Results 24,221-24,240 of 24,635 for speaker:Mary Harney
- Consumer Issues. (17 Jun 2004)
Mary Harney: Will the Deputy name the mergers I approved?
- Consumer Issues. (17 Jun 2004)
Mary Harney: Where was that decision made?
- Consumer Issues. (17 Jun 2004)
Mary Harney: Was that decision made in Dublin or Brussels? The Deputy does not know the facts.
- Consumer Issues. (17 Jun 2004)
Mary Harney: I will answer them if the questioner has the correct information.
- Consumer Issues. (17 Jun 2004)
Mary Harney: As I stated this morning, the take-home pay of the average industrial worker has increased by â¬10,800. Inflation, including utility chargesââ
- Consumer Issues. (17 Jun 2004)
Mary Harney: Total income is â¬29,000. Disposable income is up by nearly â¬11,000. Inflation and the utility increasesââ
- Consumer Issues. (17 Jun 2004)
Mary Harney: I will tell the Deputy if he will let me answer. Inflation and utility bills take up some â¬2,500 of that figure, but people are better off to the tune of â¬7,500, even when one discounts all the items to which the Deputy has referred.
- Consumer Issues. (17 Jun 2004)
Mary Harney: This is the second most competitive and most successful economy in Europe. We gained twice as much foreign direct investment last year as any other European country. Prices rise when there is economic growth.
- Consumer Issues. (17 Jun 2004)
Mary Harney: Yes. One way of making sure prices fall would be to have a recession.
- Consumer Issues. (17 Jun 2004)
Mary Harney: The Deputy does not understand basic economics.
- Consumer Issues. (17 Jun 2004)
Mary Harney: We did not lose half our seats.
- Order of Business. (17 Jun 2004)
Mary Harney: The Order of Business today shall be as follows: No. 11, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Ãireann of the amendments to the agreement establishing the International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation;No. 4, National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004 â Order for Second Stage and Second Stage; and No. 3, Road Traffic Bill 2004 â Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. It is...
- Order of Business. (17 Jun 2004)
Mary Harney: The bulk of the remaining Bills, if not all of them, will be published before the close of this session. I do not want to commit myself to every one of them, but the majority will be published. A number of them have already been approved by the Cabinet, including the health, safety and welfare at work Bill. A number of them are at an advanced stage. On the decentralisation programme, the...
- Order of Business. (17 Jun 2004)
Mary Harney: I do not think so.
- Order of Business. (17 Jun 2004)
Mary Harney: I hope the Deputy is still supporting it.
- Order of Business. (17 Jun 2004)
Mary Harney: Hearings?
- Order of Business. (17 Jun 2004)
Mary Harney: I detect an attitude among the Opposition that it wants to change this programme. In fact, I know the Labour Party put up posters in Dublin stating "No to decentralisation".
- Order of Business. (17 Jun 2004)
Mary Harney: The policy decision has been made and it will not be reversed.
- Order of Business. (17 Jun 2004)
Mary Harney: We are not obliged to have hearings.
- Order of Business. (17 Jun 2004)
Mary Harney: The Government's decentralisation programme is a Government one. There is no question but that the Progressive Democrats Party is totally supportive of that programme and remains totally committed to it.