the breakdown of law and order in our society, and the gangland killings occurring almost nightly. Rural policing needs to be stepped up not down, as has happened under this Government for the past eight years. Dublin-based gangs nightly attack isolated rural areas and elderly people in rural communities. These people are being assaulted and robbed...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Nov 2005)

James Bannon: Yes, also in Longford.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Nov 2005)

James Bannon: Young people have tried for the past three years to come back from the United States and other places to live in the rural community. A constituent of mine who lives in New York——

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Nov 2005)

James Bannon: ——has had a third refusal because he lives outside the country although he presented an entire farm——

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Nov 2005)

James Bannon: We believe in protecting society.

Seanad: Ferns Report: Statements (Resumed). (15 Nov 2005)

James Bannon: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and I compliment him on sitting through the entire debate since it commenced last week. I also compliment all those involved in the preparation of the report. We live in an era of accountability where the slightest hint of scandal leads to ministerial or other political resignations. An improper act by a supermodel results in cancellation of her...

Seanad: Juvenile Offenders: Motion. (16 Nov 2005)

James Bannon: I too welcome the Minister of State and support the Labour Party motion. On 20 October 2004, the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Lenihan, told us that the former Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform made it clear in 2001 that the Children Act would take a number of years to implement. It is now almost 2006 and sufficient time has passed in which to implement this Act. I support the...