Results 421-440 of 1,451 for speaker:Michael Finucane
- Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Nov 2005)
Michael Finucane: There were three different photographers for three different newspapers.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Nov 2005)
Michael Finucane: It was in every newspaper.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Nov 2005)
Michael Finucane: It was a public relations exercise.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Nov 2005)
Michael Finucane: I support Senator O'Toole's comments about wind energy. The Government made a commitment to meet over 13% of our energy needs by wind power, which is classified as "green energy", by 2010. There has been much discussion about wind energy but enthusiastic promoters of it who are prepared to enter the business at considerable expense face prohibitive charges when trying to gain access to the...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Nov 2005)
Michael Finucane: There is a lovely photograph of the Senator in today's edition of The Examiner.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Nov 2005)
Michael Finucane: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Nov 2005)
Michael Finucane: Dream on.
- Seanad: Hospital Services. (16 Nov 2005)
Michael Finucane: I wish to give a minute of my time to Senator Cummins.
- Seanad: Hospital Services. (16 Nov 2005)
Michael Finucane: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and am pleased to raise this issue because on many occasions in this House I looked for a radiotherapy unit to be set up in Limerick. I was therefore delighted that the unit opened in Limerick Regional Hospital on 27 October. In the past, patients in need of radiotherapy had to travel long distances, especially to Dublin, for treatment. This...
- Seanad: Hospital Services. (16 Nov 2005)
Michael Finucane: The Minister of State used the word "speedy" in the context of the Estimates. Does he expect the matter to be resolved by January 2006?
- Seanad: Hospital Services. (16 Nov 2005)
Michael Finucane: As the Minister of State is a Limerick man, I am sure he wants to resolve this matter.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Nov 2005)
Michael Finucane: In April 2004, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform set up Operation Anvil to take on the crime gangs in west Dublin at the time. He seems to have provided financial resources for overtime, etc., to stamp out gangland murders. In November 2004, the Minister announced that he believed the Garda had broken up the substructure of the criminal gangs that existed and that he was on...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Nov 2005)
Michael Finucane: The Senator is out of touch.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Nov 2005)
Michael Finucane: Senator Cox should declare she has an interest in this matter.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Nov 2005)
Michael Finucane: The Senator is obliged to declare her interest.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Nov 2005)
Michael Finucane: The Standing Orders of the House state she must declare such an interest.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Nov 2005)
Michael Finucane: The House will debate the Ferns Report later today and Members will have an opportunity to raise these issues but I listened to Archbishop Martin yesterday morning and he gave a very responsible type of interview. The church is trying to respond to the crisis in which it finds itself and in that regard it is not right to kick its members while they are down. They should be given a reasonable...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Nov 2005)
Michael Finucane: It is a black day.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Nov 2005)
Michael Finucane: The Minister has washed her hands of the issue.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Nov 2005)
Michael Finucane: It is placing an advertisement in the daily newspapers. Did Senators see the bus?