Results 401-420 of 1,625 for speaker:Pat O'Neill

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Dec 2014)

Pat O'Neill: The Minister made concessions.

Seanad: Situation in Middle East and Ukraine: Statements (27 Nov 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I remind Senators that they have five minutes each. We have a lot of speakers, and the Minister is to reply at 2.55 p.m.

Seanad: Situation in Middle East and Ukraine: Statements (27 Nov 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I ask the Senator to conclude. She is one minute over time.

Seanad: Situation in Middle East and Ukraine: Statements (27 Nov 2014)

Pat O'Neill: The Senator has repeated that three times.

Seanad: Situation in Middle East and Ukraine: Statements (27 Nov 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Charles Flanagan. He will give an update on developments in the Middle East and Ukraine.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Pat O'Neill: It is time that party stated in this House-----

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I am asking the Leader to arrange a debate on water provision in order that we can find out what is the true Sinn Féin policy on water charges.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Pat O'Neill: If it is in government after the next general election, it will decide to leave water charges in place because it will need the revenue to improve the infrastructure. It should not try to cod the people all of the time; it is doing one thing in the North and another in the South. I seek a debate on its policy on Irish Water.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Is the Senator expressing confidence in her?

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Pat O'Neill: We sorted out the country.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Pat O'Neill: The Senator must withdraw his remark.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Pat O'Neill: The comments by Senator Daly on the new Garda Commissioner are outrageous and I would ask that he withdraw them.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Senator Daly also made reference to works of fiction. The greatest work of fiction, or comedy, was when former Deputies Dermot Ahern and Noel Dempsey stood on the plinth and said that the IMF and the ECB were not coming into the country and that a bailout was not necessary.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Pat O'Neill: That was the greatest work of fiction we have ever seen.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I know we have had a lot of debate already on the water issue but we should reopen the debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I ask the Leader to arrange another debate on water because of the hypocrisy of the Sinn Féin party. More than 35,000 water meters have been installed in Northern Ireland.

Seanad: Report of Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas: Statements (19 Nov 2014)

Pat O'Neill: A good CAP deal is important for agriculture. I am sorry I did not have time to finish my points. The Minister of State is very welcome to the House and I am delighted at her appointment. There is a place called Bennettsbridge in County Kilkenny as well so hopefully we will identify a project there for the Minister of State.

Seanad: Report of Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas: Statements (19 Nov 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Ann Phelan, to the House. The two of us were elected for the first time in 2004 in the same electoral area, Thomastown in County Kilkenny. We were again elected in 2009. When she was elected to the Dáil in 2011, I was elected to the Seanad six weeks later. However, I have not been offered a Ministry since she was appointed Minister of State....

Seanad: Report of Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas: Statements (19 Nov 2014)

Pat O'Neill: We did but Knock is close enough.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I did not make any allegations. I asked was he present.