Results 261-280 of 1,625 for speaker:Pat O'Neill

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. (6 Mar 2012)

Pat O'Neill: As Senator Cullinane is not present I call Senator Byrne who has four minutes.

Seanad: Industrial Relations (6 Mar 2012)

Pat O'Neill: I thank the Minister, Deputy Richard Bruton for his co-operation. I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy John Perry.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2012)

Pat O'Neill: Senator Comiskey was not a Member then.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2012)

Pat O'Neill: I support Senators Comiskey, Mooney and Norris on Ministers going abroad. While every country has its national day, St. Patrick's Day is recognised worldwide - it is the only time the world turns green. England has St. George's Day and Wales has St. David's Day, but they are not world recognised as St. Patrick's Day is. It is a time when we can sell our country and I support the Ministers...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2012)

Pat O'Neill: I will conclude. I would like the Minister to come to the House to explain why this was introduced. What documentation or statistics exist to back up this up? It will have a major impact especially at the fall of the year with the weanling trade. A person, whose neighbour's herd has an outbreak with two or more animals down, cannot sell his or her weanlings, which is ludicrous. Has this...

Seanad: Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (14 Mar 2012)

Pat O'Neill: Well done, Senator. You finished exactly within the time allowed.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

Pat O'Neill: I was going to raise another matter on the Order of Business but having listened to the anarchy proposed by members of the Sinn Féin party, will the Leader ask that the transcripts of debates in the Northern Ireland Assembly on the stance taken by Sinn Féin Members there to rates and household charges in the North to be made available? For years, that party subverted-----

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

Pat O'Neill: It has a lot to do with it.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

Pat O'Neill: A Chathaoirligh, you allowed somebody to propose anarchy in this House in regard to not paying the household charge.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

Pat O'Neill: I am replying to that.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

Pat O'Neill: I am asking the Leader to arrange for the transcripts to be made available to this House.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

Pat O'Neill: The Sinn Féin Members have suggested we invite to the House the First Minister and the Deputy First Minister. I would like to bring them in to ask them what their position is. Sinn Féin subverted the laws of this country and for years would not recognise the Army, the courts and the Garda.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

Pat O'Neill: Next we will have these people saying road tax is an unfair charge.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

Pat O'Neill: They will say the television licence is an unfair charge. We should ask the First Minister and the Deputy First Minister to visit the House to speak-----

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

Pat O'Neill: -----about rates in Northern Ireland. I will ask the other question tomorrow.

Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)

Pat O'Neill: Why did we halve it?

Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)

Pat O'Neill: That was always Fianna Fáil politics.

Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)

Pat O'Neill: Does Senator Byrne not realise the coffers are empty after 14 years of Fianna Fáil in government?

Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)

Pat O'Neill: The Minister has been dealing with many other pressing matters.

Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (21 Mar 2012)

Pat O'Neill: When did he say that?