Results 341-360 of 375 for speaker:Margaret Cox
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2007: Second Stage (27 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: Tomorrow would be fine.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2007: Second Stage (27 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: Tomorrow morning at 10.30.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: I beg the Cathaoirleach's indulgence as I raise an issue again on the Order of Business. I will try to do so in an orderly and calm manner. Yesterday evening, 112 people in Galway city and county were sick as a result of the water infection in the city. That affects 112 families and the number is rising. This is a national emergency because it means that if one puts an apple into a...
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2007 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak on the Finance Bill today. I recognise that the economic prosperity and success of the country is due to prudent management and initiatives made by successive Ministers for Finance, through the Finance Acts, and their management of the country. We would not have this success or the ability to put money into social welfare, education and increased...
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2007 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: That is better or worse, as the case may be â we just could not figure that out. When we start to discuss figures in billions, this is perhaps one of the things that goes wrong. I will outline information given to me by the Department of Finance and I apologise if it is wrong. The expenditure forecast for the BMW region in the period 2000 to December 2006 was â¬15.2 billion. It was...
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2007 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: Absolutely. If we examine all the other points Senators makeââ
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2007 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: If the Cathaoirleach bears with me, he will realise this is important. It is not often that we have the Minister in the House. My comments are completely related to the Finance Bill because the money comes from the Department of Finance. I will try to make my comments more specific to the Bill. They all concern how we are spending our money. Expectant mothers must wait 20 weeks to have a...
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2007 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: The paediatrics service will not get any money until 2011. We have no BreastCheck service. The Minister promised â¬70 million in 1997.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2007 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: We had a road that was due to be finished in 2006. It will not be finished until 2010.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2007 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: They cannot get to the university because the road system is failing us.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2007 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: On a point of order, the Minister said the figures were incorrect. The Department of Finance stated this morning that 80% of the money will not be spent in 2007.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2007 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: No.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2007 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: A Chathaoirlighââ
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2007 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: On a point of order, the reason a teller was not asked is that I did not realise there was a time limit, which is my fault. I have two tellers; another Senator has agreed to be a teller with me. That should be put on the record.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2007 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: I accept the ruling that there will not be a division.
- Seanad: Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Second Stage (3 Apr 2007)
Margaret Cox: I am not an expert in this area and have no medical background. I did, however, meet some people who made some points and perhaps the Minister of State would be kind enough to address them. This Bill is necessary and is supported by the medical profession and the Medical Council as an attempt to reform current procedures. It is important to ensure that existing competence structures are put...
- Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (5 Apr 2007)
Margaret Cox: Is it possible to ask the Minister of State to clarify a point or would that constitute my contribution to this group?
- Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (5 Apr 2007)
Margaret Cox: The amendment that will allow organisations that only accept one type of payment to be excluded from the prohibition on surcharges will also allow bodies such as Ticketmaster, which sells many tickets via the Internet, to make additional credit card charges. I am not sure I understand the amendment correctly.
- Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (5 Apr 2007)
Margaret Cox: I thank the Minister of State for clarifying that point. The Bill has been strengthened by these provisions and I welcome that the Minister, the Minister of State and the Department's officials took this matter on board in a proactive manner. The Minister of State might allude to when the regulations will be put in place. Consumers who have faced unfair charges that create additional profit...
- Seanad: Consumer Protection Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (5 Apr 2007)
Margaret Cox: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Killeen; the Minister, Deputy Martin; and their officials in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment for the open and proactive manner in which they have taken on board the thoughts of Senators on credit card surcharges. They agreed it was not right that companies were allowed to impose additional charges on people who use credit cards to do...