Results 501-520 of 939 for speaker:Noel Treacy

Emigrant Support Services. (15 Feb 2006)

Noel Treacy: Can I finish my speech? I think the House would like to hear it.

Emigrant Support Services. (15 Feb 2006)

Noel Treacy: I will not take long.

Emigrant Support Services. (15 Feb 2006)

Noel Treacy: Deputies may recall from the information note the Minister for Foreign Affairs circulated last November that there are indications that the compromise text provides for a temporary guest programme that will be open to those who are undocumented at present. However, it proposes that such people will be required to return to their home countries before applying for re-entry to the US. Senators...

Emigrant Support Services. (15 Feb 2006)

Noel Treacy: We are working very hard on it.

Finance Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)

Noel Treacy: It is decided and it is proceeding.

Finance Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)

Noel Treacy: I am sure Deputy Naughten is pleased.

Finance Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)

Noel Treacy: It was 40%.

Finance Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)

Noel Treacy: It was 40%, reduced to 20%.

Finance Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)

Noel Treacy: Ba mhaith liom mo chuid ama a roinnt le mo chomhghleacaithe, an Teachta Devins agus an Teachta Blaney. I value the opportunity to contribute to this debate. This is the second Finance Bill of the Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen, and the ninth successive such Bill that has been introduced by this Fianna Fáil-led Government, which has steered our economy, now seen as one of the most dynamic...

Finance Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)

Noel Treacy: The economy was on it is knees, a real basket case, and we were described as the poorest of Europe's rich in 1987. Deputy Naughten is very young and may not remember this period. Thankfully, Fianna Fáil returned to Government that year and set about pulling the country out of the doldrums.

Finance Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)

Noel Treacy: Excellent. I remember it fondly. Due to utter mismanagement and incompetence, Fine Gael presided over a situation where taxes went through the roof, inflation was rampant and industrial unrest was widespread, while our young people were leaving in search of jobs in numbers not seen since the bad 1950s.

Finance Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)

Noel Treacy: The facts of history also show that in 1987, faced by an economic wasteland of incompetence and mismanagement, the Taoiseach, Deputy Bertie Ahern, then Minister for Labour, crafted the first social partnership agreement. This first historical agreement became the template model on which stability and prosperity were built and it continues to be a crucial aspect of economic and social policy.

Finance Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)

Noel Treacy: We certainly remember the Tallaght strategy with great respect. What happened to the great man who collaborated with us? Fine Gael decided to destroy him and take him out of politics. It was a terrible thing to do.

Finance Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)

Noel Treacy: I listened with interest to what Deputy Naughten stated. He discussed a low tax situation and stated that this is a high tax Government. He forgets that we have a minimum wage and that due to training and retraining our workers——

Finance Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)

Noel Treacy: With their high intellectual capacity, they earn much more than ever.

Finance Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)

Noel Treacy: Deputy Naughten mentioned PPARS. Consider the success of PPARS in St. James's Hospital. It will roll out elsewhere throughout the country.

Finance Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)

Noel Treacy: Deputy Naughten said that money went missing. He might not understand accountancy. There is no money missing. Deputy Naughten mentioned decentralisation, but he never mentioned that we gave the GRO to Roscommon and he never stated how good it is for Roscommon, for his constituency and for his county.

Finance Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)

Noel Treacy: We will deliver decentralisation. As we have done for Carrick-on-Shannon we will do for Ballinasloe and Roscrea.

Finance Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)

Noel Treacy: It is in law. It is being created and constructed. Be assured, it will be located——

Finance Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)

Noel Treacy: Deputy Naughten also mentioned that the banks and the Department of Social and Family Affairs do not treat people generously. We will continue to treat people generously. Deputy Naughten said that 5,000 farmers are still awaiting money to be paid to them. These cases involve accounts and applications with certain technical difficulties. They are resolved at the rate of 500 per week and will...