Results 6,281-6,300 of 7,082 for speaker:John Paul Phelan
- Seanad: Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (24 Sep 2019)
John Paul Phelan: He has not.
- Seanad: Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (24 Sep 2019)
John Paul Phelan: That is nonsense. This is the most ridiculous contribution I have heard on this matter for the past ten years.
- Seanad: Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (24 Sep 2019)
John Paul Phelan: This is mad stuff.
- Seanad: Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (24 Sep 2019)
John Paul Phelan: This is utter nonsense. Where is this challenge?
- Seanad: Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (24 Sep 2019)
John Paul Phelan: Will the Senator point out where this is referenced?
- Seanad: Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (24 Sep 2019)
John Paul Phelan: He did not say that.
- Seanad: Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (24 Sep 2019)
John Paul Phelan: The Senator should read the speech.
- Seanad: Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (24 Sep 2019)
John Paul Phelan: He did not say that.
- Seanad: Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (24 Sep 2019)
John Paul Phelan: Most of the speakers so far have had some basis to what they said. What the Senator has said are utter lies.
- Seanad: Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (24 Sep 2019)
John Paul Phelan: You better.
- Seanad: Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (24 Sep 2019)
John Paul Phelan: You cannot just come in here and say the first thing that comes into your head.
- Seanad: Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (24 Sep 2019)
John Paul Phelan: That is a political charge.
- Seanad: Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (24 Sep 2019)
John Paul Phelan: That is not what the Senator said.
- Seanad: Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (24 Sep 2019)
John Paul Phelan: I did. I withdraw the word “lie”. It may have been a misquotation. Certainly, the quotation that was read out was correct but what was referenced was slightly different. I have no problem withdrawing the word “lie”.
- Seanad: Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (24 Sep 2019)
John Paul Phelan: Would we be agog at this stage?
- Seanad: Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (24 Sep 2019)
John Paul Phelan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (24 Sep 2019)
John Paul Phelan: I will withdraw my comment. I got a bit lost in the heat of the moment. A quote was read out by Senator McDowell. I felt that there was a certain motive being attributed which I did not believe was accurate, hence my comment. I should not have said it. I thank those who have contributed. As usual in most debates, whether in this House or the other House, there are plenty of...
- Seanad: Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (24 Sep 2019)
John Paul Phelan: However, there has not been much discussion on this in the House tonight and it leaves this wide open to abuse. My biggest concern about a register is to make it safe. We will be embarking on this at the end of this year and we have just had a public consultation on changing the registration process and moving towards a system of using PPS numbers because our existing electoral registers...
- Seanad: Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (24 Sep 2019)
John Paul Phelan: Yes. I fully support the notion of ensuring that the Seanad would continue to be a place where people who have very different opinions can get elected and can contribute to public life. However, there are genuine concerns about certain aspects of what is in Senator McDowell's report. I will endeavour, as I said, to ensure that the Dáil has this exchange of views as soon as possible....
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Election Management System (3 Oct 2019)
John Paul Phelan: Arising from a commitment in the May 2016 Programme for a Partnership Government to examine the voter registration process, a set of policy proposals was developed based on the 2016 Report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Proposed Electoral Commission. The proposals include, among other things, the introduction of a simplified registration process; a move to a rolling register;...