Results 321-340 of 6,967 for speaker:John Paul Phelan
- Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jan 2004)
John Paul Phelan: Trial and error.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jan 2004)
John Paul Phelan: Rubbish.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jan 2004)
John Paul Phelan: We did.
- Seanad: An Bord Bia (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (28 Jan 2004)
John Paul Phelan: I am very interested in Senator Mansergh's comments. The Minister for Health and Children spoke about the introduction of taxes on fatty foods as a means of reducing obesity among young and old and Senator Mansergh is recommending the introduction of mandatory gardeningââ
- Seanad: An Bord Bia (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (28 Jan 2004)
John Paul Phelan: Perhaps not mandatory gardening but gardening as a means ofââ
- Seanad: An Bord Bia (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (28 Jan 2004)
John Paul Phelan: Yes, compulsory tillage as a means of making people fitter. I welcome the Minister and I am pleased he has stayed in the House for the debate. Senator Quinn has outlined what I wished to say about the Bill and I echo his sentiments. I have listened to the contributions of the Minister and the Government Senators and I am not convinced of any genuine, strong argument contained therein which...
- Seanad: Services for Victims of Domestic Violence: Statements. (28 Jan 2004)
John Paul Phelan: The Senator did not heed the advice.
- Seanad: Services for Victims of Domestic Violence: Statements. (28 Jan 2004)
John Paul Phelan: I wish to share time with my colleague, Senator McHugh.
- Seanad: Services for Victims of Domestic Violence: Statements. (28 Jan 2004)
John Paul Phelan: I join other Senators who expressed happiness that we can discuss this issue in the House today. I thank the Leader for arranging the debate and compliment her on the remarks she has just made about the situation in which she found herself. We have had a fairly free discussion on this important issue today. Senator O'Rourke said that when she went to her first council meeting she was told not...
- Seanad: Services for Victims of Domestic Violence: Statements. (28 Jan 2004)
John Paul Phelan: I did. I did some research on this issue before I came into the House and I note that in recent weeks a fair deal of print media space has been devoted to violence against women in particular. I read a statistic from a 1997 report entitled, The Analysis of Cohort, to the effect that on average a woman who is assaulted by her partner or ex-partner has to be assaulted 35 times before a report...
- Seanad: FÁS Community Employment Schemes: Motion. (28 Jan 2004)
John Paul Phelan: For the first two or three weeks.
- Seanad: FÁS Community Employment Schemes: Motion. (28 Jan 2004)
John Paul Phelan: If it is a rural social scheme, how can the places be in towns and cities?
- Seanad: FÁS Community Employment Schemes: Motion. (28 Jan 2004)
John Paul Phelan: I fought the law and the law won.
- Seanad: FÁS Community Employment Schemes: Motion. (28 Jan 2004)
John Paul Phelan: It is an excellent motion.
- Seanad: FÁS Community Employment Schemes: Motion. (28 Jan 2004)
John Paul Phelan: They can put forward both sides of the same argument, which is a great position to be in. They can sit on the fence.
- Seanad: FÁS Community Employment Schemes: Motion. (28 Jan 2004)
John Paul Phelan: What about our own waiting lists? Have they been forgotten?
- Seanad: FÁS Community Employment Schemes: Motion. (28 Jan 2004)
John Paul Phelan: We would love to hear that.
- Seanad: FÁS Community Employment Schemes: Motion. (28 Jan 2004)
John Paul Phelan: Does the Senator intend to run for election? I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy de Valera, to the House. She missed the extraordinary contribution of her colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Fahey, earlier. In my 18 months here, that contribution ranks as the most nonsensical and idiotic response I have heard to a motion from any Minister. It was further marred by an abusive personal...
- Seanad: FÁS Community Employment Schemes: Motion. (28 Jan 2004)
John Paul Phelan: ââwill sell its soul to the prophets of doom and be subsumed into a Progressive Democrats ethos. Judging by the contributions made by Fianna Fáil Senators in this debate, this seems to be already happening.
- Seanad: Proposed Stadium at Lansdowne Road: Statements. (5 Feb 2004)
John Paul Phelan: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for his contribution. I thank the Leader of the House for arranging statements on the issue of the national stadium. Persistence pays off. I constantly raised this matter on the Order of Business a couple of weeks ago and I thank the Leader for agreeing to arrange this debate. There were a number of comments in the Minister's address which...