Results 1,241-1,249 of 1,249 for speaker:Ned O'Keeffe
- Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2011)
Ned O'Keeffe: As it is, he has achieved a lot since that day at the front door. As far as the Press Gallery is concerned, I have to say that I have gotten on well with every journalist here. If something happened on a Monday, it would appear in print the following day, so that Tuesday's newspaper mattered, not Monday's. After a few arguments about this I decided to accept the status quo , not try to...
- Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2011)
Ned O'Keeffe: His shopping list extended beyond my arm, so I do not believe the economy can carry that; neither do I believe the people of Tipperary South expect it. Deputy Michael Lowry is concerned about schools and the principal of Templemore school writes on his behalf. How interesting.
- Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2011)
Ned O'Keeffe: I cannot hear the Ceann Comhairle. If the principal of a school writes on behalf of a Deputy, he or she should be dismissed. Such a principal has no right to do such a thing, and we have seen this being done in respect of a toilet or an extra room. In Kerry, Deputy Jackie Healy-Rae is rambling up and down the street telling us what to do. This Government has been a victim of those...
- Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2011)
Ned O'Keeffe: That should be Government policy. If we have that kind of policy in this country, we will have no banks because that is where the banks went wrong. My party was the party that built this country from 1932.
- Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2011)
Ned O'Keeffe: Am I? The Ceann Comhairle can give me another minute.
- Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2011)
Ned O'Keeffe: I can tell Members that Fianna Fáil went wrong when it became the party of the racehorse owner. We have more racecourses in trouble than we have ghost estates. They will soon be like ghost estates because there are too many racecourses and we do not have the money to back horses, feed horses or train them. If Fianna Fáil came back from the sport of kings to where it was founded, we would...
- Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2011)
Ned O'Keeffe: Deputy McCormack is in the same camp as me, he is retiring. Are 15 Fine Gael Deputies retiring?
- Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2011)
Ned O'Keeffe: I am delighted to make this last contribution. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for his patience and I welcome Deputy Mattie McGrath going to Dunnes Stores. I will go with him if he wants.
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (26 Jan 2011)
Ned O'Keeffe: Question 25: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in having long-term care provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [3977/11]