Results 941-960 of 5,294 for speaker:Michael McCarthy

Seanad: Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (13 Dec 2006)

Michael McCarthy: I did not.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2006)

Michael McCarthy: I too wish to contribute to the debate on crime and the breakdown of law and order which has reached frightening proportions. Already this week there have been two gangland atrocities. One must feel for the family of the young plumber who went out, got a trade, made a living, and was trying to earn a few extra euro for Christmas but unfortunately lost his life in this spate of gangland...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2006)

Michael McCarthy: Come on.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2006)

Michael McCarthy: That is outrageous.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2006)

Michael McCarthy: We will smile lovingly at the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2006)

Michael McCarthy: They are obliged to do it.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Michael McCarthy: We have been able to debate these matters with the benefit of there being a good deal of money in the country. One need only look at an issue referred to in this House last week, a clip on "Morning Ireland" of Ray MacSharry delivering a budget speech in the late 1980s, which had to deal with issues such as very significant emigration, high unemployment and severe interest rates. Listening...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Michael McCarthy: The statistics exist; they are not mine. It is the case and I have provided statistical evidence to prove it.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Michael McCarthy: This goes to show the manner in which some people can attempt to block it out. The statistics are irrefutable. If the Government does not accept the EU's official comparisons as outlined, will it at least accept the evidence provided by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and other charitable organisations? In the past year, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul spent more than €41 million...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Michael McCarthy: That is absolute nonsense. The Senator was at this all morning and it is pure rubbish. The Senator should read his script.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Michael McCarthy: The Senator should form his own political views and not read them from a book. I cited hard statistical evidence.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Michael McCarthy: More and more people live below the breadline.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Michael McCarthy: That budget is nine or ten years old.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Michael McCarthy: That is a comparison between 1997 and 2006, which is a difference of nine years.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2007)

Michael McCarthy: I agree with Senator Brian Hayes on the issue of MRSA infection. Reports in today's media relate that the consultant microbiologist to whom Senator Hayes referred claims that 30% of people now carry the MRSA bacteria but that it is a hospital-acquired infection. It is clear that adequate steps are not being taken to ensure people do not contract this deadly virus and die as a result....

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2007)

Michael McCarthy: He said it is endemic in every hospital in the country.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2007)

Michael McCarthy: The Government has instructed the board of Cork Airport to pay €100 million towards the costs of the construction of the new terminal there. Four years ago, the then Minister for Transport, Deputy Brennan, gave an unambiguous commitment to the both Houses of the Oireachtas and the people of the greater Cork region that once Aer Rianta was broken up and the airports were given autonomy, the...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2007)

Michael McCarthy: The airports were told that in supporting the initiative to break up Aer Rianta, they would not have to bear the costs. The situation is now the opposite. Since the Cabinet reshuffle, the current Minister for Transport, Deputy Cullen, has been silent on the matter and then, out of the blue, this demand is made by the Taoiseach. Regarding the stamp duty issue as raised at the Progressive...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2007)

Michael McCarthy: When Fianna Fáil need the PDs.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2007)

Michael McCarthy: I thank the Leader. We will re-introduce the first-time buyer's grant later this year.