Results 32,621-32,640 of 33,049 for speaker:Paschal Donohoe
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)
Paschal Donohoe: I did no such thing.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)
Paschal Donohoe: Senator White took the time to interrupt me and I responded.
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2009)
Paschal Donohoe: Is that what Senator White would expect of us?
- Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2009)
Paschal Donohoe: I welcome the Minister back to the House. I am sure the discussion today will be by some way the shortest stage the Bill has enjoyed in the House so far. I will limit my comments to amendments Nos. 1 and 2. One improvement the House made in the original legislation was acceding to the request that any changes in the boundaries of the harbour or any changes that might take place as a...
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)
Paschal Donohoe: Will the Leader arrange a debate on competitiveness in the next session? The report by the Central Statistics Office on pricing that was published yesterday made for interesting reading. It showed that prices in Ireland have fallen by nearly 5.5% compared with last year. That is the fastest rate of decline of any country within Europe and shows the changes taking place at the moment. Two...
- Seanad: OECD and IMF Reports: Statements (10 Jul 2009)
Paschal Donohoe: I have no doubt that in years to come when people ask what the Government did about the great recession that gripped Ireland, historians will write that the Government caused most of it. I heard Senator Hanafin criticise the performance of the Opposition, but the Government will not produce its own plans until October at the earliest. Despite the fact that it has received Mr. McCarthy's...
- Seanad: OECD and IMF Reports: Statements (10 Jul 2009)
Paschal Donohoe: -----to allocate the responsibility for creating NAMA to the former Taoiseach. The IMF report has quite a bit to say about the implications of that agency. The phrase used is as follows: "If well managed, the distressed assets acquired by NAMA could, over time, produce recovery value to compensate for the initial fiscal outlay". The report adds that when the Irish authorities were pressed...
- Seanad: National Cultural Institutions (10 Jul 2009)
Paschal Donohoe: I welcome to the Minister and thank him for attending in person to respond. I seek clarification regarding the status of the various national galleries and the plans, if any, the Minister has to integrate them. I am a major fan of all the galleries, in particular, the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Kilmainham, IMMA, which has done a magnificent job in recent years in presenting its permanent...
- Seanad: National Cultural Institutions (10 Jul 2009)
Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Minister for his response. He stated: "the rationalisation of the support or back-office functions within complementary national cultural institutions is not an optional consideration at this time and must be undertaken". I could not agree more and clearly we must examine all these aspects. I take great heart from the Minister's point in recognising that all these places are...
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)
Paschal Donohoe: I support my colleagues who called for debates on two issues. Senators Cannon and Coghlan raised an issue that was discussed on yesterday's Order of Business regarding the behaviour of banks. We will be discussing this matter in the context of the legislation on National Assets Management Agency in September, but in response to what Senator Glynn said, I emphasise that the Parliament cannot...
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)
Paschal Donohoe: I support the call for a debate on the pharmacy issue. I seek clarification on two points in that respect. The first is a statement by the Minister that the cost of supplying â¬1 billion worth of drugs in Ireland is â¬640 million. Therefore, two thirds of the cost of supplying those drugs is absorbed in profit margins and the administrative costs of the various people involved. That is...
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)
Paschal Donohoe: I accept that. The pharmacists are due a response from the Department of Health and Children on the effect of such proposals and if they will achieve the savings we all acknowledge are necessary.
- Seanad: Twenty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty of Lisbon) Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)
Paschal Donohoe: Is that a "Yes" or a "No" from the Senator?
- Seanad: Twenty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty of Lisbon) Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)
Paschal Donohoe: I agree with everything Senator O'Malley said but two points in particular are worth emphasising. The first is how virtually every issue that will be discussed in the Irish political world over the next number of months will be related back to the Lisbon treaty by some in our country. Today I heard the Vintners' Federation of Ireland has come out and said a proposal on the blood alcohol...
- Seanad: Twenty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty of Lisbon) Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)
Paschal Donohoe: There is a big difference.
- Seanad: Twenty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty of Lisbon) Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)
Paschal Donohoe: I can hear him coming now.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2009)
Paschal Donohoe: I support the call by Senators Glynn and Callely for a debate on the behaviour of banks. It is important to have such a debate quickly. I note with interest the blame the Senators apportioned to the banks for their behaviour. Is it not the case that much of the responsibility and blame for the problem rests with the Government? Last week, it emerged that â¬6 billion of â¬14 billion the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2009)
Paschal Donohoe: He has a lot in common with the Pope.
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)
Paschal Donohoe: I support the calls from my colleague for another debate on unemployment. We had a debate on the issue yesterday but the new figures from the Central Statistics Office have been published and show the trend continuing, with unemployment rising at a time when our national income is falling. I find myself in some agreement with Senator Leyden. We should have a debate on the different...
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)
Paschal Donohoe: I am sure the Leader will do so.