Results 521-540 of 1,451 for speaker:Michael Finucane

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

Michael Finucane: I read this document. I have been in a council for 18 years and of all the issues raised the most vexatious for any public representative is that of planning. If anybody analyses the various requests they get during a week they will find the largest number of requests relate to planning. In many cases we give advice and try to expedite and facilitate the planning process but I would like to...

Seanad: Appointments to Semi-State Bodies: Motion. (10 Mar 2004)

Michael Finucane: Senator Leyden should watch out or he will be sent back to the Curragh detention centre. He was on the prison visiting committee for a few years.

Seanad: Appointments to Semi-State Bodies: Motion. (10 Mar 2004)

Michael Finucane: The Senator should check with his 3% supporters.

Seanad: Appointments to Semi-State Bodies: Motion. (10 Mar 2004)

Michael Finucane: We swiped her from under the nose of the Progressive Democrats anyway.

Seanad: Appointments to Semi-State Bodies: Motion. (10 Mar 2004)

Michael Finucane: The Senator does not go around the country looking at potholes as we did for the citizens.

Seanad: Appointments to Semi-State Bodies: Motion. (10 Mar 2004)

Michael Finucane: He is no different from those people we are talking about.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2004)

Michael Finucane: I second the amendment. I agree with Senator Ryan's condemnation of the Government's decision not to set up an agency for the Irish abroad as recommended in the report of the task force on emigration. It was debated recently in the other House where Deputy Stagg made a very emotional contribution which was relayed practically in its entirety on the "Vincent Browne Show". Another issue is that...

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Mar 2004)

Michael Finucane: While none of us supports the actions of Hamas, one must deplore what happened yesterday. The Taoiseach, in his capacity as President of the European Union, should call in the Israeli ambassador to ask him what is going on out there. Surely, in making decisions such as this, Mr. Sharon knows the monster he is creating. The tit-for-tat situation which exists in Israel and Palestine is...

Seanad: Agency for the Irish Abroad: Motion. (24 Mar 2004)

Michael Finucane: I compliment the Labour Party on tabling this motion. I followed closely the discussion on this matter in the Dáil when it was discussed two months ago. If anything, the "Prime Time" programme of 22 December last helped to focus many minds on this issue. I watched the programme with a great deal of nostalgia. I could empathise with much of what the programme portrayed. I grew up in west...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Mar 2004)

Michael Finucane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Mar 2004)

Michael Finucane: The Senator should sit down. He is a single man.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2004)

Michael Finucane: The Department spent more on Punchestown.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2004)

Michael Finucane: We should be concerned by what happened in the United Kingdom over the past few days where eight people who were probably guilty of potential terrorist offences were arrested by the British police. In this context, the approaching visit of President Bush to this country will demand increased security. We should be alarmed by what is happening in a neighbouring country. This must also be...

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2004)

Michael Finucane: Deputy Ross should declare his interests.

Seanad: Order of Business. (31 Mar 2004)

Michael Finucane: I hope he will not have selective amnesia at that time.

Seanad: Maritime Security Bill 2004: Second Stage. (31 Mar 2004)

Michael Finucane: The Maritime Security Bill is timely but it is amazing that it was not enacted long before now in view of the declaration made by the United Nations in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre on 11 September 2001. The EU Presidency and recent tragic events in Madrid have helped us to focus on safety, maritime and other. Among the recent measures at EU level is the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Apr 2004)

Michael Finucane: The ruthless killing of a 64 year old grandmother has shocked the nation. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform reiterated a commitment that was given in the programme for Government to go ahead with the appointment of 2,000 extra gardaí. I hope we will see a timeframe for the phased introduction of these extra gardaí because the Garda training depot at Templemore does not have...

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Apr 2004)

Michael Finucane: What point is the Senator making? I do not regard this as a joke.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Apr 2004)

Michael Finucane: The surgeon has a letter in The Irish Times today. What is the Senator's point?

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Apr 2004)

Michael Finucane: Senator Dooley is interrupting.