Results 2,641-2,660 of 4,717 for speaker:Martin Mansergh
- Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Motion (22 Nov 2006)
Martin Mansergh: The Government has invested â¬775 million in public transport. Senator Ryan's party invested zero in it in 1997.
- Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Motion (22 Nov 2006)
Martin Mansergh: Most of the cost is in urban areas.
- Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Motion (22 Nov 2006)
Martin Mansergh: Consider Cisco's comments on that matter yesterday.
- Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Motion (22 Nov 2006)
Martin Mansergh: I assumed that given his was the second name on the motion, he might be here to speak on the subject.
- Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Motion (22 Nov 2006)
Martin Mansergh: When it is Sunday newspaper coverage, it ought to be inflation-proofed and it clearly is not.
- Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Motion (22 Nov 2006)
Martin Mansergh: I spoke about the newspaper's Sunday addresses.
- Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Motion (22 Nov 2006)
Martin Mansergh: We receive 35% corporation tax.
- Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Motion (22 Nov 2006)
Martin Mansergh: Of which Senator Norris is such an ornament.
- Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Motion (22 Nov 2006)
Martin Mansergh: Literacy.
- Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Motion (22 Nov 2006)
Martin Mansergh: It is quite an ideological motion, too.
- Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Motion (22 Nov 2006)
Martin Mansergh: It is the accepted European figure.
- Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Motion (22 Nov 2006)
Martin Mansergh: No. It is the European standard.
- Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Motion (22 Nov 2006)
Martin Mansergh: Yes.
- Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Motion (22 Nov 2006)
Martin Mansergh: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Seanad Ãireann" and substitute the following: "notes that Irish inflation in EU terms is now not far off 2 per cent per annum and supports the Government's prudent approach to fiscal policy as the best guarantee of continuing to meet such low inflation targets." For reasons I will explain, I am surprised Senator O'Toole put his name to this...
- Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Motion (22 Nov 2006)
Martin Mansergh: The combating of inflation was the overriding priority for him. In a very interesting article billed on the front page as "Milton versus Keynes", the Financial Times points out that economic policy is actually a synthesis between the two. A sentence of the article, written by Martin Wolf, states: "Over the past two decades, a world of flat money has supplied modest inflation and supported...
- Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Motion (22 Nov 2006)
Martin Mansergh: The announcements about Cisco and Google do not suggest this country is becoming unattractive for investment. We continue to have full employment. I will readily concede we must be vigilant. I am very glad the energy regulator is re-examining the price rises he approved earlier in the summer. I note the Minister for Finance did not raise excise duties in either of the last two budgets....
- Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Motion (22 Nov 2006)
Martin Mansergh: When one compares like with like.
- Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Motion (22 Nov 2006)
Martin Mansergh: It is half a per cent.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2006)
Martin Mansergh: I would like a debate on democracy, press freedom and human rights throughout the world. It used to be stated tsarist Russia was an autocracy tempered by assassination. It now seems several democracies, such as Russia, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories, are democracies tampered with by assassination. It does no good to the reputation of a great country like Russia to have the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2006)
Martin Mansergh: I wish to second the call for a debate on the Rossport situation. It is wrong that it is simply being debated out on the country roads of Mayo. In response to Senator Brian Hayes, he knows well that it is not the practice to publish the advice of Attorneys General, but Taoisigh and Ministers may make statements on that basis.