Results 421-440 of 1,019 for speaker:P J Sheehan

Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: Ask Brussels and you shall receive.

Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: What about the red tape fee?

Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: It has not made a request.

Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: One more cow, one more sow, one more acre under the plough.

Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: The Government has none either.

Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: What about the other 8,000?

Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: Has the Deputy got his ear to the ground in west Cork? He is up on cloud nine.

Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: Yet he cannot extend the scheme for six months.

Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: The construction industry in west Cork.

Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: The Acting Chairman is very impartial.

Farm Waste Management Scheme: Motion (16 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: That is a lot more than can be said for those on the other side of the House.

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: It is a disgrace.

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: Is it possible for the Minister to increase the tariff on the banks by €100 million per year? This would enable him to steer clear of the golden oldies who will otherwise be put through rigorous means testing for their medical cards.

Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (21 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: Hear, hear.

Medical Cards: Motion (21 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: Hear, hear.

Medical Cards: Motion (21 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: They are more interested in bicycles.

Medical Cards: Motion (21 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: Where are the soldiers of destiny tonight?

Medical Cards: Motion (21 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: I rise to defend all those people who are retired and who built our nation into what it is today. At times they paid an effective tax rate of up to 60% during their working careers, or caring for our children. As somebody who has worked all my life in politics to help the weaker members of the community, this is the meanest decision I have ever seen. We will very soon see if those opposite...

Medical Cards: Motion (21 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: ——have the guts to admit they got it wrong, and to vote to reverse this decision which tried to take the full medical card from nine out of ten elderly people entitled to this scheme. My real concern is that many of these people whose sense of security has been taken from them will be unable to go to their doctor or afford the prescribed drugs and will end up in hospital at a greater cost...

Medical Cards: Motion (21 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: No wonder the IMO was able to negotiate such a good deal for its members when it was dealing with such an incompetent Minister.