Results 24,481-24,500 of 33,392 for speaker:Paschal Donohoe
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy for his gracious comments in response to the announcement made by the Taoiseach yesterday. All fraud is wrong and illegal and should be subject to the fullest possible enforcement response from the State. All of the issues raised by the Deputy with regard to white-collar crime and corporate fraud are dealt with by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement...
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: There are no princes or princesses in our party. We are a party that represents all levels of society, those with and those without. What we see from Deputy Barry and his party, day after day, is an attempt to advocate an agenda that does not represent or acknowledge the progress that has been made. I find it so ironic that the latest incarnation for Deputy Barry's movement is Solidarity.
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: The last time I checked, Solidarity was a movement originating in Europe that sought to defeat communism but what we have from the Deputy is a movement and a party that is seeking to enforce some form of communism on people who deserve better. We are as aware of peoples' needs as the Deputy's party. We are aware of all of the challenges that still exist but we are also aware of what has...
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: Let us look at the progress that has been secured in dealing with some of the issues that the Deputy has just raised. On the issue of pensions, we must acknowledge that the average level of public pension in this State is €23,000. By 1 January 2018, anybody earning a pension below €32,400 will see the public service pension reduction eliminated. The Deputy made reference...
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: That has been delivered. In the negotiations on public pay that we will commence shortly, following the publication of the report of the Public Sector Pay Commission, we will be looking to build on this progress. We will be looking, if possible, to secure an agreement on public pay that recognises the contributions of 308,000 public servants to our country, society and economy.
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: -----using the proceeds of economic progress, the kind of progress the Deputy said would never happen.
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: Let me reassure Deputy Barry the backbenches behind me, my party and colleagues such as the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, beside me, understand the social circumstances and social needs that are out there every bit as vividly as Deputy Barry.
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: Deputy Barry has no monopoly on compassion. He has no monopoly on representation. The creed he outlines is the creed, to quote the Deputy, of antagonism. It is the creed of perpetual strife. The Deputy talks about the view of historians. Historians and commentators will make their own minds up and we will respect and acknowledge their right to do that. As the balance sheet is being...
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: Does a little part of her wilt as she sees that progress? When she drives to Grangegorman and sees the DIT project being delivered that will bring more than 10,000 students into the heart of the city - it is one of the largest urban regeneration projects the State has seen - what is her response? Does she look away and pretend that it is not happening? It is progress and shows what this...
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: Of course, we acknowledge what remains to be done and that when it comes to providing homes and how we want to improve the health service, there is much to be done. However, the Deputy's questions and contribution reveal Sinn Féin's agenda. It is one of continual crisis, negativity and ignoring the incremental and steady progress at the heart of what the country has secured and what we...
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: When the various candidates for the leadership of my party declare what they are going to do, the Deputy will see their commitment to implementing the programme for Government. She will see their commitment to implementing the agreement we have with the main Opposition party and the reason we want to do so. Please allow me to give her some other statistics because she is so eager to point...
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: Please allow me to point out that there are 186,000 households now benefiting from the rent stability zone legislation brought forward by the Government.
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: Please allow me to point to the fact that €5.4 billion is being invested to provide additional public housing.
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: For example, what is to take place at O'Devaney Gardens which, again, is in our constituency and which, again, was promised by many-----
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: -----was actually supported by the Deputy's party at local authority level in Dublin City Council.
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: I am glad that the Deputy acknowledged the point about Gaelscoil Bharra. I agree that the pupils, families and teachers in that school waited for too long. Allow me to point to one simple fact. What Government finally made it happen? It was the last Government-----
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: That is a typical of the approach of Sinn Féin-----
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: -----and whatever the issue of the day is. We heard Deputy McDonald outline her view of a crisis. It reflects the fact that what Sinn Féin is interested in is continual crisis as opposed to the potential for cohesion. It is interested in continual strife to advance its own political ends as opposed to trying to create an atmosphere of stability to meet the challenges and to deal with...
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: I was hoping for a little more substance and a little less spin from the Deputy on a matter of such national importance because we acknowledge how hugely important is this. I also hoped the Deputy would acknowledge all the steps taken by Government to respond to this huge challenge. We have laid out only in the past number of weeks the Government's position paper on Brexit, the political...
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: When the Deputy says what the Government is doing is not clear, I ask him whether it is not clear to JP Morgan which announced this week that it was buying an office block in Dublin in advance of moving hundreds of jobs to the city. Is it not clear perhaps to the insurance companies that have approached the Central Bank of Ireland indicating strong interest in locating new activities and,...