Results 5,421-5,440 of 7,082 for speaker:John Paul Phelan
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008 (Certified Money Bill): Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2008)
John Paul Phelan: Will the Minister explain section 89?
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008 (Certified Money Bill): Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2008)
John Paul Phelan: What is a major employer?
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008 (Certified Money Bill): Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2008)
John Paul Phelan: May we discuss the issue on Report Stage?
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008 (Certified Money Bill): Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2008)
John Paul Phelan: Do any of the subsequent sections deal with the issue of non-residency?
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008 (Certified Money Bill): Second Stage (19 Dec 2008)
John Paul Phelan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008 (Certified Money Bill): Second Stage (19 Dec 2008)
John Paul Phelan: I echo many of the sentiments expressed by my party colleagues in this debate. I welcome the Minster of State, Deputy Haughey, to the House. I have spoken on every Finance Bill since I was elected to this House six and a half years ago. I will not support this Bill. It is interesting, in the time since the announcement of the budget a number of weeks ago, that there have been a number of...
- Seanad: Gun Crime: Statements (18 Dec 2008)
John Paul Phelan: The Minister of State is not just for Christmas.
- Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) (No. 2) Bill 2008: Second Stage (17 Dec 2008)
John Paul Phelan: I share Senator Burke's view on local charges and concur with his comments on the need to have national car test certificates stand for two years from the date on which the test takes place. On the ongoing anomalies surrounding the removal of the M50 toll plaza, virtually every Member of the Oireachtas will have received representations from people who claim to have been charged in error for...
- Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) (No. 2) Bill 2008: Second Stage (17 Dec 2008)
John Paul Phelan: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?
- Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) (No. 2) Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Dec 2008)
John Paul Phelan: Amendments Nos. 1 to 6, inclusive, in the name of Senator Coffey, are out of order as they involve a potential charge on the people. Therefore, they cannot be moved.
- Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) (No. 2) Bill 2008: Second Stage (17 Dec 2008)
John Paul Phelan: Senator Boyle, without interruption.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)
John Paul Phelan: I join Senator à Murchú in welcoming the decision to organise a joint session of both Houses of the Oireachtas to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the first sitting of the First Dáil. It is appropriate that we should convene in such a manner. I would like to raise a number of issues, most of which have already been mentioned. The HSE placed its service plan for next year before the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)
John Paul Phelan: All night.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)
John Paul Phelan: What has that got to do with the Order of Business?
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)
John Paul Phelan: Those Members criticise the Government more than we do.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)
John Paul Phelan: Not for much longer.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)
John Paul Phelan: The Senator is deluded. He is absolutely wrong.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)
John Paul Phelan: It is completely empty.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)
John Paul Phelan: In fact, there are several empty bottles.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2008)
John Paul Phelan: Will there be time limits?