Results 521-540 of 7,082 for speaker:John Paul Phelan

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (10 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: It does. My mother often said self praise is no praise, and I am sure the Leas-Chathaoirleach's mother said it to him too. There is no praise in this motion for the Government or from the Government's point of view. We can all cite numerous examples of broken promises from this Government since it took office two years ago. In the programme for Government it promised to "keep down personal...

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (10 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: However, the doubling of the tax take cannot be explained. The reason that figure has changed so much is because new charges and taxes have been introduced that do not immediately come to public attention. One of those is the increase in VAT, which happened a couple of years ago. We have much more income coming into the coffers, but where are we getting the value for money? We are all...

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (10 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: The former Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment made a number of interesting comments in her time at that Department. In September 2000, she stated that taxation of work was still too high, and that in an environment where we had 20% capital gains tax and 12.5% tax on corporation profits, we could not have the situation where the only people who paid tax at 40% and 20% were those who...

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (10 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: No, it is not.

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (10 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: Such treatment is not available in regional centres.

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (10 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: It is not available in the south east.

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (10 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: That is not true. There are no plans for such treatment to be made available.

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (10 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: This is pathetic.

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (10 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: I was four years old.

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: I agree with Senator Ross.

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: We have seen a remarkable divergence of opinion on this issue, not just between the coalition parties but within the Fianna Fáil Party. The Taoiseach is, clearly, pulling the strings. Perhaps he should be in the House when we debate this issue. I raise the issue of the direct marketing of credit in the run-up to Christmas. Yesterday, I received a letter from a leading financial institution...

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: Given the general level of indebtedness, which already exists in the country, the banks should be acting in a more mature manner. Furthermore, at this time of year it is highly inappropriate that they should be targeting——

Seanad: Public Private Partnerships: Statements. (17 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: We should move to Laois.

Seanad: Public Private Partnerships: Statements. (17 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I am in broad agreement with a great deal of what he said. I was very interested to hear him say the Cullahill bypass was in his county. At that rate, he will be in Kilkenny before too long.

Seanad: Public Private Partnerships: Statements. (17 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: I understood the Minister of State's meaning. As a member of Fine Gael and as a private individual, I am in broad agreement with the pursuit of public private partnerships to engage private money to complete much-needed public sector infrastructural projects. Fine Gael considers public private partnerships to have the potential to provide value for money to the State and on-time...

Seanad: Book of Estimates 2005: Statements. (24 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: I welcome the Minister to the House. He has gone through the Estimates in detail and I wish to deal with the allocations for the different Departments. I was struck by some of the Minister's remarks. Those who have examined these Estimates and those announced by his predecessor over the past six or seven years have remarked that they show a lack of any obvious effort at improving the standard...

Seanad: Book of Estimates 2005: Statements. (24 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: I thought the Senator was a socialist.

Seanad: Book of Estimates 2005: Statements. (24 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: That follows a major cut in funding for the arts last year.

Seanad: Book of Estimates 2005: Statements. (24 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: That is rubbish.

Seanad: Book of Estimates 2005: Statements. (24 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: The Government must build the building first. It does not even have the building in which to train them.