Results 801-820 of 14,706 for speaker:Phil Hogan
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (1 Mar 2006)
Phil Hogan: That is not the word we would use. Is the Minister of State referring to the Minister?
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (1 Mar 2006)
Phil Hogan: There is one case.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (1 Mar 2006)
Phil Hogan: The Minister of State does not believe that. He has been told to say that.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (1 Mar 2006)
Phil Hogan: The Minister of State should not say that about Deputy Ned O'Keeffe.
- Written Answers — Tourism Promotion: Tourism Promotion (1 Mar 2006)
Phil Hogan: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the projected North American tourist numbers for the 2006 season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8259/06]
- Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)
Phil Hogan: We have a plan for Deputy Brady.
- Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)
Phil Hogan: Things have got so bad, they will have to bring back Micheál.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (2 Mar 2006)
Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 5: In page 5, line 33, after "person" to insert the following: ", including the National Consumer Agency and consumer groups,". This amendment is to allow the National Consumer Agency and other representative groups to have matters regarding the legislation investigated.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (2 Mar 2006)
Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 6: In page 5, line 49, after "the" to insert "District Court or in the". This amendment is to allow a cheaper opportunity to adjudicate on matters under the legislation rather than have all matters adjudicated by the Circuit Court and High Court, which, as the Minister of State knows, are much more expensive. I believe that the District Court would be appropriate to a...
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (2 Mar 2006)
Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 7: In page 6, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: "(5) For the purposes of this section, the cost to the retailer of the grocery goods shall be calculated inclusive of all discounts, rebates or other allowances received by the retailer on the supply of the goods.". We had a good discussion on this on Committee Stage. Retailers, particularly multiples, could...
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (2 Mar 2006)
Phil Hogan: I oppose the enactment of this legislation on Fifth Stage for the various reasons that were pointed out on Second Stage and Committee Stage by all sides of the House. It is an unusual situation where all sides of the House are almost in agreement, but the Government is ploughing ahead with this legislation irrespective of the views expressed on all Stages. It is rather strange that not even a...
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (2 Mar 2006)
Phil Hogan: The Deputy is clutching at straws.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (2 Mar 2006)
Phil Hogan: Nobody here argued that.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (2 Mar 2006)
Phil Hogan: It is the consequences of what the Government is doing that we were talking about.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (2 Mar 2006)
Phil Hogan: Who said it?
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (2 Mar 2006)
Phil Hogan: The Minister of State is deliberately misinterpreting us.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (2 Mar 2006)
Phil Hogan: Deputy Ned O'Keeffe is trying to talk to the Minister of State.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (2 Mar 2006)
Phil Hogan: That is not the case, not in the real world.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (2 Mar 2006)
Phil Hogan: Can the Minister of State be brief?
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (2 Mar 2006)
Phil Hogan: We have heard it all before. It is the same old, tired record.