Results 2,101-2,120 of 7,082 for speaker:John Paul Phelan
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government.
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: The Senator might have missed that Fianna Fáil is in government.
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: That is convenient.
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: Rubbish.
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: What?
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: That is not the purpose of a confidence motion.
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: I will try not to be as provocative as the previous speaker. I am glad of the opportunity to have this discussion. A few things have been said which I wish to counter. I was particularly disappointed by the start of the Tánaiste's speech and her comment that we should be discussing the banking reports tonight. Surely to God whoever wrote her speech knew we had a debate on the banking...
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: This is all a stark contrast to the scenes that greeted Deputy Cowen's election as Taoiseach. We were told by members of Fianna Fáil that he was a great intellect and would do the devil and all for Ireland.
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: Singing took place in the streets of Tullamore following his election as Taoiseach.
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: Thank you, Chairman. That is all in stark contrast to the current situation of the economy and role he played in that. I regard him as a decent man but his crucial problem is that he believes that when he talks to Fianna Fáil he is talking to Ireland. He believes that if he talks to people at a cumann or district meeting, they reflect the people. They do not. He is out of touch with the...
- Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: We are here, hello.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: I wish to raise two issues with the Leader. When is it proposed to hold a debate on care of the elderly, which debate has been sought for some time? The Leader has indicated he is amenable to having such a debate. Would it be possible to have it before the Houses rises for the summer? Senator McFadden, other Senators and I have raised in this House the issue of the Health Information and...
- Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (22 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: I am glad to have the opportunity to reminisce about Peter. He had a tremendous impact on my formative years in this House. I became a Member eight years ago. Like Peter, I was elected on the Agricultural Panel and came from a very strong farming background. He represented a generation of Irish people who are becoming scarce. Two years ago my father who would have been approximately the...
- Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (22 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: We discussed the upcoming Seanad election, in which we were on the same panel. In the most unusual of elections one does not really compete with individuals from other parties but with individuals within one's own party. Peter was worried, as we all are at election time. The next time I saw him was at the count with his daughter who I believe is in the Visitors Gallery. I cannot remember...
- Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (22 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: The year 1979 has been mentioned and it was a great one in many respects. In a way, I won an election, as I was born in that year, as my name suggests. I do not mean this in a partisan way, but Peter always struck me as the most Fine Gael of Fianna Fáil members.
- Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (22 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: I mean it in the nicest sense.
- Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (22 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: I always felt I could have a conversation with Peter. I was deeply sorry to be out of the country when he passed away, but a month ago I attended the wedding in Clonakilty of two of my college friends. I had driven through Innishannon but decided to go back up the hill to the church. I parked my car, but as there was no one there, I did not really know where I was going. I went to the new...
- Seanad: Innovation and Job Creation: Statements (22 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: We have to get back to it.
- Seanad: Innovation and Job Creation: Statements (22 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Billy Kelleher, in place of the Minister, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe. It is a pity the debate did not get started until late in the evening. Many items in the Minister of State's speech are very admirable. Perhaps the Minister of State did not mean to say it the way he did but one of his closing remarks was on how the banks could return to profitability by...
- Seanad: Innovation and Job Creation: Statements (22 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: We certainly would not have a deficit. Almost a year ago, the Minister for Finance told us we had turned a corner and we are still turning it. We must be dizzy turning corners at this stage. Perhaps another metaphor could be found by whoever writes speeches. I acknowledge the performance of Irish exporters and the Minister of State is quite right to place emphasis on it. I also...