Results 561-580 of 20,459 for speaker:Frances Fitzgerald
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: It was a Government decision at the time.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: Neither is the Minister.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: On a point of order, Senator Harris should withdraw that remark.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: That remark is not worthy of Senator Harris. He should not cast that sort of aspersion on a person.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: It was ungracious.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: We are not compromised and the Senator should withdraw that remark.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: People have lives before they become Members of the Oireachtas.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: These are priority issue for Fine Gael. Deputy Richard Bruton has consistently spoken about public sector reform. The senator is incorrect to say Fine Gael has not consistently demanded it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: It is about fiscal policy.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: It is more like 14%.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: One thousand.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: They did not listen to suggestions for budgetary change in recent years.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: Exactly.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: Exactly.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: The Senator should have said that to her Minister in 2002.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: The Senator did it in 2002.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: A U-turn.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: Yes.
- Seanad: Child Care Services: Statements (21 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I thank him for attending this debate. As Minister of State with responsibility for children, he has an important job. It is accepted that last week's budget was a difficult and disappointing one for the elderly. Equally, it was not sufficiently supportive of children and their families. The Minister of State mentioned some of the cutbacks...
- Seanad: Child Care Services: Statements (21 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: Children who are taken from their families, for all sorts of reasons, often end up in care. If proper supports were available in the community, they would not end up in care. I know from my own experience that the assertion in The Irish Times article that care placements "can cost in excess of â¬500,000 a year" is true. If we were to invest the same amount of money in family support...