Results 321-340 of 501 for speaker:Noel O'Flynn

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: The Deputy, without interruption. Deputy Shatter will have his 20 minutes.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: The Deputy, without interruption. Deputy Fahey has six minutes left in this slot, to be without interruption please.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: Some 11 minutes are left in the slot, but I must bring to the Deputy's attention the fact that we have reached 1.30 p.m. and I have to ask him to move the suspension of the House.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: Will the Deputy move the suspension of the House?

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: Does anybody remember what happened on St. Patrick's Day in 1985? Ireland's largest bank at the time, AIB, disclosed the failure of its subsidiary, Insurance Corporation of Ireland, known as ICI at the time. That was probably the worst and the biggest financial difficulty the State had ever seen, along with that from two years previously, the failure of the PMPA with liabilities of...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: I hope I will have a chance to finish my contribution because it is important.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: I was making the point about ICI whose underwriting losses in 1982 went from £0.5 million to £7.3 million. At the time, ICI was selling insurance premiums in its London office, insuring satellites, bloodstock and fairgrounds. All of this collapsed and there were hundreds of millions worth of claims against the company. The Government of the day had two options; it could have stood back...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: No one is roasting me, but I know several business people who are finding it difficult. Banks are being aggressive towards businesses that have worked hard to employ people and provide manufacturing goods and services. They are placing people under pressure at a time when they should not. It is not the people's fault that there is a slow down in the economy and a fall off in business of...

Written Answers — Ambulance Services: Ambulance Services (6 Oct 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: Question 544: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the All Ireland Air Ambulance Service which is located at Ballydwyer, Ballymacelligott, Tralee, County Kerry has requested assistance of her Department for approval of the voluntary ambulance service to come under the protocol of the 999 and 112 phone and channel 16 systems; if she will...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Oct 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: Is that agreed? Agreed.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Oct 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: Deputy O'Brien, without interruption now.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Oct 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: Will the Deputy please address the Chair? Deputy Flanagan will have an opportunity in a few minutes to give his side of the argument, as will Deputy Clune. I ask them to allow the Deputy to continue, please.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Oct 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: Is that agreed? Agreed.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Oct 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: Deputy Burke will have an opportunity to speak.

European Union Bill 2009: Second Stage (21 Oct 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: Is that agreed? Agreed.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (4 Nov 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: As amendments Nos. 2 and 4, which arise from Committee Stage proceedings, are related, they may be discussed together.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (4 Nov 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: The Deputy should be allowed to speak without interruption.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (4 Nov 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: Six other speakers wish to speak on these two amendments. I realise they can speak for as long as they wish but I ask them to be mindful of getting through as many amendments as possible. I call Deputy O'Donnell.

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: Is that agreed? Agreed. The Deputies will have ten minutes each.

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2009)

Noel O'Flynn: I was going to interrupt the Deputy by saying he is speaking about matters that are not relevant to the Public Transport Regulation Bill. I would like him to confine his remarks to the Bill we are discussing at present. I understand the Deputy might have raised this matter today on the Order of Business and the Ceann Comhairle answered his question.