Results 1,021-1,040 of 7,082 for speaker:John Paul Phelan
- Seanad: Energy Strategy: Motion. (17 May 2006)
John Paul Phelan: I do not share his acceptance of nuclear energy. We must examine every other renewable energy option. The Government has taken tentative steps towards examining those options but it has not done enough. The two principal issues are the cost of energy and the problem of supply into the future. If we cannot resolve those two problems, consumers will continue to find their ESB and gas bills...
- Seanad: Energy Strategy: Motion. (17 May 2006)
John Paul Phelan: He is still on the go.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (23 May 2006)
John Paul Phelan: I wish to join with Members who have requested a debate on the future of Aer Lingus. I welcome the remarks of Members from the Progressive Democrats who have distanced themselves from the Taoiseach's comments in the other House last Wednesday. I hope the Taoiseach will use the opportunity afforded to him today to offer a more appropriate appraisal than the one he offered last Wednesday. He...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (23 May 2006)
John Paul Phelan: I ask the Leader for a debate on the future of Aer Lingus and whether we should proceed with its part-privatisation. Although I am in favour of part-privatisation, it is opportune to reflect on what the best course of action would be for the national airline. I welcome the Australian Prime Minister's visit to Leinster House. Australia is a country with which we have many cultural and...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (23 May 2006)
John Paul Phelan: As someone, like the Cathaoirleach, who is from a GAA background, I was particularly struckââ
- Seanad: Order of Business. (23 May 2006)
John Paul Phelan: ââby one of the Munster players wearing a Kilkenny jersey in the Millennium Stadium after the match.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (23 May 2006)
John Paul Phelan: I look forward to the Kilkenny hurling team doing well this year.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (23 May 2006)
John Paul Phelan: I did not condemn him. I said he should correct the record of the House.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (23 May 2006)
John Paul Phelan: That is good. That is fair enough.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (30 May 2006)
John Paul Phelan: I join with colleagues in their request that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform come into the House today at the earliest possible opportunity. I support Senator Brian Hayes's proposed amendment to the Order of Business to the effect that it should be rearranged to facilitate a discussion on this extremely important issue which has arisen again today. I share the views of my...
- Seanad: National Development Plan: Statements. (30 May 2006)
John Paul Phelan: I wish to share my time with Senator Feighan.
- Seanad: National Development Plan: Statements. (30 May 2006)
John Paul Phelan: I welcome the Minister and his officials to the House to discuss the national development plan with particular emphasis on the Border, midlands and western region. The Minister outlined in a direct manner the current position of the roll-out of the national development plan in the BMW region. In that respect, there are a number issues I wish to take up with him. Spending is behind schedule...
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (2 Jun 2006)
John Paul Phelan: I will not use all of the remaining five minutes. Are there Members on the Government side who would like to speak?
- Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (2 Jun 2006)
John Paul Phelan: I only need two minutes. I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Brian Lenihan, to the House. I have listened to much of the debate in the two Houses and Fine Gael will be supporting this important Bill. We have legitimate questions and I seek answers to questions already raised by my colleagues. Many of my reservations relate to section 5...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Jun 2006)
John Paul Phelan: I join with my colleague, Senator Bradford, in asking for a full, open, transparent and independent inquiry into the inaction of the Attorney General's office last week and the preceding week. The Taoiseach will make an announcement, in anticipation of which Senator Jim Walsh expressed his views, but it is vital that such an inquiry would be independent. This side of the House hopes that will...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Jun 2006)
John Paul Phelan: The weather always seems to get hot when examinations start. I do not envy them their task and I wish them the best.
- Seanad: Sugar Beet Industry. (7 Jun 2006)
John Paul Phelan: With your permission, a Leas-Chathaoirligh, I wish to share time with my colleague, Senator Bradford.
- Seanad: Sugar Beet Industry. (7 Jun 2006)
John Paul Phelan: The purpose of raising this matter on the Adjournment is to get further information on the current position vis-Ã-vis compensation, primarily for producers but also for contractors, for the sugar beet sector. We have had many debates and arguments in this House about how the Irish sugar beet industry ended up going into decline and closing, and we on all sides of the House very much regret...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Jun 2006)
John Paul Phelan: I agree with Senator Brian Hayes on the points he raised concerning the dismissal of a number of proceedings during the past couple of weeks in Wicklow in respect of speeding fines. It would be appropriate, given the number of anomalies in the speed limit system, if the Minister for Transport were to come into the House to discuss the fiasco that has emerged during the past ten days or so. I...
- Seanad: Social Partnership Agreement: Motion. (21 Jun 2006)
John Paul Phelan: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Seanad Ãireann" and substitute the following: âwelcomes the agreement of the Social Partners and the publication of Towards 2016; âcalls for the laying of the full agreement before the Oireachtas for debate and for approval or rejection by its members; âregrets that ten years of national social and economic policy has been agreed...