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Seanad: Budget Statement 2009: Statements (15 Oct 2008)

Paul Bradford: This measure to remove the entitlement of a medical card to all those over the age of 70 might turn out to be the Government's footwear and clothing measure. It will hang around the Government's neck politically and even though a case can be made on pure equality grounds, it will cause administrative chaos and genuine worry and fear among people. We could speak for much longer on this...

Seanad: Budget Statement 2009: Statements (15 Oct 2008)

Paul Bradford: ——-when former Taoiseach, Deputy Bertie Ahern, and the then Minister for Finance, Charlie McCreevy, boldly proclaimed — probably with some merit — that the reduction in capital gains tax had produced wonders for the economy. We are now seeing a reversal of that, albeit small, at a time when enterprise, initiative and effort need to be rewarded. It is somewhat worrying that taxation...

Seanad: Budget Statement 2009: Statements (15 Oct 2008)

Paul Bradford: The Deputy was against it then. That is fair enough.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2009: Statements (15 Oct 2008)

Paul Bradford: Why was the Senator against it then?

Seanad: Budget Statement 2009: Statements (15 Oct 2008)

Paul Bradford: The Senator was against it then.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2009: Statements (15 Oct 2008)

Paul Bradford: Oh right, it was on mature reflection.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2009: Statements (15 Oct 2008)

Paul Bradford: That is helpful.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2009: Statements (15 Oct 2008)

Paul Bradford: I was at school in 1983.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2009: Statements (15 Oct 2008)

Paul Bradford: On a point of order, although it might be wrong of me to interrupt, that cant of Senator Leyden's, which is becoming something of a long playing record, is politically and factually incorrect.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2009: Statements (15 Oct 2008)

Paul Bradford: It is a point of information, at any rate.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2009: Statements (15 Oct 2008)

Paul Bradford: When?

Seanad: Budget Statement 2009: Statements (15 Oct 2008)

Paul Bradford: Local authorities' budgets have been cut by 5%.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

Paul Bradford: The Cathoirleach is a good man.

Seanad: Report on EU Climate-Energy Package: Statements (16 Oct 2008)

Paul Bradford: There was a time when the Green Party was a nice, light, pleasant green.

Seanad: Report on EU Climate-Energy Package: Statements (16 Oct 2008)

Paul Bradford: I hope that we will return to a fuller debate on this topic in the near future. It would be preferable if the debate was to adjourn rather than conclude but that is the order of business as agreed this morning. I welcome the opportunity to speak and I congratulate all those involved in the publication of this report, including my party colleague, Deputy Seán Barrett. It is very much an...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2008)

Paul Bradford: I welcome the robust debate we have been having on the economy. We require much more time to deal with all the issues that have been raised by so many of my colleagues. I am taken by the call of my colleagues on the other side of the House for more suggestions, ideas and assistance from the Opposition. This represents a dramatic turnaround over the past 15 to 18 months because, in the...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Oct 2008)

Paul Bradford: I support the calls made by my colleagues for an urgent debate on agriculture. The agricultural community has faced enormous financial pressures for some time but the measures proposed in the budget, including the removal of the farm installation grant and the farm retirement pension, represent an especially bitter blow to young farmers and their parents. We know of many cases from our...

Seanad: Nursing Home Standards: Statements (5 Nov 2008)

Paul Bradford: I welcome the Minister of State with responsibility for older people to the House. I welcomed the creation of a Department with responsibility for older people. It was an issue I raised on many occasions with various Taoisigh in the other House because I believed the elderly faced a huge range of issues that needed to be brought together under one office holder. I realise the office is...

Seanad: Development of Green Technology: Motion (5 Nov 2008)

Paul Bradford: I welcome the opportunity to say a few words on this important area of economic development. It is a sign of the times that whereas we would not have had to deal with such a motion five or ten years ago, there is a growing awareness of the necessity for greener technology and that it can play a role, not just from an environmental perspective but also from an economic and developmental one....

Seanad: Fishing Industry: Statements (12 Nov 2008)

Paul Bradford: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I am pleased we have this opportunity to bring to the House the important issue of the Irish fishing industry. I listened with interest earlier to some of the comments made on the Order of Business in regard to this debate and other matters. From a political perspective, since we joined the European Union in 1973, our fishing industry has been...