Results 2,121-2,140 of 4,717 for speaker:Martin Mansergh

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion (29 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: The question is whether the best time to do it is when one has record numbers of house purchases. One of the achievements of the Government is the significant increase in the supply of housing by 85,000 units. I do not know the figure for 1997 off the top of my head but I suspect it was something like half of that number. The population is rising sharply. I do not deny the problems faced...

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion (29 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: I wish that were true.

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion (29 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: The CIF refers to €300 million.

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion (29 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: That is right. The Senator has been around long enough to know that.

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion (29 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: Where is the slightest evidence that old people are deterred from selling their houses? The Senator is waffling.

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion (29 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: I was talking about a single property, not multiple property owners, for God's sake.

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion (29 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: There is not much substance in the Senator's speech.

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion (29 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: Will the Leas-Chathaoirleach tell the Senator to address the Chair?

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion (29 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: It is perfectly clear from the context.

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion (29 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: I said to wait and see.

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion (29 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: I did not quite say that.

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion (29 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: Having regard to the election pact.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: I strongly support the call for a debate on the report on collusion. While the two Governments have substantially shared values regarding Northern Ireland, that was not the case in the 1970s when it seems Britain viewed the situation through the lens of various distant colonial wars it had been fighting. It had very different attitudes. Unfortunately, even today's shared values do not seem...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: I would welcome an opportunity to express the point of view from the Government side of the House. In the past this House has debated Turkey's accession to the European Union. I welcome the Pope's statements on the matter which make it clear that he does not oppose and, if anything, would welcome in principle Turkey becoming part of the European Union under the right conditions.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: There is no basis for that claim.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: None of them passed through Shannon Airport.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: There is no basis for saying that.

Seanad: National Development Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (30 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: I welcome the Minister and warmly welcome the National Development Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2006 which is designed to achieve value for money through a practical scheme which will be worth more than any number of window dressing policies from the Opposition. I have greater faith in the Bill's abilities than the enhanced roles proposed by the speaker opposite for a Fine Gael Taoiseach...

Seanad: National Development Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (30 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: The National Treasury Management Agency, of which the NDFA is an extension, was an excellent Opposition initiative of a type that the Senator should examine. Twenty years ago the late Charles Haughey was one of its prime movers and it has helped to reduce the national debt from 125% of GNP — virtually the highest in Europe — to its current level of 25%, as it is now measured. One of the...

Seanad: National Development Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (30 Nov 2006)

Martin Mansergh: Now.