Results 6,721-6,740 of 22,424 for speaker:Finian McGrath
- Written Answers — Driver Training: Driver Training (14 Sep 2011)
Finian McGrath: Question 1053: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reconsider the essential driver training scheme due to the fact that there are issues concerning the sponsor's role under this scheme. [23219/11]
- Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2011)
Finian McGrath: Where is the Government, Deputy Buttimer?
- Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2011)
Finian McGrath: Mr. Squeaky Clean.
- European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2011)
Finian McGrath: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to speak on this important legislation, the European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011. It deeply saddens me to see where the country is. Our economic sovereignty is gone and we all want it back. Politicians, bankers and developers have brought us to where we are and it is...
- European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2011)
Finian McGrath: I am not afraid to say I look forward to the day when we get out of this mess. In doing so, we should never penalise the unemployed, the old, the sick or the disabled. Sadly, that is what the Government is doing. Punishing people for the sins of others should never be an option. There is another way and I would like to outline it in this debate. We all have a duty to work together on...
- European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2011)
Finian McGrath: Many of them were not Members of the previous Dáil.
- European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2011)
Finian McGrath: I stood up to the previous Government, as Deputy Durkan knows well. I was one of the few people who stood up to the Government and for the people.
- European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2011)
Finian McGrath: In May 2010 the euro area members states agreed to create a European Financial Stability Facility, EFSF, to financially support the euro area member states that were in difficulties caused by the exceptional circumstances beyond their control. The EFSF was incorporated on 7 June 2010 for the purpose of providing stability and support to the euro area member states in the form of guaranteed...
- European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2011)
Finian McGrath: -----and adopted the sensible suggestion of Warren Buffett, which has led to economic and social progress in many small countries all over the world.
- European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2011)
Finian McGrath: That is my first proposal.
- European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2011)
Finian McGrath: My second proposal is that the Minister should look at another taxation system which has been floating around Europe during the summer. This would see 0.5% of every euro spent on business related financial transactions, or merely 50 cent in every â¬1,000, levied on those involved in the transaction. This is not a tax on banks, which are prone to making losses, but on the transactions...
- European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2011)
Finian McGrath: There are two sensible proposals.
- European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2011)
Finian McGrath: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I ask you to protect me from Deputy Durkan.
- European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2011)
Finian McGrath: I am sure Deputy Durkan will be interested in my third point.
- European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2011)
Finian McGrath: I accept Deputy Durkan's apology. I would like the Minister to consider another proposal as he prepares the budget. It relates to the cigarette industry. Extra Government revenue of â¬758 million is possible. The Government will earn â¬10.4 billion from tobacco excise duty in the next ten years assuming there is no change in the excise structure, no excise increases and no industry...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (20 Sep 2011)
Finian McGrath: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a special needs assistant and educational opportunities in respect of a person (details supplied). [24569/11]
- Written Answers — Temple Bar Cultural Trust: Temple Bar Cultural Trust (20 Sep 2011)
Finian McGrath: Question 340: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in view of the fact that the Temple Bar Cultural Trust, TBCT, organisation has been found to have offset the cost of lunches in February 2009 and 2010 against the rent of a restaurant whose owners are tenants of the trust, if he will call for a full independent audit into the spending of the TBCT, which is...
- Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (20 Sep 2011)
Finian McGrath: Question 370: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures the Garda has taken to track down the 28 Irish driving licences unlawfully issued to foreign nationals who were not entitled to them; his views on the fact that these licenses were issued; if he will confirm if some or all of the licences have been recovered by gardaÃ; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Written Answers — Garda Transport: Garda Transport (20 Sep 2011)
Finian McGrath: Question 373: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the size of the Garda vehicle fleet in 2010; the size of the fleet in 2011; the number of Garda cars taken off the road in 2010 and to date in 2011 due to the car reaching its kilometre limit; if he is concerned that the Garda Representative Association has complained of a shortage of Garda patrol cars; and if he will make a...
- Written Answers — Irish Red Cross: Irish Red Cross (20 Sep 2011)
Finian McGrath: Question 424: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will consider encouraging the Irish Red Cross to adequately address the issue of current long-serving members still serving on the council and executive committee of the IRC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24570/11]