Results 281-300 of 1,451 for speaker:Michael Finucane

Seanad: Youth Affairs: Statements. (6 Apr 2006)

Michael Finucane: It would be better and more spontaneous if the Minister of State spoke without notes because she would change and adapt her contribution.

Seanad: Youth Affairs: Statements. (6 Apr 2006)

Michael Finucane: The Minister of State did so — in two lines.

Seanad: Youth Affairs: Statements. (6 Apr 2006)

Michael Finucane: I did not interrupt the Minister of State. She might give me latitude as I have only a short time to speak.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Apr 2006)

Michael Finucane: I rise to support Senator Brian Hayes with regard to disappointment over the decision not to designate the Ryder Cup competition as free-to-air. The Minister fuelled a certain level of expectation that this would happen when he announced he was to have broad-ranging consultations and raise the matter at European level. The Minister has put forward as the reason that the Attorney General is...

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Apr 2006)

Michael Finucane: Name and shame.

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Apr 2006)

Michael Finucane: The tragic death of Veronica Guerin ten years ago galvanised the nation. Mrs. Nora Owen, who was Minister for Justice at the time, introduced the Proceeds of Crime Act 1996 and established the Criminal Assets Bureau, which is doing excellent work at present. One of the people who was involved in the murder of Veronica Guerin is due to be released this week. It was planned that the person in...

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Mar 2006)

Michael Finucane: We could make many suggestions if there was a willingness to carry them out.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Mar 2006)

Michael Finucane: Some time ago the issue was raised in the House of a clinic in County Clare involved in unorthodox practices in the treatment of cancer patients. Subsequently, the clinic was closed down. One must be concerned at recent developments in stem cell treatment offered in the Cork area. Patients with multiple sclerosis, MS, are attending a clinic in County Cork and paying over €20,000 for three...

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Mar 2006)

Michael Finucane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Mar 2006)

Michael Finucane: The Senator should withdraw that remark.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Mar 2006)

Michael Finucane: He wants her displayed in her military outfit.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Mar 2006)

Michael Finucane: The Leader may recall that over four weeks ago I pointed out in the House that there has been no marketing or public information to advise people about the 31 penalty point offences being introduced from next Saturday, 1 April.

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Mar 2006)

Michael Finucane: If one gets a statement from the motor tax unit that one's tax is due, it would be logical to accompany it with an outline of the 31 penalty point offences. This week I received a reminder about my insurance that also put me in mind of penalty points. That too could provide an excellent example if one slipped in a sheet of paper describing the 31 new penalty point offences. I have seen no...

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Mar 2006)

Michael Finucane: What about the population increase?

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Mar 2006)

Michael Finucane: No, we do not.

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Mar 2006)

Michael Finucane: Anyone who read their ESB bills recently would have noticed a rapid escalation in the cost of electricity. The OECD in a recent economic evaluation stated that in the six years of liberalisation of the market in this country, very little has happened in regard to true competition. The Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources recently commissioned a report by Deloitte & Touche...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

Michael Finucane: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I am not in good form because I have just had a blazing row with a senior planner in Limerick County Council over a planning application. That is symptomatic of the frustration felt by many public representatives with the whole planning process. The importance of this critical infrastructure Bill for large-scale projects has been expressed but I...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

Michael Finucane: The Senator should come off it.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

Michael Finucane: Today is the day to raise it.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

Michael Finucane: It relates to infrastructure planning.