Results 781-800 of 1,954 for speaker:John Gilroy
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: In response to a parliamentary question received only yesterday, the Minister for Finance has confirmed that such a facility exists.
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: He further confirmed that neither of the Opposition parties had used the service in regard to their submissions.
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: Either the Minister is telling lies or someone else is.
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: It is important that the parties place accurate information on the record of the House, and I would welcome clarification on the matter. Since the beginning of the crisis successive Governments have removed ¤24 billion from the economy. The Minister for Public Enterprise and Reform, Deputy Howlin, has stated that this represents the vast bulk of the total adjustment required. It is a...
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: It is a little disingenuous for Members-----
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: I will come to that and I am glad that the Senator is giving me the opportunity to deal with it. This morning it was stated here and outside the House that any money raised in the budget would go towards payment of the promissory notes, but that is incorrect. It is wrong and demonstrates either a misunderstanding or a deliberate attempt to portray something as what it is not. If there was...
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: Absolutely, I agree.
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: That was a mistake. It was a mistake to do so. We tried, but we could not do so. I put up my hands on that one.
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: There is a lot more I could talk about-----
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: Senator Mark Daly asked if the Government had asked the troika for any deal. The Budget Statement from the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, referred to the sale of State assets and the fact that we could now use the money garnered to invest in structural change and job creation. When the sale of State assets was first mooted, the idea was that the entire...
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: There are several other accusations we could throw at the leader of that party.
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: It will be ¤306 per annum.
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: If it is so great there, why did Sinn Féin spend so much time trying to get out of it?
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: Is Senator Cullinane one of those people?
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: Give him more time.
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: Double trouble.
- Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: With no industrial relations problems.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: Is the Senator referring to the fancy pre-budget submission that was not costed? The only ones who costed it were those in Fianna Fáil.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)
John Gilroy: No, it was not costed.