Results 1,221-1,240 of 1,981 for speaker:Conor Lenihan
- Education Cuts: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: The Deputy is able to make mistakes as well.
- Education Cuts: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: We can bring somebody in.
- Education Cuts: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: Deputy Varadkar wants to bus them out and segregate them.
- Education Cuts: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: Deputy Naughten should talk to his colleague beside him. He wants to segregate them but denies this.
- Education Cuts: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: I did not call anyone a fascist.
- Education Cuts: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: I said his policies were associated with the British Fascist Party.
- Education Cuts: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: I said the policies were fascist.
- Education Cuts: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: I have nothing to apologise for. I referred to policies.
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (29 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: Notwithstanding the increase of â¬302 million in the education budget for 2009, which is a real achievement in the current economic climate, a number of tough and difficult decisions had to be taken. These decisions included reducing the level of language support teachers from a maximum of six extra teachers per school to a maximum of two teachers per school, as was the case before 2007....
- Order of Business (30 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: Deputy Coveney knows this morning that I said I would fully retract it if that was his request. I am delighted to retract it here on the record. I am also delighted Deputy Varadkar is not as precious as his colleagues over there.
- Seanad: Morris Tribunal: Statements (30 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: The publication of the sixth, seventh and eighth reports of the Morris tribunal brings to a close a six-year investigation into misbehaviour on the part of members of the Garda SÃochána in Donegal during a period in the 1990s. On behalf of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, I would especially like to thank Mr. Justice Morris and his team for producing eight comprehensive...
- Seanad: Morris Tribunal: Statements (30 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: Which former Taoiseach?
- Seanad: Morris Tribunal: Statements (30 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: I did so myself.
- Seanad: Morris Tribunal: Statements (30 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: In fairness, Senator Reganââ
- Seanad: Morris Tribunal: Statements (30 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: I thank the many Senators who made contributions to this very important debate. It is important to note that we have been well served by the Garda SÃochána since independence in 1922. I am always conscious of that because my maternal grandfather joined the force in 1922 and rose to the rank of chief superintendent. I am reminded of a divisional meeting he attended in Limerick in the...
- Seanad: Morris Tribunal: Statements (30 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: I do not wish to be political. From a taxpayer's point of view, we must look at how these things are constructed. We need to learn from Mr. Justice Morris's report and how it did its work. It was certainly not cheap. I accept what Senator Walsh said in regard to capping fees. That would be laudable in the short to medium term. However, the tribunal has done its work very effectively....
- Seanad: Morris Tribunal: Statements (30 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: Both of those men have had admirable and positive public service careers in this House and that is what motivates them, as it motivates all of us in the Lower House, not to aggrandise but to serve the community and society in the best way possible. There is an issue around how we use information, privileged or otherwise, that comes into our hands and how we deploy that. Mr. Justice Morris...
- Seanad: Morris Tribunal: Statements (30 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: I am very grateful that the Senator would pay the tribute to me that I appear to be more fulsome in my apology. In fairness to the Minister, Deputy Dermot Ahern, I am sure he was also quite fulsome. I just was not there to witness it. Senator Alex White asked why we do not have an independent police authority as is the case in the UK. Given that we have created the Garda SÃochána...
- Seanad: Morris Tribunal: Statements (30 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: Fair dues to the Senator. It is important that we are sceptical of these. However, I believe the Senator knows where I am coming from in that regard. I do not believe I need to add much more. I found most of the contributions very enlightened. It is good to see how the Upper House is performing its duties. I accept that people are acting in good faith. Senator Regan obliquely referred...
- Seanad: Morris Tribunal: Statements (30 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: Some issues can be handled behind the scenes and flushed out.