Results 1,301-1,320 of 7,082 for speaker:John Paul Phelan
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (3 Jul 2007)
John Paul Phelan: The silver bullet was Fianna Fáil frightening the people into voting for it in the last weekend before the general election.
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (3 Jul 2007)
John Paul Phelan: In fairness, the Government did that. I give it credit for that.
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (3 Jul 2007)
John Paul Phelan: They did not re-elect the Government.
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (3 Jul 2007)
John Paul Phelan: The Government lost ten seats and the Opposition gained about 30 seats.
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (3 Jul 2007)
John Paul Phelan: It will. It is interesting that the Minister should mention the Green Party. Did he read its policy?
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (3 Jul 2007)
John Paul Phelan: Did he read the Progressive Democrats' policy on stamp duty? We have spent 30 minutes listening to this waffle.
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (3 Jul 2007)
John Paul Phelan: This is the eighth time we have heard this.
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (3 Jul 2007)
John Paul Phelan: No.
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2007)
John Paul Phelan: I move recommendation No. 1: In page 3, before section 1, to insert the following new section: "1.â(1) Section 92B of the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 is amendedâ (a) by substituting the following for subsection (2): "(2) Stamp duty shall not be chargeable under or by reference to paragraphs (2) to (6A) of the Heading 'CONVEYANCE or TRANSFER on sale of any property other than...
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2007)
John Paul Phelan: That is what is happening based on what the Tánaiste is proposing today.
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2007)
John Paul Phelan: That is rubbish. The Tánaiste has a brass neck.
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2007)
John Paul Phelan: I have a recommendation. If the Tánaiste sat down we could get to it.
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2007)
John Paul Phelan: Will the Minister deal with the recommendations?
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2007)
John Paul Phelan: The Minister has not responded to the recommendations.
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2007)
John Paul Phelan: I would like to respond to the Minister's 20 minute blast. A number of recommendations were proposed and the Minister did not deal with the comments made by Members. As usual, he attacked the Opposition. Senator O'Toole put a specific proposal to the Minister, who managed to speak for 20 minutes without referring to it. He has not responded to any comment by Opposition Members. Following...
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2007)
John Paul Phelan: This proposal is not consistent with the Minister's Budget Statement.
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2007)
John Paul Phelan: This proposal is not within the budgetary context.
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2007)
John Paul Phelan: Many things are provided for but this does not fall within the budgetary context.
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2007)
John Paul Phelan: The Minister then referred to the perverse reading of what he said on budget day. He reiterated the comments himself, which were very straightforward. The clear inference of what he stated was there would not be change and people made decisions on that basis. That is what these recommendations are about.
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2007)
John Paul Phelan: The Minister should not talk about bluster. We have listened to him for more than an hour and his reply to Second Stage and his remarks on Committee Stage have been absolute bluster.