Results 421-440 of 24,382 for speaker:Seán Barrett
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Seán Barrett: Of course it is.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Seán Barrett: Members merely seek a report.
- Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)
Seán Barrett: The amendment is in order.
- Order of Business (10 Dec 2008)
Seán Barrett: The Second Stage debate on the Broadcasting Bill 2008 is ongoing. Will the Taoiseach ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to resubmit an amendment tabled by Deputy Coveney in regard to the ridiculous decision of the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland to ban an advertisement by Veritas? The Minister refused to accept Deputy Coveney's amendment and it was defeated.
- Order of Business (10 Dec 2008)
Seán Barrett: Will the Taoiseach ask the Minister to resubmit an amendment of his own so that we can get away from such absolutely stupid political correctness?
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
Seán Barrett: With respect to your good self, Acting Chairman, perhaps the Ceann Comhairle should be asked to attend the Chamber. In all the years I have been a Member â I have been a Chief Whip and an Opposition Whip â I have never seen amendments ruled out of order on the basis that they were declaratory. That is a ridiculous argument to put to anybody. This is a debating Chamber. We are here to...
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
Seán Barrett: No, it is not you, Sir.
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
Seán Barrett: It will be too late then because the Bill will be finished.
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
Seán Barrett: We will have gone past the appropriate amendment.
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
Seán Barrett: I have just completed two days of Committee Stage of the Finance (No. 2) Bill which had amendments with the same principles contained in some of these amendments being ruled out of order. It is difficult at this point to argue about it when we have just received this letter. The Acting Chairman should adjourn for ten minutes to allow the main Opposition party examine this because almost...
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
Seán Barrett: We need an adjournment.
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
Seán Barrett: It is unreasonable when the main Opposition spokesperson is sitting in the Chamber and a letter is presented to him that rules out 12 of his amendments. The explanation given is quite unclear. In my opinion, it will create a precedent. The only way to solve it, and rather than being unruly in the House, is to adjourn for ten minutes to allow us discuss the matter.
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
Seán Barrett: I accept that the Ceann Comhairle has a job to do and I do not mean to show any disrespect to his office. However, in this instance, I say with respect that I do not believe he is entitled in any way to rule out these amendments. It is not his function to deal with the legislation as presented by the Government. The Long Title of the Bill sets out its purpose of making provision in regard...
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
Seán Barrett: I have just spent two days dealing with Committee Stage of the Finance Bill in the Select Committee on Finance and the Public Service, during which a number of amendments were tabled requesting the Minister for Finance to make reports by specified dates. These amendments were not ruled out of order but debated. It appears, therefore, that different rules apply when legislation is debated in...
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
Seán Barrett: Where is the principle?
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
Seán Barrett: No, it is not.
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
Seán Barrett: The Ceann Comhairle made a statement, which has gone on the public record, that once a Bill has passed Second Stage certain things are forbidden to happen on Committee Stage. That is a dangerous principle because a wide interpretation can be taken on what one can or cannot put down. If Second Stage is to establish a very tight principle that will be judged by the Chair, it can rule out many...
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
Seán Barrett: It does not provide for a principle. That is the whole point.
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
Seán Barrett: The legislation does not provide for it.
- Health Bill 2008: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2008)
Seán Barrett: Regarding section 3 and gross income, I ask the Minister, Deputy Harney, to clarify a matter. It defies logic that the Bill does not recognise the concept of net income when that income arises from rental property. The definition of gross for somebody in that position is not catered for. The Bill also does not allow for someone to be means tested on an individual basis, if that is what they...