Results 901-920 of 1,625 for speaker:Pat O'Neill

Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2013)

Pat O'Neill: I ask the Senator to speak to the amendment. This is more like a Second Stage speech.

Seanad: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2013)

Pat O'Neill: Allow the Minister to speak please.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (28 Nov 2013)

Pat O'Neill: Amendments Nos. 1, 5, 6, 8, 11, 19, 21, 22 and 23 are related and may be discussed together.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (28 Nov 2013)

Pat O'Neill: Amendments Nos. 2, 3 and 4 are related and may be discussed together.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (28 Nov 2013)

Pat O'Neill: Amendment No. 6 has already been discussed with amendment No. 1.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (28 Nov 2013)

Pat O'Neill: Amendment No. 7, in the names of Senators Walsh and Wilson and the Fianna Fáil Senators, has been ruled out of order.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (28 Nov 2013)

Pat O'Neill: Government amendment No. 8 has already been discussed with amendment No. 1.

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (28 Nov 2013)

Pat O'Neill: Amendments Nos. 9 and 18 are related and may be discussed together.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Pat O'Neill: I thank Mr. Moran for his presentation. I welcome the announcement on Japan and I hope we will get good news from China. What is the status of EU negotiations with South American countries, regarding the reopening of the EU market to Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela and Uruguay? How far are we from allowing South American beef back into the EU?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Pat O'Neill: I asked about South American beef.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Pat O'Neill: So it is not back on the agenda at present.

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (4 Dec 2013)

Pat O'Neill: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy O'Dowd, for attending the House for the debate on this important Bill. Man cannot live on bread alone and, in the past, prisoners at their lowest ebb in solitary confinement lived on bread and water. One cannot live without water but it is one of the dearest commodities that our local authorities supply. Some 10% of Kilkenny County Council's budget is...

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (4 Dec 2013)

Pat O'Neill: I do not. I spoke recently to a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly when in this House who lives in a 2,000 sq. ft. three-bedroom bungalow in respect of which she pays £1,500 per annum in respect of waste collection, water charges and the household charge. That is a great deal more than what is being charged by the Irish Government.

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (4 Dec 2013)

Pat O'Neill: Senator Ó Domhnaill stated that he is opposed to water metering. Ireland is now the only country in Europe that does not charge for water, which I am sure amazes people in Europe. As stated by Senator Whelan, the people who attended the conference mentioned were amazed to hear that we often have to ration water or issue notices to boil water. The document from which Senator Ó...

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2013)

Pat O'Neill: Does the Minister wish to comment?

Seanad: Visit of President of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (12 Dec 2013)

Pat O'Neill: Before calling on the Minister to reply, I welcome Mr. Jean-Claude Mignon, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. On my own behalf and that of all my colleagues in Seanad Éireann, I extend a very warm welcome to him and good wishes for a very successful visit to Ireland.

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Pat O'Neill: I thank the Minister.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Dec 2013)

Pat O'Neill: Senator Darragh O'Brien is right.

Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Motion to Recommit (15 Jan 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Is that agreed?

Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Motion to Recommit (15 Jan 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Senator Cullinane is inaccurate in saying the Government has ruled amendments out of order. It is not the Government’s decision to rule amendments out of order.