Results 1,881-1,900 of 11,812 for speaker:Denis O'Donovan
- Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (17 Jul 2012)
Denis O'Donovan: I welcome the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton. No amendments have been submitted on Report Stage.
- Seanad: Microenterprise Loan Fund Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Jul 2012)
Denis O'Donovan: Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 are ruled out of order under Standing Order 41 as they involve a potential charge on the Exchequer. Currently the Bill imposes a limit on the amount in grants that the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation may provide to the microenterprise loan fund. The effect of the amendments would be to remove the limit, thereby incurring a higher charge on the Exchequer.
- Seanad: Microenterprise Loan Fund Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Jul 2012)
Denis O'Donovan: When is it proposed to sit again?
- Seanad: Microenterprise Loan Fund Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Jul 2012)
Denis O'Donovan: We will suspend the sitting for 30 minutes before taking the Adjournment debate.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2012)
Denis O'Donovan: I rise again to ask the Leader to make time available, today if possible, for the Minister for Transport, Deputy Varadkar, to attend the House for a debate on the trainee pilot debacle. We must address the issues that have confronted these students who would prefer to be doing their pilot training in Florida or elsewhere rather than picketing Leinster House today with their families. It is...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2012)
Denis O'Donovan: The Senator should support my amendment.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2012)
Denis O'Donovan: It did nothing for four weeks.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2012)
Denis O'Donovan: No, in view of the commitment given by the Leader that the Minister will meet with the trainee pilots on Friday morning. I have no wish to be political on this issue as it is a very sad affair. I respect what the Leader has said and I hope there will be a positive outcome. However, perhaps the Leader could find out where the $15 million went. It is something I would like to know.
- Seanad: Developments in the European Union and Ireland's Presidency of the European Council: Statements with An Taoiseach (18 Jul 2012)
Denis O'Donovan: Senator Colm Burke took some of time allocated for Senator Paul Coghlan.
- Seanad: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2012)
Denis O'Donovan: Are you speaking to amendment No. 5? We are dealing with amendment No. 5.
- Seanad: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2012)
Denis O'Donovan: Amendments Nos. 6 and 10 are related and may be discussed by agreement. Is that agreed to? Agreed.
- Seanad: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2012)
Denis O'Donovan: Is the amendment being pressed?
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2012)
Denis O'Donovan: I welcome the Minister back to the House. This is a Seanad Bill which has been amended by the Dáil. In accordance with Standing Order 118, it is deemed to have passed its First, Second and Third Stages in the Seanad and is placed on the Order Paper for Report Stage. On the question "That the Bill be received for final consideration", the Minister may explain the purpose of the amendments...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2012)
Denis O'Donovan: I am sorry, but Senators can only contribute once on each grouping of amendments. I am not trying to stymie debate. That is simply the rule.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2012)
Denis O'Donovan: I ask the Minister to speak on the subject matter of the amendments in group No. 4.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2012)
Denis O'Donovan: The Senator is wandering away.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2012)
Denis O'Donovan: First, we do not want to have a debate here on corporate donations or on electoral boundaries.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2012)
Denis O'Donovan: The Minister is constrained in what he can say in regard to this Bill. As we are discussing a particular Bill, I do not want Members to wander. I certainly will not allow a debate on corporate donations here today.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2012)
Denis O'Donovan: The Minister may now move on to the subject matter of the amendments in group No. 5.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2012)
Denis O'Donovan: The Senator has put it on the record.