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Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2009)

John Paul Phelan: The Leader wants to take the one slot in the week that the Opposition gets.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2009)

John Paul Phelan: For how long?

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2009)

John Paul Phelan: Until interest rates go to 5%.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2009)

John Paul Phelan: That is Kilkenny.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2009)

John Paul Phelan: I join with the leader of Fine Gael in the House, Senator Fitzgerald, in opposing the Order of Business on the basis that no Private Members' time has been allotted this week. When Opposition Members raise issues the Leader frequently says they should be discussed in Private Members' time. In my seven years here I cannot remember a week when Private Members' time was not provided for....

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2009)

John Paul Phelan: It is a bit ironic to be lectured by a representative of a political party which represents a movement that used terror to prey on people on both sides of the Border and on the neighbouring island for 30 years to try to pursue a particular objective which all of us ultimately share, namely, that we would live to see a united Ireland. However, it is a bit rich from that source to be lectured...

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (23 Sep 2009)

John Paul Phelan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank him and his officials for their help to members of the Opposition prior to the introduction of this Bill. There are a number of issues I would like to address in my contribution. I am glad the Minister of State, in the context of the upcoming referendum on the Lisbon treaty, referred in the last part of his speech to the Laval judgment....

Seanad: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (14 Jul 2009)

John Paul Phelan: I wish to share time with Senators Ó Domhnaill and Bradford. The Minister has been in the House all day and I do not want to have a go at him in particular but I must say that, in respect of an important issue such as the cut to the rural environment protection scheme, REPS, I would prefer if the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food or one his two Ministers of State were present to...

Seanad: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (14 Jul 2009)

John Paul Phelan: It was indicated last week when the announcement was made that the current scheme is 60% funded by the Government and 40% funded by the EU. The Minister concerned indicated that the 40% European funding would be retained in whatever new scheme was being drawn up. That is not indicated in any way, shape or form in what the Minister present said in his reply. He also said that REPS was not...

Seanad: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (14 Jul 2009)

John Paul Phelan: We have outlined where the cuts should be.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)

John Paul Phelan: No, we are not.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)

John Paul Phelan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)

John Paul Phelan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)

John Paul Phelan: He did not give out the amendment yet.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2009)

John Paul Phelan: The Senator is entitled to-----

Seanad: Schools Building Projects (9 Jul 2009)

John Paul Phelan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Haughey, to the House. My Adjournment issue is pretty self-explanatory. It concerns Ballinkillen national school in south County Carlow, which was the subject of a protest outside Leinster House a few weeks ago, where the parents, members of the board of management and some of the pupils were present to highlight the conditions that prevail at that...

Seanad: Schools Building Projects (9 Jul 2009)

John Paul Phelan: I thank the Minister of State for his response. Band 2.2 effectively means that they are going nowhere fast, if my understanding of the banding system is correct. In his comments to the media, the parish priest mentioned the bias against rural schools. The assessment process outlined by the Minister of State is based on population growth, demographic trends, current and projected...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (7 Jul 2009)

John Paul Phelan: The Cathaoirleach is judging us on this side of the House.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (7 Jul 2009)

John Paul Phelan: Senator David Norris. He stood up and made a speech.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (7 Jul 2009)

John Paul Phelan: He called for a manual vote during the course of the vote by electronic means. It must be called.