Results 221-240 of 1,451 for speaker:Michael Finucane

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jun 2006)

Michael Finucane: Senator Lydon should withdraw that comment. It is a bit rich, coming from him of all people.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jun 2006)

Michael Finucane: I want to raise an issue I thought we had left behind, namely, the industrial relations problems of the past. Iarnród Éireann has been marketing itself positively and trying to streamline its operations to facilitate its customers, yet I was delayed for two hours on the early morning train yesterday due to the maverick action of a worker in Mallow Station. The knock-on effect was that the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jun 2006)

Michael Finucane: Will the Senator let me finish?

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jun 2006)

Michael Finucane: With all due respect, the Senator should sit down.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jun 2006)

Michael Finucane: The trade unions have a responsibility in regard to maverick workers taking action such as was taken yesterday. With the partnership talks and Sustaining Progress, we are building a mechanism to protect ourselves against these eventualities. I saw at first hand yesterday how people were affected by them. I contacted Iarnród Éireann this morning and officials told me industrial relations...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jun 2006)

Michael Finucane: I said the unions have a responsibility. The person in question was in a union.

Seanad: Social Partnership Agreement: Motion. (21 Jun 2006)

Michael Finucane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

Michael Finucane: I would say the Leader would not mind if there was a permanent representative out there.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

Michael Finucane: How right the Leader is.

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jun 2006)

Michael Finucane: In 1997, when the present Administration took office, there was concern regarding the escalating cost of houses. At that time, Professor Bacon was commissioned to produce a special report. His objective was to examine ways to reduce the cost of housing. It is shocking to read that in ten years, house prices have risen by an average of 270%, to more than three times their level in 1996. What...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Jun 2006)

Michael Finucane: It would not happen with Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Jun 2006)

Michael Finucane: On 16 November 2005 Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Tim O'Malley, indicated in this House that the new radiotherapy unit at Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Limerick, cost approximately €8.5 million. The Midwestern Hospital Development Trust and a generous business benefactor in the area provided all the finance for it. This facility dealt with both private...

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Jun 2006)

Michael Finucane: It was 11.30 p.m. last Saturday night.

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Jun 2006)

Michael Finucane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Jun 2006)

Michael Finucane: Last week the Joint Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources presented a comprehensive document on energy, the first of its kind produced. It took a considerable period of time and the committee met all the people involved in energy over 18 days. That document is extremely important. Energy is the most important issue we will have to deal with in the near future. Over 90% of...

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Jun 2006)

Michael Finucane: Many parts of the country do not appear to have acute difficulties with regard to waiting lists for orthodontic treatment. However, the old Mid-Western Health Board region has major difficulties with regard to the orthodontic service supplied by the Health Service Executive and the long waiting lists involved when young patients are classified as suitable for treatment. This drags on into...

Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jun 2006)

Michael Finucane: The debate on Second Stage might conclude early and we would, therefore, have more time in which to take Committee Stage.

Seanad: Public Hospital Land: Motion. (31 May 2006)

Michael Finucane: Was the Senator's speech written by himself or was it handed to him by the Department of Health and Children?

Seanad: Public Hospital Land: Motion. (31 May 2006)

Michael Finucane: All right, the Senator has answered the question.

Seanad: Public Hospital Land: Motion. (31 May 2006)

Michael Finucane: I do not need a script for what I have to say on the motion.