Results 421-440 of 839 for speaker:Michael Kennedy

Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (17 Nov 2009)

Michael Kennedy: With due respect, the Deputy is getting populist again. As I said earlier, we are where we are, so let us deal with the issues today.

Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (17 Nov 2009)

Michael Kennedy: We have to deal with the problems.

Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (17 Nov 2009)

Michael Kennedy: Am I out of time?

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Nov 2009)

Michael Kennedy: Amendments Nos. 23 and 24 are related and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Nov 2009)

Michael Kennedy: Amendments No. 25, 26 and 28 to 30, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Nov 2009)

Michael Kennedy: We have not reached amendment No. 31. Amendments Nos. 26, 28, 29 and 30 are being taken with amendment No. 25.

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Nov 2009)

Michael Kennedy: Has Deputy Broughan already spoken on this amendment?

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Nov 2009)

Michael Kennedy: Amendments No. 33 and 52 will be discussed together.

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Nov 2009)

Michael Kennedy: Amendment No. 36 cannot be moved. Amendments Nos. 37 to 43, inclusive, 45 and 46 are related and may be discussed together.

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Nov 2009)

Michael Kennedy: Amendments Nos. 57 and 58 are related and will be discussed together.

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Nov 2009)

Michael Kennedy: Is the Deputy going to move amendment No. 58?

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Nov 2009)

Michael Kennedy: Amendments Nos. 60 to 66, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Nov 2009)

Michael Kennedy: As it is now 7 p.m. I am required to put the following question in accordance with an order of the Dáil of this day: "That the amendments set down by the Minister for Transport and not disposed of are hereby made to the Bill, Fourth Stage is hereby completed and the Bill is hereby passed." Is that agreed?

Adoption Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2009)

Michael Kennedy: I welcome the opportunity to speak briefly on the Bill. Ireland's signing up to the Hague convention is long overdue and very welcome. Most Members have received a great number of representations on this Bill. One issue of which we are all now aware is the length of time the adoption process takes. Many couples have informed me that the timelag involved is often up to five years. That...

Climate Change: Statements (Resumed) (2 Dec 2009)

Michael Kennedy: Allow the Minister to finish.

Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2009)

Michael Kennedy: The Labour Party wanted to nationalise the banks.

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)

Michael Kennedy: The lord of north Kildare.

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)

Michael Kennedy: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important Bill. Like every other public representative, I find it is not easy to discuss the cuts that have had to be introduced due to financial necessity. In saying that, I commend and congratulate the Minister, Deputy Hanafin, for the way she has balanced this huge portfolio in a very fair way. When one considers there are 400,000 people on the...

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)

Michael Kennedy: The priority of this budget and of the Government is, first and foremost, to stabilise the public finances. Anyone who ignores that fact is not living in the real world. We are aware from discussions throughout the year with those such as the ECB and the IMF that they expect us to take the corrective action we are taking. I commend the Minister for leaving the State pension for our senior...

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)

Michael Kennedy: The Deputies referred to child benefit. Deputy O'Mahony may not have heard some of the earlier Fine Gael speakers but they castigated the Minister for changing the benefit. Fine Gael recognises as much as we do that serious financial retraction is necessary. When I consider the difficult choices the Minister had in this portfolio, I believe she has acted in a very balanced way.