Results 701-720 of 955 for speaker:Terry Brennan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Aer Lingus and Stobart Air (17 Feb 2015)
Terry Brennan: Others have spoken for five or six minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Aer Lingus and Stobart Air (17 Feb 2015)
Terry Brennan: I have a question that has not been asked by anybody else.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Aer Lingus and Stobart Air (17 Feb 2015)
Terry Brennan: How many members did the Chairman interrupt before me? The answer is not a single one.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Aer Lingus and Stobart Air (17 Feb 2015)
Terry Brennan: I will not fall out with the Chairman.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Aer Lingus and Stobart Air (17 Feb 2015)
Terry Brennan: I will ask the question. I travel to America every year to visit family on a direct flight to Atlanta, Georgia. When I was booking the flight three weeks ago, my daughter asked whether I would fly with Air France because the ticket would cost €600 less, even though I would be taking the same Delta flight from Dublin to Atlanta. I consider Delta to offer the most direct route to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Aer Lingus and Stobart Air (17 Feb 2015)
Terry Brennan: There is a big saving to me.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Aer Lingus and Stobart Air (17 Feb 2015)
Terry Brennan: I cannot win.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Aer Lingus and Stobart Air (17 Feb 2015)
Terry Brennan: Was there a miscommunicatoin between the partners?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Aer Lingus and Stobart Air (17 Feb 2015)
Terry Brennan: It is a true example.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Aer Lingus and Stobart Air (17 Feb 2015)
Terry Brennan: Should I be advocating a takeover by IAG?
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Monuments (18 Feb 2015)
Terry Brennan: King John's Castle in Carlingford is a very strategic edifice which is visited by thousands of tourists each year. The Minister of State's predecessor, Brian Hayes, who is now an MEP, visited the castle and acknowledged the fact that the local heritage trust in Carlingford was prepared to include visits to it on its heritage trail. As the Minister of State is aware, Carlingford is a...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: National Monuments (18 Feb 2015)
Terry Brennan: That is great news, and I am very pleased to hear it. I should have acknowledged at the outset the significant works done by the Office of Public Works, OPW, from the 1950s to date and I compliment it on the condition of the castle. It is great news that the Minister believes works will commence in the summer. I know the difficulty involved, and restoring the original entrance to the...
- Seanad: Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Feb 2015)
Terry Brennan: I congratulate Senators Power, van Turnhout and Healy Eames on progressing this very important Bill to where it is today. Many of my colleagues have mentioned genetic issues, how important our medical history is and the right to know it. I appreciate and recognise the difficulties for some mothers. Some might want their right to privacy and to remain anonymous and this has been the...
- Seanad: Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Feb 2015)
Terry Brennan: More than 20 years.
- Seanad: Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Feb 2015)
Terry Brennan: Ceapaim féin gur lá an-stairiúil é seo do Seanad Éireann. Tá an Teachta Séamus Ó Dálaigh sa Seomra. Tá áthas orm é a fheiceáil sa Teach seo. I will tell colleagues my story. I was adopted also, and I will never forget who adopted me. The Senators who proposed the Bill should be very proud, and I encourage the Minister to do...
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2015)
Terry Brennan: I support my colleagues who commended the Garda and the PSNI on recapturing the criminal in Belfast. It is to be hoped he will not be maintained in this country at the taxpayers' expense. I hope he is sent back to where he belongs and serves his sentence. We have called for a debate with the Minister for Justice and Equality. There were two robberies in my locality in the past four or...
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2015)
Terry Brennan: I am calling for a debate to alert people to the dangers. These things are happening in many counties throughout the country.We cannot expect gardaí to police every house in the country. I do not know whether one should keep a dog, but if the dog bit any of these people they could make a claim.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Rural Communities: Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Feb 2015)
Terry Brennan: I also congratulate the Minister of State, who has worked hard on this committee for quite a while. I agree fully with her that these issues will take time to address. Communities themselves know the issues and what they want in their communities, no matter what part of Ireland one goes to. Most of them are prepared to play their part, and will play a part, to develop their communities....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Energy Prices: Discussion (25 Feb 2015)
Terry Brennan: I apologise for being late and missing the presentations. I must declare I was employed by the ESB for quite a while. I am glad to hear that sympathy, concern and every opportunity is given to the consumer in the case of disconnections. I am glad that this is still continuing and I hope it will continue that way. It is as a last resort that consumers are disconnected. For my...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Energy Prices: Discussion (25 Feb 2015)
Terry Brennan: One must be 66 to get a pension. I have a little while to go.