Results 1,221-1,240 of 1,451 for speaker:Michael Finucane

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Jun 2006)

Michael Finucane: It would not happen with Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jun 2006)

Michael Finucane: In 1997, when the present Administration took office, there was concern regarding the escalating cost of houses. At that time, Professor Bacon was commissioned to produce a special report. His objective was to examine ways to reduce the cost of housing. It is shocking to read that in ten years, house prices have risen by an average of 270%, to more than three times their level in 1996. What...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

Michael Finucane: I would say the Leader would not mind if there was a permanent representative out there.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

Michael Finucane: How right the Leader is.

Seanad: Social Partnership Agreement: Motion. (21 Jun 2006)

Michael Finucane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jun 2006)

Michael Finucane: Senator Lydon should withdraw that comment. It is a bit rich, coming from him of all people.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jun 2006)

Michael Finucane: I want to raise an issue I thought we had left behind, namely, the industrial relations problems of the past. Iarnród Éireann has been marketing itself positively and trying to streamline its operations to facilitate its customers, yet I was delayed for two hours on the early morning train yesterday due to the maverick action of a worker in Mallow Station. The knock-on effect was that the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jun 2006)

Michael Finucane: Will the Senator let me finish?

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jun 2006)

Michael Finucane: With all due respect, the Senator should sit down.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jun 2006)

Michael Finucane: The trade unions have a responsibility in regard to maverick workers taking action such as was taken yesterday. With the partnership talks and Sustaining Progress, we are building a mechanism to protect ourselves against these eventualities. I saw at first hand yesterday how people were affected by them. I contacted Iarnród Éireann this morning and officials told me industrial relations...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jun 2006)

Michael Finucane: I said the unions have a responsibility. The person in question was in a union.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Jun 2006)

Michael Finucane: I support Senator Mansergh's comment. I read that newspaper this morning. People in rural areas are aware that plenty of funds have been allocated for sewerage projects throughout the country but these projects are surrounded by an incredible web of bureaucracy. It has transpired that we took a retrograde step in bundling various sewerage projects together. This escalated the cost of those...

Seanad: Business of Seanad. (4 Jul 2006)

Michael Finucane: The Leader should not be so parochial.

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)

Michael Finucane: It was recently announced that the Health Service Executive is putting out to tender for four private hospitals in the campus of existing public hospital areas. One of those is Limerick Regional Hospital. I wonder what is evolving in the health service. In the Limerick area there is already permission for two private hospitals. During the week a private hospital recently established in Galway...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (4 Jul 2006)

Michael Finucane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (4 Jul 2006)

Michael Finucane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (4 Jul 2006)

Michael Finucane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (4 Jul 2006)

Michael Finucane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (4 Jul 2006)

Michael Finucane: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (4 Jul 2006)

Michael Finucane: I second the amendment.