Results 941-960 of 7,082 for speaker:John Paul Phelan
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (8 Mar 2006)
John Paul Phelan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I am surprised he is satisfied given the debate we had on the roll-out of decentralisation in the Chamber after the announcement of budget 2004. I can safely say that in my time in politics, I have never seen a more arrogant attempt by the Government to con the population than the decentralisation programme. I am forthright in my commitment to the...
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (8 Mar 2006)
John Paul Phelan: Just 5% of the 1,000 people who work in the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, nine of the 124 people who work in the Department of Foreign Affairs and 13 of the 130 people who work in the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism have applied to participate in the decentralisation programme. Those figures are taken from responses to very recent parliamentary questions.
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (8 Mar 2006)
John Paul Phelan: I certainly am not.
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (8 Mar 2006)
John Paul Phelan: Some 46 of the 445 people who work in the Department of Education and Science, or approximately 10% of them, have applied to decentralise. The Minister of State has said that 10,600 people have applied to participate in the decentralisation programme, but it is quite clear that many of them are already working in regional towns outside Dublin. Many of them have never worked in Dublin. When I...
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (8 Mar 2006)
John Paul Phelan: The decentralisation programme that was announced has become a programme of relocation. If one examines the Minister of State's remarks today, one will notice that "relocation" is the key word that he used on many occasions. He mentioned "decentralisation" on a handful of occasions, preferring to refer to "relocation". It is a clear distortion of the original objectives of the programme as...
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (8 Mar 2006)
John Paul Phelan: The manifesto also contained a commitment to provide 200,000 medical cards and 2,000 extra gardaÃ.
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (8 Mar 2006)
John Paul Phelan: It will be an issue like all the broken promises.
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (8 Mar 2006)
John Paul Phelan: No it does not. The Minister of State said that it would cost more.
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (8 Mar 2006)
John Paul Phelan: It is not saving money now.
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (8 Mar 2006)
John Paul Phelan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (8 Mar 2006)
John Paul Phelan: I am just agreeing with him. I only echoed his sentiments.
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (8 Mar 2006)
John Paul Phelan: I did not interrupt him. I said "hear, hear".
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (8 Mar 2006)
John Paul Phelan: The first point I made was that I supported decentralisation â I said it several times.
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (8 Mar 2006)
John Paul Phelan: I never said that.
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (8 Mar 2006)
John Paul Phelan: I never said it.
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (8 Mar 2006)
John Paul Phelan: I did not say that at all.
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (8 Mar 2006)
John Paul Phelan: The Minister of State is being very selective.
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (8 Mar 2006)
John Paul Phelan: The Minister of State is applauding him now all right.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Mar 2006)
John Paul Phelan: After a day of abuse.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Mar 2006)
John Paul Phelan: I join with other Senators in congratulating the various Irish sporting teams and individuals who were tremendously successful over the past seven days. I was privileged to be at Twickenham for the rugby match, and it was a great occasion. The House will be delighted to know that the Dáil and Seanad rugby XV beat the team put forward by the House of Commons and the House of Lords by a score...