Results 801-820 of 7,082 for speaker:John Paul Phelan
- Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jun 2005)
John Paul Phelan: Either the Taoiseach or his brother, who is the Minister of State responsible for housing, should be invited to come into the House to discuss the criteria used in disposing of the site that I understand has been passed on already. There has been no disclosure of the criteria used in disposing of that site.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jun 2005)
John Paul Phelan: It is appropriate and important that we would have a debate on that issue before the House rises for the summer recess.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jun 2005)
John Paul Phelan: Is that where the social and affordable houses are being built?
- Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)
John Paul Phelan: Can the Deputy Leader say if the Leader was able to persuade the Minister for Agriculture and Food to attend for an hour on Friday for a discussion on the beet industry and on wider agricultural issues? The Leader also stated yesterday that she would ask the Minister for Health and Children to come before the House to discuss risk equalisation. Can the Deputy Leader inform the House if she...
- Seanad: National Consumer Agency: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
John Paul Phelan: I second the amendment. The usual nature of a Government motion on Private Members' time is to be self-congratulatory, but tonight's motion takes the biscuit. If the first paragraph were published in any national media, the jaws of the public would drop as low as the ground. The public would be amazed that the Seanad, after eight years of a Fianna Fáil-Progressive Democrats Government, would...
- Seanad: National Consumer Agency: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
John Paul Phelan: A customer in Dublin paid the ludicrously high amount of â¬11.50 for the entrance fee to a local pub and a soft drink.
- Seanad: National Consumer Agency: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
John Paul Phelan: A new homeownerââ
- Seanad: National Consumer Agency: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
John Paul Phelan: A person paid â¬11.50 for the privilege of entering a pub in Dublin and buying a bottle of coke.
- Seanad: National Consumer Agency: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
John Paul Phelan: It has been paid.
- Seanad: National Consumer Agency: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
John Paul Phelan: I think it is too high. A new homeowner who e-mailed www.ripoff.ie complained that the builder of the house asked for â¬70 to install a doorbell after he had paid the actual cost of the house in the first place. I could give numerous other examples, but I do not wish to get bogged down. We need to do more than back-slapping. I am conscious that the Minister, Deputy Martin, has not been in...
- Seanad: National Consumer Agency: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
John Paul Phelan: Nobody questions that.
- Seanad: National Consumer Agency: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
John Paul Phelan: The Government has had little or nothing to do with that.
- Seanad: National Consumer Agency: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
John Paul Phelan: We did not oppose benchmarking.
- Seanad: National Consumer Agency: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
John Paul Phelan: We opposed what was on the table.
- Seanad: National Consumer Agency: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
John Paul Phelan: That is absolute rubbish.
- Seanad: National Consumer Agency: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
John Paul Phelan: It is nonsense.
- Seanad: National Consumer Agency: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
John Paul Phelan: The Minister is talking rubbish.
- Seanad: National Consumer Agency: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
John Paul Phelan: Local authorities have to depend on central Government for virtually all of their funding.
- Seanad: National Consumer Agency: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
John Paul Phelan: The Minister is talking nonsense.
- Seanad: National Consumer Agency: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
John Paul Phelan: That is nonsense.