Results 441-460 of 1,625 for speaker:Pat O'Neill

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Pat O'Neill: She said it against every council official in, and elected representative from, Kilkenny over the past 30 years.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Pat O'Neill: This has been-----

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Pat O'Neill: This protest has cost Kilkenny County Council €1.2 million to date.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Pat O'Neill: There will have to be cutbacks in Kilkenny due to this protest. I ask that Senator Mary Ann O'Brien come to the House. If she has her facts right-----

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)

Pat O'Neill: -----she should state outside the House who was involved in getting brown envelopes and what corruption was involved so that she will not be able to use privilege. It is important the record of this House is corrected.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Before I ask the Leader for a debate on the principal issue I wish to raise, I agree with Senator Darragh O'Brien in his comments on Deputy Peadar Tóibín's interview on radio this morning. It is ironic that the Deputy should say the only way to deal with the issue is in a court of law when the group with which he is associated did not recognise the institutions of the State, North...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: That is a very important matter also.

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (22 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: On behalf of the Government group, I thank the Minister for bringing this important Bill before the House. People might not think clamping is a particularly pressing matter but, as everyone has said, it is an emotive issue. The Bill has strengthened citizens' rights and the rights of businesses and non-statutory premises in relation to the enforcement of clamping. The Bill progresses...

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (22 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I welcome this provision as well. It is what I was getting at in relation to a charter of rights. It is important that we have a time period in the Bill so that if somebody is clamped, he or she knows that the vehicle has to be released within two hours. If not, the charter of rights will have to come into effect in relation to what rights customers have. I welcome that there is a...

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (22 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I welcome this change by the Minister and thank him for taking on board what Senator Barrett proposed on Committee Stage. Will the Bill now read: "different circumstances, different hours of the day and different areas"? Is it correct that different areas will still be included in the Bill? We said the last day that the NTA may set a charter of rights through regulation. If somebody is...

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Acceptance of this amendment involves the deletion of section 29.

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Acceptance of amendment No. 75 involves the deletion of section 28.

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Acceptance of this amendment involves the deletion of section 22.

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Acceptance of amendment No. 63 involves the deletion of section 19 of the Bill.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: The Senator wanted to introduce it in 2012.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Indecon Report: Bord na gCon (21 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I thank the chairman and the chief executive officer for their presentations. The Indecon report is not good when one notes the losses and the continuing decline in income for Bord na gCon since 2006 and the proposed sale of one of the major stadia, the Harold's Cross track. Has Bord na gCon any plans to close other stadia or refuse private stadia the right to run greyhound race meetings?...

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I thank the Minister for moving the Bill. I look forward to Report Stage where he will bring forward some changes and we await with interest to see what they will be. I thank him for attending the House.

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I know we have it in a certain house but we could still pass it.

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Next Wednesday, 22 October 2014.

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I propose the suspension of the House until 3 p.m.