Results 381-400 of 784 for speaker:Jimmy Harte

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)

Jimmy Harte: What happened in Mayo on Sunday? I wish everybody in Donegal a good celebration. This evening, I am heading to Donegal to welcome the cup to Letterkenny. On the call for the Minister for Finance to address the House on the banking industry, I know that many have questioned what will occur when banks pass over banking responsibilities to post offices. People will not be able to take money...

Seanad: Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (26 Sep 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I welcome the Minister to the House. The Office of the Ombudsman is probably one of the most respected offices in the country. In response to Senator Byrne, I do not think there have been any complaints about the office itself, which is a testament to the work of the Ombudsman. Obviously, some people are disappointed in their dealings with the office but there is never bad publicity about...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Jimmy Harte: People are talking about Arthur's Day today but it has been McGuinness week in Donegal from a sporting point of view.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I agree with Senators Coghlan and Bradford on the need for a debate on alcohol abuse. I said on local radio this morning that drinks companies are claiming that without their sponsorship many sports events would not survive but there are many companies outside the drinks trade that would step into the position if they got the chance to sponsor. There is a definite link between sponsorship of...

Seanad: Smarter Travel: Statements (27 Sep 2012)

Jimmy Harte: May I share three minutes with Senator Kelly?

Seanad: Smarter Travel: Statements (27 Sep 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy McGinley, to the House. The concept of smarter travel has been pushed very actively by the Minister of State, Deputy Kelly, recently. He announced funding under smarter travel for Letterkenny cycle lanes when he was in the town a few months' ago. A cycle route through Donegal will also be developed and people will be actively encouraged to get out of...

Seanad: Smarter Travel: Statements (27 Sep 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I will allow the Senator have her say later. From a health point of view, everyone should be active. This is linked to preventive health issues. We have an obesity problem and are heading in the same direction as many Americans who have weight problems, which can lead to diabetes and heart disease and are a huge cost for the health service. If successful, the smarter travel programme not...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I ask the Leader for debate on the situation in the HSE north-west area. Many of the staff who work with people with disabilities or with autism, have had their travel halted. Unless the reason for the travel is a clinical one - this is very difficult to define - they are being informed they cannot travel. In a county like Donegal and it would also be the case in counties Kerry, Cork and...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I ask the Leader for a debate in this House on private schools, a matter that has been covered on the airwaves in recent days. I believe the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Quinn, and the Minister of State, Deputy Kelly, are correct in saying that private education should be private and should be paid for accordingly. I do not want the taxpayers of Donegal to be paying for the...

Seanad: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Statements (9 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Harte: As usual, the Minister of State is welcome. He has been highly proactive in the small business area as he comes from such a background. Small and medium-sized enterprises, together with the farming industry, are so important. I note representatives of the latter were here in force today outside Leinster House. The problem for any small business in today's economy is accessing liquidity or...

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy White, to the House. I was listening in my office to the contributions of various Senators. The contribution from the Sinn Féin Member in relation to home care was hilarious. During a telephone conversation with a friend of mine from Strabane, I was told the residential home there is due to close shortly. A number of other homes in Northern Ireland...

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I previously lived in Lifford, which is about a mile from Strabane. Everyone in Donegal is aware of the threat of closure of Lifford community hospital, which is a residential home. For the past two or three years Sinn Féin councillors and Deputies have been jumping up and down on platforms stating how disgraceful this is, while a two minute jog away on the other side of the river there is...

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I am aware of the residents of Greenfield.

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Harte: Sinn Féin is implementing the Tory cuts.

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Harte: Senator Ó Clochartaigh does not live near the Border. I was born in Lifford and lived there for many years. Strabane is as much a part of Ireland as Galway is but the residents of Strabane do not get the same treatment. The residents of Greenfield House have been told they will be turfed out. The same councillor-----

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Harte: Sinn Féin is implementing Tory cuts. We are implementing cuts imposed by the EU but in the North Sinn Féin is part of a government. We are trying to solve the problem, but in Northern Ireland Sinn Féin is complicit with the Tory Government. Sinn Féin should not blame the Tory Government, it should blame its leaders and the people who are implementing these cuts.

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Harte: Forget about the block grant.

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Harte: The only partitionist party in the room today is Sinn Féin because it distinguishes between residents in Strabane and Lifford. They can be sure-----

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Harte: I know where the waffle is coming from. It has been coming from the Sinn Féin representatives in Donegal who have attended meetings I have also attended-----

Seanad: Primary Care Centres: Motion (10 Oct 2012)

Jimmy Harte: -----and castigated the Government on every occasion.