Results 41-60 of 375 for speaker:Margaret Cox

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Feb 2003)

Margaret Cox: I am delighted the Minister is present and I agree with him that the Bill is an important part of the agenda for environmental excellence, which is something everyone in Ireland believes in. I accept we must have a framework of regulation and control. If we do not have that framework we will be unable to achieve the types of changes we must make in our culture. We must change the landscape of...

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Feb 2003)

Margaret Cox: We do not have it at the moment and do not need it. We should create an Ireland that is different from other countries in Europe. Our vision should be for our country, not the European Union.

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Feb 2003)

Margaret Cox: We need a controlled environment but, first, we should deal with what we have. The successful model is in place. It has been achieved in Galway. We closed a landfill site two years ago. There was a problem with the site in Ballinasloe.

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Feb 2003)

Margaret Cox: No, we have diverted 55% from landfill.

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Feb 2003)

Margaret Cox: In Ballinasloe at the last elections some anti-dump councillors were elected because landfill was a huge issue. I visited the site two years ago and it was disgusting. It was incredible that it was happening in this day and age. The people of Galway were dumping rubbish in a landfill site that was not lined and it was being crushed. The rubbish was dumped, covered and squeezed down until it...

Seanad: Motor Insurance: Motion. (12 Mar 2003)

Margaret Cox: At the first Ógra Fianna Fáil conference I attended in 1994, one of the issues on the agenda was how to reduce the cost of insurance for young drivers. It has also been a matter of discussion at every subsequent Ógra conference or meeting of young people. The reduction of deaths and accidents on the roads is particularly noticeable in the four months since the Minister for Transport...

Seanad: Motor Insurance: Motion. (12 Mar 2003)

Margaret Cox: That does not surprise us.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (25 Mar 2003)

Margaret Cox: Go home.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (25 Mar 2003)

Margaret Cox: It amuses me on this side of the House to hear how often the phrase "mismanagement of finances" is trotted out from the Opposition benches, as if the economic success we enjoyed over recent years, and the difference that it made, can be just wiped away with that one phrase. It is time Senators on the other side explained what they mean by it. Has "mismanagement of finances" allowed the...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (25 Mar 2003)

Margaret Cox: This does not come from the mismanagement of finances.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (25 Mar 2003)

Margaret Cox: It annoys me when I hear the claim that the women of Ireland were paid off by thirty pieces of silver in the child benefit increase paid to them before the last election. How stupid does the Opposition think we are? Do they think people sell their souls or their votes for 30 pieces of silver or whatever back payment they receive? That is a disgraceful indictment of the women of Ireland and I...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (25 Mar 2003)

Margaret Cox: The Senator said that women who received their legitimate back payment voted for Fianna Fáil because they got a paltry few pounds in a back payment in the April to May period. That is absolutely ridiculous and I completely reject it. It is a sin that it is put on the record of this House.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (25 Mar 2003)

Margaret Cox: I very much welcome the focus on child benefit, as a payment that is not taxed or means tested. The message should continue to go very clearly from the Department of Social and Family Affairs and from the Houses of the Oireachtas to the Department of Finance that this payment is not to be means tested or taxed. This is a payment that goes to the heart of the family. It is one of the most...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (25 Mar 2003)

Margaret Cox: I hope he is because he has not met me when I am upset about maternity leave. I do not have to worry about it at the moment, before the question is asked.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (25 Mar 2003)

Margaret Cox: That is another point. Let us not go in to the whole issue of maternity leave for Members of the Oireachtas and members of local authorities.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (25 Mar 2003)

Margaret Cox: That is a problem. Relying on the pairing system while one is sitting in the labour ward and missing a vote which might cause the downfall of the Government is not something that Members of this Parliament should have to support. No doubt the people on the other side of the House will say we do not have a commitment to carers and we should have a carer's allowance for everyone, but that is...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (25 Mar 2003)

Margaret Cox: Those who are most in need should be the beneficiaries.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (25 Mar 2003)

Margaret Cox: I did not use the words "hard done by".

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (25 Mar 2003)

Margaret Cox: By how much did Deputy Quinn increase social welfare provision that year?

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (25 Mar 2003)

Margaret Cox: A sum of €10 billion in 2003.