Results 661-680 of 1,677 for speaker:Ned O'Sullivan
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: It is woeful to have to listen to this.
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: The smear did not work.
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: I do not normally get involved in argy-bargy across the floor. I have tried to avoid that all my life, even in the county council, and I got away with it. Today is different, however. Today is a very dangerous day for us and for democracy in the country. In the previous Seanad, when I was on the Government benches, my Whips made sure that I voted for a couple of items that I was not too...
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: Quite clearly-----
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: Quite clearly, the Government has no real interest in a real, meaningful and productive banking inquiry at all.
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: The people made their decision on Fianna Fáil in 2011 and we got hammered. We accepted it and got on with the business. The Government is not finished with that business, however. Quite clearly, by seeking to have a built-in majority in this inquiry, it is going to ensure the late Brian Lenihan, Brian Cowen and all they did will be blamed for all the ills of the country. That is what...
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: I have. One could put on ten or 15 more people on that committee, yet Brian Cowen will come before it and will answer the questions.
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: It will show that the blueprint of Mr. Lenihan is the one that, under Deputy Michael Noonan, has got this country out of the mess.
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: I have not finished yet.
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: I never overdo things.
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: To conclude, I am appealing to Members opposite, especially the Independent Members, not to stand for this.
- Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: It is going to be the worst day in the history of this Seanad and probably one of the worst days for democracy since the Blueshirts.
- Seanad: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: Briefly, I wish to support the previous speakers and to move formally amendment No. 3.
- Seanad: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: Has amendment No. 3 gone?
- Seanad: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: My apologies.
- Seanad: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 7: In page 23, to delete lines 7 to 15.
- Seanad: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 8: In page 23, to delete lines 16 to 37, to delete pages 24 and 25, and in page 26, to delete lines 1 to 15.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: Why?
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)
Ned O'Sullivan: I lend my support to the statement by the acting leader of the Opposition, Senator O'Donovan, regarding the banking inquiry. I commend my fellow Kerryman, Senator Paul Coghlan, on his honest statement, which echoed last week's equally honest statement by the Leader. Recently, I was in the company of a friend, a punter who had been having a bad day at the horses. He had backed four or five...