Results 4,381-4,400 of 7,604 for speaker:James Bannon
- Suspension of Member (7 May 2009)
James Bannon: I feel annoyed. I feel offended.
- Suspension of Member (7 May 2009)
James Bannon: I did not accuse the Office of the Ceann Comhairle of being political. I will leave the House in an orderly fashion after making my point. Deputy James Bannon withdrew from the Chamber.
- Departmental Staff. (13 May 2009)
James Bannon: There is a great deal of public disquiet and anger about double jobbing and cronyism in the system. Perhaps the Taoiseach might clear up a point or two for me. Can he confirm or deny whether former CEOs and senior administrative staff within the old health boards, while on full pension, from their former employment-----
- Departmental Staff. (13 May 2009)
James Bannon: -----are working in his or in any other Department?
- Departmental Staff. (13 May 2009)
James Bannon: Can the Taoiseach answer in so far as it refers to his Department?
- Departmental Staff. (13 May 2009)
James Bannon: Can the Taoiseach confirm or deny what I have said?
- Request to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (13 May 2009)
James Bannon: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the fact that more than 500,000 social welfare claims were processed last year as unemployment rose at an unprecedented rate. A further 155,000 people applied for benefit in the first three months of this year, representing an 80% increase on the same period in 2008. Rapidly...
- Order of Business (13 May 2009)
James Bannon: Would it be an anointed person?
- Order of Business (13 May 2009)
James Bannon: The number of Bills listed for this session which were included in the list for the autumn session and the session before that is a disgrace. It seems pointless to ask again but when can we expect the Education (Patronage) Bill to be published?
- Finance Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 May 2009)
James Bannon: Does the Deputy agree we must get rid of the Government, which suffers from paralysis?
- Finance Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 May 2009)
James Bannon: What about the e-voting machines? What is happening today?
- Finance Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 May 2009)
James Bannon: The electorate will wave a hand on 5 June.
- Finance Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 May 2009)
James Bannon: Not under Fianna Fáil.
- Finance Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 May 2009)
James Bannon: The silver bullets.
- Finance Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 May 2009)
James Bannon: There is no stability in the Government. One week after the local elections we will have a general election. The Deputy knows that.
- Finance Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 May 2009)
James Bannon: I wish to share my time with Deputies Burke and Crawford.
- Finance Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 May 2009)
James Bannon: It is easy to dismiss this Bill as merely technical but behind the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, stamp duties and duties relating to excise and regulation of customs lies the face of human suffering. The word "taxation" is calculated to send a shiver down the spine of every citizen in the State. It will ruin the quality of life of every lower and...
- Written Answers — Tax Forecasting: Tax Forecasting (13 May 2009)
James Bannon: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has made changes in his Department's tax forecasting procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19014/09]
- Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (14 May 2009)
James Bannon: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the threat to the education of the poorest children in the State by the proposed reduction in teaching posts and educational supports for the disadvantaged. There has been no improvement in literacy in this sector since 1980, according to the children's charity, Barnardos. The...
- Order of Business (14 May 2009)
James Bannon: Given the recommendations by Teagasc regarding biofuel pumps, which is impacting on rural areas, particularly in my area of the midlands, when will the Bill to amend the National Oil Reserves Agency Act 2007 be published? On another issue, front-line staff are being cut back right across the hospitals in the midlands-----