Results 4,901-4,920 of 7,082 for speaker:John Paul Phelan
- Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Motion (20 Oct 2010)
John Paul Phelan: I move: That Seanad Eireann: - notes with concern that 1,132 businesses have been declared insolvent since the start of the year; - notes that the rate of business insolvency is higher so far in 2010 than for the same period in 2009 and 2008 despite assurances that the economy was turning a corner; - notes with concern that small business are still having difficulty accessing credit...
- Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Motion (20 Oct 2010)
John Paul Phelan: Yes, international.
- Seanad: Announcement on Banking by the Minister for Finance: Statements (20 Oct 2010)
John Paul Phelan: That was politicisation of the media.
- Seanad: Announcement on Banking by the Minister for Finance: Statements (20 Oct 2010)
John Paul Phelan: The Minister of State is stirring the pot.
- Seanad: Announcement on Banking by the Minister for Finance: Statements (20 Oct 2010)
John Paul Phelan: I commented on that matter but I certainly did not propose pressuring anyone.
- Seanad: Announcement on Banking by the Minister for Finance: Statements (20 Oct 2010)
John Paul Phelan: That point was not made, in fairness.
- Seanad: Announcement on Banking by the Minister for Finance: Statements (20 Oct 2010)
John Paul Phelan: He has to come out of the cupboard.
- Seanad: Announcement on Banking by the Minister for Finance: Statements (20 Oct 2010)
John Paul Phelan: They are paying.
- Seanad: Announcement on Banking by the Minister for Finance: Statements (20 Oct 2010)
John Paul Phelan: We will hold the Senator to that. I agree wholeheartedly with most of what Senator Butler said, but I want to take up a couple of issues. I agree that the State stepped in to save the banking system from collapse and on the day we introduced the bank guarantee scheme I stated it was something that turned my stomach but that we had to do it. The State did step in, but, unfortunately, in the...
- Seanad: Announcement on Banking by the Minister for Finance: Statements (20 Oct 2010)
John Paul Phelan: However, the fact is that for many, particularly those involved in small businesses, there is no working banking system in place. The Government made decisions, including to take over Anglo Irish Bank; to invest a huge sum in the recapitalisation of Irish Nationwide Building Society, a very small bank; and to own 90% of our largest financial institution, Allied Irish Bank. I urge the...
- Seanad: Announcement on Banking by the Minister for Finance: Statements (20 Oct 2010)
John Paul Phelan: I never said that.
- Seanad: Restructuring of Vocational Education Committees: Statements (19 Oct 2010)
John Paul Phelan: As I was watching the debate on the monitor in my office I decided to take the opportunity to raise some concerns about my area of Kilkenny. Following the McCarthy report, there was an expectation that rationalisation in the VEC sector was inevitable. In Kilkenny, there was an expectation that the report's recommendation to amalgamate the VECs of Kilkenny and Carlow would be implemented....
- Seanad: Restructuring of Vocational Education Committees: Statements (19 Oct 2010)
John Paul Phelan: A happy coincidence.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2010)
John Paul Phelan: They have not been right so far.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2010)
John Paul Phelan: I join Senator Fitzgerald in calling for a debate today on the figures seen by the Opposition parties yesterday. I supported the idea of a consensus, involving the Opposition parties in getting their hands on the fine details from the Department of Finance. The figure of â¬3 billion in cuts came from the Government which has projected that the overall figure will be between â¬7.5 billion...
- Seanad: Services for People with Disabilities: Motion (13 Oct 2010)
John Paul Phelan: The Senator has gone over time.
- Seanad: Organisational Review Programme: Statements (13 Oct 2010)
John Paul Phelan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Curran, and the opportunity to have a discussion on the organisational review programme. As it is not something that is within my area of expertise, I have spent recent days investigating the activities of the programme and reading the second report. I have considered the issues to which the Minister of State referred. A couple of points struck me...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2010)
John Paul Phelan: What sort of nonsense is that? How can we have that?
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2010)
John Paul Phelan: I do not often disagree with my colleague, Senator Ned O'Sullivan, but I must do so on some of his points today. I wholeheartedly agree that any abuse of bank officials in their work or on the street is unacceptable but the Irish people have shown extraordinary forbearance in the past six to 12 months in light of the economic position that has developed in the country. If Senator O'Sullivan...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2010)
John Paul Phelan: Yes.