Results 5,361-5,380 of 7,765 for speaker:Maurice Cummins
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
Maurice Cummins: To ask them to come in to address other matters-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
Maurice Cummins: -----when they are in the House for 24 dealing with legislation is disingenuous.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
Maurice Cummins: The Senator is being disingenuous.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
Maurice Cummins: It is like a mantra. He comes in every week.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
Maurice Cummins: Senator Denis O'Donovan raised a very serious issue of the alleged abuse of the PULSE system. This is a very serious matter which needs to be addressed. I note the examples the Senator gave and I will request the Minister for Justice and Equality to come to the House for a debate on that item. Senator Michael Mullins and Senator Martin Conway raised the issue of gambling addiction and...
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
Maurice Cummins: I have been accused of being a killjoy in that area.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
Maurice Cummins: We can make those points when we are dealing with the betting (amendment) Bill. Senator Sean D. Barrett raised the issue of advisers and their presence in the House. That is a matter for the Ministers themselves. I do not think we can lay down protocols in this House as regards how many advisers can come in. The issue is probably outside our remit. The Senator complimented his former...
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
Maurice Cummins: I am sure he will be an excellent Minister of State and will come to the House early in the new year, if not before it. Senator David Cullinane raised the question of free GP care. I can assure the Senator that is far from being abolished and that we will have free GP care before the end of this Government. He can quote me on that if I am wrong. With regard to universal health care, the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
Maurice Cummins: The Senator should read the manifesto. When the Senator speaks he should know what he is speaking about.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
Maurice Cummins: I have told the Senator what the Government said. I ask the Senator to read it again. I ask the Senator to speak correctly when he comes in here and quote it correctly.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
Maurice Cummins: I am very touchy because when people come in with misinformation I am expected to-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
Maurice Cummins: The Senator comes in with the usual negative mantra. It was the typical Sinn Féin mantra that we had again today. Senator Paul Coghaln called for a debate on the future of the IFSC in conjunction with the banking debate. I will raise that matter with the Minister for Finance. What can I say to Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill?
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
Maurice Cummins: It is very difficult. As Senator Gilroy say, he goes to Cork for two days and now he is a historian and an expert on Cork.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
Maurice Cummins: I will not even deal with some of the issues. As regards shortening the waiting lists, the Senator is totally incorrect. The special delivery unity has delivered significant benefits in terms or shortening waiting lists throughout the country.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
Maurice Cummins: The Senator may like to think that Donegal is the country but it is not all the country.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
Maurice Cummins: Senator Colm Burke raised the question of job creation. I remind Senator Ó Domhnaill that 2,000 extra jobs per month are being created in the economy at present, where 250,000 were lost in the three years preceding our taking over government. The Senator need not lecture me on jobs and job creation. Some 2,000 jobs per month are being created now where 250,000 were lost in the last...
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
Maurice Cummins: The Senator is not helping the situation by mouthing in that way.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
Maurice Cummins: The Senator went to Cork for two days and is an expert in job creation as well. It is no wonder jobs are going in the Senator's area.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
Maurice Cummins: Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh raised the issue of pre-budget debates. We had them last year and we will do our best. The Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, has met more than 30 organisations which made pre-budget submissions and has discussed them with the relevant people, those dealing with the areas. The Minister does not go second-hand.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2013)
Maurice Cummins: She gets the information from the organisations themselves.