Results 841-860 of 1,451 for speaker:Michael Finucane
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion. (13 Apr 2005)
Michael Finucane: We do too.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion. (13 Apr 2005)
Michael Finucane: It is hard for the Senator to stick to his own motion.
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion. (13 Apr 2005)
Michael Finucane: The Senator should read the fifth point in the amendment. It is not all rubbish.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Apr 2005)
Michael Finucane: Stop stirring it.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Apr 2005)
Michael Finucane: Senator O'Toole is really stirring it this morning.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Apr 2005)
Michael Finucane: On Tuesday's Order of Business I called for the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children to come to the House to clarify what is the situation with regard to the ten-point plan for accident and emergency services. It is clear that the whole situation is in tatters. What one must appreciate in regard to a programme like Joe Duffy's is that it is symptomatic of people's frustration that...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Apr 2005)
Michael Finucane: The lid has been lifted.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Apr 2005)
Michael Finucane: Many of us over the weekend were touched by the very poignant circumstances in which a three year old child with an Irish passport wound up in an Indonesian orphanage. I would like the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Brian Lenihan, to examine this case and, if possible, to at least send a social worker to Indonesia to find out what is happening. We should...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Apr 2005)
Michael Finucane: I support the previous speakers on the consumer strategy report. Its contents appeared in the Irish Independent some weeks ago and have been elaborated in more detail in The Irish Times today. It contains many recommendations of various strategies that should be deployed to bring down prices and to be pro-consumer. It suggests the appointment of an enforcer for the consumer area. I fully...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Apr 2005)
Michael Finucane: When will it be taken?
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Apr 2005)
Michael Finucane: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2005)
Michael Finucane: The European Court of Justice made a ruling yesterday on Ireland's flouting of laws on waste disposal as a result of 12 complaints to the European Union registered between 1997 and 2000. In 1999 and 2001, Ireland was given warnings on the matter which the Government failed to heed with the result that the court has rapped us on the knuckles. We have lived with a great many complaints over the...
- Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (27 Apr 2005)
Michael Finucane: I second the amendment in the name of Senator Paddy Burke. He has elaborated on the problems with regard to road safety. I was surprised that the Progressive Democrats proposed this motion because the defects of the current system are obvious. The motion probably clarifies the situation with regard to its deficiencies, but it is not a situation on which the Government can congratulate itself....
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (4 May 2005)
Michael Finucane: The raising of the issue of special needs assistants is opportune. As Senator Ulick Burke said, it has only been a few weeks since the Minister for Education and Science made promises to this House in the area of special needs and resource teaching. I have predicted previously that this will be an important issue in the near future as people are now planning for September. Many young children...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (4 May 2005)
Michael Finucane: It is deplorable.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (4 May 2005)
Michael Finucane: That is out of order.
- Seanad: Port Development. (4 May 2005)
Michael Finucane: I thank the Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Gallagher, for taking this Adjournment matter. On 5 April, Limerick County Council received a planning application from Shannon Foynes Port Company for the reclamation of 0.9 hectares and the replacement of the public slipway. The port company enraged the local community when it decided to...
- Seanad: Port Development. (4 May 2005)
Michael Finucane: Will the Minister of State speak to the appropriate officials in the Department? The meeting last night was stormy but ended on a constructive note. The community wants to meet the harbour board and discuss its concerns. I seek only a constructive approach from the port company. The Minister of State's reply has offered some reassurance on this point. Will he ask his officials, as a matter of...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (10 May 2005)
Michael Finucane: I support what Senator O'Toole said about the garda and what occurred in County Monaghan. We should all be concerned at what is happening in Ireland with criminal gangs, drugs, various types of lawlessness and murders happening on a frequent basis. Drugs shipments are coming from eastern European countries, frequently with "lucky bags" of guns included. In the case of Limerick, in recent...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (10 May 2005)
Michael Finucane: What about Senator Morrissey?