Results 1,781-1,800 of 7,765 for speaker:Maurice Cummins
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)
Maurice Cummins: We will certainly make them again tomorrow.
- Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Maurice Cummins: Some ten years in government.
- Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Maurice Cummins: The Government has wasted the boom.
- Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Maurice Cummins: The Government is not capable of that.
- Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Maurice Cummins: It is gone with the washing.
- Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Maurice Cummins: I listened to the bluff and bluster of Senator MacSharry who seeks another Tallaght strategy. It is not the first time the Senator has referred to the Tallaght strategy.
- Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Maurice Cummins: He seeks responsible opposition. Like Senator Alex White, I assure Senator MacSharry that if he believes the Opposition will bail him out by proposing a list of cuts, he is knocking on the wrong door. If he wants the Fine Gael Party to make proposals, I suggest he reads our detailed plan entitled Recovery through Reform, which contains key action points to deal with the current crisis.
- Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Maurice Cummins: The economy would not be in such a state if the Government had managed the public finances properly and prudently instead of wasting taxpayers' money on schemes such as PPARS and electronic voting machines, to which Senator Coffey referred, and many other daft projects which were not thought through in a meaningful or serious manner. One need only consider the establishment of the many...
- Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Maurice Cummins: I call on the Minister of State to respond. I ask him to conclude briefly and if there is time, we will allow a round of questions. We must finish by 5 p.m.
- Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Maurice Cummins: I ask the Minister of State to conclude as soon as he can, as we hope to get in a round of questions before 5 p.m.
- Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Maurice Cummins: As it is now 5 p.m., we cannot take any questions. We must move to the next item on the agenda.
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Maurice Cummins: At what time will that be?
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2008)
Maurice Cummins: The Senator is taking over the Chair.
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)
Maurice Cummins: The Minister of State should stick to the amendment.
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)
Maurice Cummins: Cheap shots.
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)
Maurice Cummins: That was as a result of rushed legislation.
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)
Maurice Cummins: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)
Maurice Cummins: On a point of order, the Senator said he was withdrawing the amendment, not that he was not moving it.
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)
Maurice Cummins: He withdrew it by leave of the House. He asked the leave of the House to withdraw it. That is what we are saying.
- Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)
Maurice Cummins: On a point of order, in stating a few minutes ago that the amendment could be resubmitted on Report Stage, the Leas-Chathaoirleach mentioned that the rulings of the Chair can supersedeââ