Results 1,141-1,160 of 7,082 for speaker:John Paul Phelan
- Seanad: National Development Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (30 Nov 2006)
John Paul Phelan: Senator Mansergh has only a few more months to wait.
- Seanad: National Development Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (30 Nov 2006)
John Paul Phelan: Senator Leyden did his homework.
- Seanad: National Development Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (30 Nov 2006)
John Paul Phelan: It sounds like Fianna Fáil.
- Seanad: National Development Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (30 Nov 2006)
John Paul Phelan: That is a low blow.
- Seanad: National Development Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (30 Nov 2006)
John Paul Phelan: The Deputy's mother died and he inherited a few shares.
- Seanad: National Development Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (30 Nov 2006)
John Paul Phelan: The Senator would want to be quick because we will have our hands on it soon.
- Seanad: National Development Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (30 Nov 2006)
John Paul Phelan: For God's sake, what a load of crap.
- Seanad: National Development Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (30 Nov 2006)
John Paul Phelan: Was Senator Leyden a pensioner then?
- Seanad: National Development Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (30 Nov 2006)
John Paul Phelan: I am not a bit upset about the Blueshirt reference.
- Seanad: National Development Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2006)
John Paul Phelan: I agree with Senator Mansergh. It looked for a while as if the Bill would not be passed quite as expeditiously as intended but the St. Rynagh's man, Senator Moylan, saved the day. I thank the Minister for Finance and the Ministers of State, Deputies Parlon and Power, for their contributions to the debate. I also thank their officials. In recent months we have had two debates on the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2006)
John Paul Phelan: I join with other Senators who have requested that the Minister of State, Deputy Tim O'Malley, comes to the House to discuss the issue of youth psychological services. I agree with Senator Maurice Hayes on the point he made about waiting times and waiting lists. County Kilkenny was highlighted as being the worst in terms of waiting times, with a waiting time of more than four and a half...
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2006)
John Paul Phelan: I do not subscribe to the notion that in this day and age we cannot have major clinical services available in regional centres. If it could be done 50 or 60 years ago when, as Senator Jim Walsh pointed out, the country was in a much more stringent economic position, I do not understand why it cannot be done now.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2006)
John Paul Phelan: I ask the Leader to raise with the Minister for Education and Science the concerns expressed to me by a number of parents of Down's syndrome children. Until two or three years ago, Down's syndrome children who attended regular primary schools were automatically entitled to resource hours. Three or four years ago, a change was made by the Government and now resource hours for Down's syndrome...
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2006)
John Paul Phelan: That is good to hear.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
John Paul Phelan: I was wondering when the Minister of State would mention it.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
John Paul Phelan: This one is a good story, all right.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
John Paul Phelan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Parlon, and his officials to the Seanad to discuss the Budget Statement by the Minister for Finance. We are growing accustomed to these debates over the last couple of years. I have made a list of notable omissions from the contribution of the Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen, in the other House. One of these was decentralisation and I am glad the...
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
John Paul Phelan: I realise that, but I am referring to what the Minister spoke about. With due respect, we are commenting here on the Budget Statement. It is difficult to fully grasp everything in the accompanying document distributed in the other House, although I have seen most of it. This budget will probably be most noteworthy for what it does not contain. Last year's budget was referred to by many as...
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
John Paul Phelan: I am referring to the Minister's comments. We have ten minutes to speak, so I am disappointed that heââ
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
John Paul Phelan: I am not. In fairness, I shall be pointing to a couple of areas in the budget that are quite positive.