Results 5,001-5,020 of 7,082 for speaker:John Paul Phelan
- Seanad: Banking Reports: Statements (15 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: Can I seek the protection of the Chair?
- Seanad: Banking Reports: Statements (15 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Banking Reports: Statements (15 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Hospital Accommodation (3 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: I also welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Calleary. I once referred to him in the House as "Minister Callely" shortly after his appointment to his position.
- Seanad: Hospital Accommodation (3 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: This is an extremely important issue and I am a little disappointed that it is not being dealt with by the Minister for Health and Children or a Minister of State from that Department. Kilcreene Orthopaedic Hospital is the regional orthopaedic hospital for the south east and, together with Waterford Regional Hospital, St. Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny, Clonmel General Hospital and the...
- Seanad: Hospital Accommodation (3 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: I want to express my disappointment, and it is not the fault of the Minister of State, that much of what is contained in his reply is what was contained in the press release from the HSE yesterday. That is not satisfactory. Repeating the line that this is being done to facilitate the staff of the hospital is wrong because that is not the case. Does the Minister believe that increasing the...
- Seanad: Hospital Accommodation (3 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: Ultimately, when it comes to critical services such as joint replacement procedures it is about beds and consultants.
- Seanad: Hospital Accommodation (3 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: It might have been rhetorical.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: I echo Senator Ross's call for a debate on banking. Three appointments were made in Anglo Irish Bank. I will not rehash what Senator Ross said but I agree with the points he made. We should have a discussion on this matter. The bank is a public institution. If we cannot discuss these issues in this House there is no other venue in which to do so. We should also have a discussion on what...
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: I join Senator Cannon in asking for a debate on matters relating to retailing and food labelling. I spoke a number of weeks ago about the appointment by the Government of a retail strategy co-ordinator. I understand the former European Commissioner, Mr. David Byrne, was approached to take up the position but he declined, having initially indicated that he would accept it. The Minister said...
- Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (2 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: I welcome the Minister of State. He outlined the main purpose of the legislation, which is to enable the Competition Authority to continue its work. Fine Gael will not oppose the Bill on Second Stage but will seek to make a number amendments on Committee Stage. The authority is an important State agency and it has an important role. The limited implementation of reports it has produced...
- Seanad: Adult Education: Motion (2 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: This is unusual. The Senators appear to be out of breath. Perhaps they were hauled in from somewhere.
- Seanad: Adult Education: Motion (2 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: I do not get too hot and bothered about the rules of the House, but if business is ordered to commence at 5 p.m., it should commence at that time. I am not giving out about Senator à Murchú who was hauled in to propose the motion, but surely the Government could have had Members here to speak at least within five minutes so as not to leave other Members waiting. I understand Members have...
- Seanad: Adult Education: Motion (2 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: Be that as it may-----
- Seanad: Adult Education: Motion (2 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: I understand.
- Seanad: Adult Education: Motion (2 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: If that was the case, the sitting could have been suspended for a few minutes, but I understand that may not have been the position on this occasion. I am not particularly pleased with the motion the Government has put before the House. It is common for it, when availing of Private Members' time, to put these particularly ridiculous motions before the House in which it praises its own...
- Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (2 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: Does the Minister have a new chair? Commissioner Byrne refused the chair.
- Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (2 Jun 2010)
John Paul Phelan: They are afraid to come forward.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 May 2010)
John Paul Phelan: I join colleagues in requesting a debate on the elderly. For the past two months, I have sought a discussion on the future of supported care homes such as the home in Athlone to which Senators referred. I do not see why we cannot hold such a debate. Supported care homes were established some years ago effectively as halfway houses for people who were not ill and, while unable to live...
- Seanad: Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Second Stage (19 May 2010)
John Paul Phelan: I will not need my eight minutes. I missed most of the debate thus far and I am not long in the House, but I wanted to take the opportunity to commend Senator Quinn on his introduction of this Bill and to support it. I remember the Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh, who was then a Senator, was here five or six years ago when we discussed a Private Members' motion in the name of the then...