Results 53,721-53,740 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Bernard Durkan: There was â¬600,000 of a good luck gift for the bankers while the ordinary pleb was punished.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Bernard Durkan: We now have a mathematician over there.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Bernard Durkan: Mathematics is certainly not his Government's chosen subject.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Bernard Durkan: I apologise. He has upset the people of this country as well as me.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Bernard Durkan: The Government created that problem when it bought a general election. It gave medical cards to old people to buy a general election. The Government Deputies stood up at the budget and applauded. There was a standing ovation for the Minister last year and the year before. What for? They should, "Give us more, give us more".
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Bernard Durkan: That unfortunate man is deluding himself and everybody else. He is now boasting about how well he has done. This is outrageous.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Bernard Durkan: I apologise.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Bernard Durkan: I do mean it.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Bernard Durkan: That is right.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Bernard Durkan: That is right.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Bernard Durkan: Show you have the bottle, Mattie.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Bernard Durkan: I look forward to Deputy McGrath's contribution with great interest.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Bernard Durkan: The Deputy should tell that to the women of Ireland. Even Deputy McGrath would not believe that.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Bernard Durkan: Having removed their medical cards, the Government did not want to kick the pensioners again. That is the reason the pension was not touched.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Bernard Durkan: For God's sake, what has happened over the past ten years?
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Bernard Durkan: Does Deputy Byrne think I am codding?
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Bernard Durkan: They have been left with a little bit.