Results 5,501-5,520 of 7,082 for speaker:John Paul Phelan
- Seanad: Irish Agriculture: Motion (12 Nov 2008)
John Paul Phelan: Agriculture.
- Seanad: Irish Agriculture: Motion (12 Nov 2008)
John Paul Phelan: Can the Senator speak about farming?
- Seanad: Irish Agriculture: Motion (12 Nov 2008)
John Paul Phelan: Think of the environment and the hot air being generated.
- Seanad: Irish Agriculture: Motion (12 Nov 2008)
John Paul Phelan: Senator Phelan should allow Senator Boyle make his contribution.
- Seanad: Irish Agriculture: Motion (12 Nov 2008)
John Paul Phelan: The Senator would not know the first thing about agriculture. He has not got a clue.
- Seanad: Irish Agriculture: Motion (12 Nov 2008)
John Paul Phelan: The farmers are the soft target.
- Seanad: Irish Agriculture: Motion (12 Nov 2008)
John Paul Phelan: Senator Boyle, without interruption.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2008)
John Paul Phelan: I agree with Senator Buttimer and ask the Leader for his view on the Green Party named targeting of civil servants in its recent fundraising announcement. I also ask him to arrange for a debate on the economy as soon as possible. A number of speakers on both sides have raised the obvious need for the Minister for Finance to come into the House to discuss future economic development. I...
- Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2008)
John Paul Phelan: I compliment Senator O'Donovan on his contributions to date, which reveal his obvious passion for this subject. I would like to explore further what the Minister of State said in his response. I agree with Senator O'Donovan with regard to due diligence, to which the Minister of State referred. It seems the section, if not the entire Bill, could have been postponed for a brief period if the...
- Seanad: Residency Permits. (6 Nov 2008)
John Paul Phelan: Recent cases concerning delays in the processing of long-term residency permit applications have been brought to my attention. In one case, a girl from my area has been six years resident in Ireland which allows her to apply for a long-term residency permit. When she made her application, she was informed it would take two years to process. It is unacceptable that a person, as in this...
- Seanad: Residency Permits. (6 Nov 2008)
John Paul Phelan: The specific case, yes. I thank the Minister of State for his response, which does not contain much by way of good news for me. In the specific instance to which I refer the person has waited for more than five years and is now being told the application will take at least two more years to process, which is unacceptable in this day and age. That is why I raised the issue on the...
- Seanad: Residency Permits. (6 Nov 2008)
John Paul Phelan: I know.
- Seanad: Residency Permits. (6 Nov 2008)
John Paul Phelan: It was being considered at least.
- Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2008)
John Paul Phelan: The offer is acceptable to the Opposition.
- Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2008)
John Paul Phelan: It is like ground rent.
- Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2008)
John Paul Phelan: There is no fear of the Senator.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2008)
John Paul Phelan: I agree with my party leader, Senator Fitzgerald, with regard to the schedule for this week and the past number of weeks, which has been very thin not just on legislation but also on general debates. In the past few weeks the Leader has agreed on the Order of Business to a number of debates. In particular, I do not see why we have not had a debate on education, which has been raised by a...
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Oct 2008)
John Paul Phelan: Why did the Government cut the capital budget?
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Oct 2008)
John Paul Phelan: I concur with the last part of what Senator Norris said. I join other colleagues in seeking debates on agriculture, education and health. Yesterday I asked the Leader for an indication when we might have those debates, although I did not expect he would be able to name the day. Perhaps he did not fully understand what I was asking. What strikes me about the schedules we have had for recent...
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion (29 Oct 2008)
John Paul Phelan: The Minister of State has made his contribution.