Results 1,381-1,400 of 1,451 for speaker:Michael Finucane
- Seanad: National Development Plan: Motion (7 Feb 2007)
Michael Finucane: The Minister's speech sounded like a Laois-Offaly rally.
- Seanad: National Development Plan: Motion (7 Feb 2007)
Michael Finucane: The Leader should not be so touchy.
- Seanad: National Development Plan: Motion (7 Feb 2007)
Michael Finucane: The sad reality is that only three minutes are available to me when the Minister could prattle on for 30 minutes. As for the launch of the national development plan, I tend to be sceptical of such massive launches. In the past, although the privatisation of eircom involved a massive launch, we now face all kinds of telecommunications problems and have no real competition within that...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
Michael Finucane: It is two years since the establishment of the Health Service Executive, which was supposed to herald a new dawn for health services. Anybody reading the papers in recent days will realise this new dawn does not appear to have materialised, because there seems to be increased turbulence in the health sector. Yesterday we had a discussion on the National Development Plan 2007-2013 in which we...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
Michael Finucane: They appeared to call for a softening of attitude on the question of nurses' wages. Today the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, expresses surprise at the reaction of Fianna Fáil backbenchers because all she is doing is implementing Government policy. The Minister, Deputy Harney, promised in the programme for Government that there would be contracts for consultants. Now, with...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
Michael Finucane: The Government says a great deal on partnership and so on, but it should get on with its business and do the job for which it was elected. From outside, the health service appears to be in anarchy.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
Michael Finucane: The Government established the HSE.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
Michael Finucane: The former Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Martin, got rid of the health boards. The Senator has amnesia.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
Michael Finucane: That is nonsense.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
Michael Finucane: Rubbish.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
Michael Finucane: It is not point scoring, it is reality and the Senator knows that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
Michael Finucane: The Senator has been cloistered in Trinity for too long.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
Michael Finucane: Nobody said that. That is silly. I am surprised at Senator Norris making that stupid point.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
Michael Finucane: Yes, I mean it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2007)
Michael Finucane: Almost ten years ago the Government promised a national cervical screening programme for cancer and the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, has promised this programme will be rolled out in 2008. Cervical cancer kills around 70 women every year with about 200 cases diagnosed each year and we are all aware of what has been recently highlighted regarding the wonder drug gardasil....
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2007)
Michael Finucane: Does that commendation come despite the bad language?
- Seanad: Physical Education Facilities. (14 Feb 2007)
Michael Finucane: I thank Senator Brennan for sharing his time with me. I, like the Senator, attended the protest parade outside this school in Cappagh last Monday morning. It was sad to see primary school children and their parents walking up and down protesting outside the school because the Department of Education and Science did not grant the school funding under the summer works scheme for the provision...
- Seanad: Physical Education Facilities. (14 Feb 2007)
Michael Finucane: While I am aware that the appeals committee will meet to discuss this project and others, can the Minister of State get back to us with the date of that meeting?
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)
Michael Finucane: It is also volatile.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)
Michael Finucane: It should be kept away from children.