Results 5,701-5,720 of 7,604 for speaker:James Bannon
- Seanad: Anti-Social Behaviour: Motion. (11 May 2005)
James Bannon: It is important to have a responsible Minister.
- Seanad: Anti-Social Behaviour: Motion. (11 May 2005)
James Bannon: The crime situation was outlined by Senator Brian Hayes earlier.
- Seanad: Anti-Social Behaviour: Motion. (11 May 2005)
James Bannon: When will the Minister honour his commitment?
- Seanad: Anti-Social Behaviour: Motion. (11 May 2005)
James Bannon: The Minister is the worst coward in the House. Every community in rural Irelandââ
- Seanad: Anti-Social Behaviour: Motion. (11 May 2005)
James Bannon: Unfair on the issue.
- Seanad: Anti-Social Behaviour: Motion. (11 May 2005)
James Bannon: I am not withdrawing it. I did not use the word "cowardly".
- Seanad: Anti-Social Behaviour: Motion. (11 May 2005)
James Bannon: Does the Senator consider it a success that one third of people end up in the criminal system?
- Seanad: Anti-Social Behaviour: Motion. (11 May 2005)
James Bannon: We are listening to the Senator.
- Seanad: Anti-Social Behaviour: Motion. (11 May 2005)
James Bannon: The Senator's figures are wrong.
- Seanad: Anti-Social Behaviour: Motion. (11 May 2005)
James Bannon: The raid in Ballymahon post office in County Longford on Monday last highlights the breakdown of law and order. Let us try to imagine what it would be like to be a 17 year old and to wake up to find an armed man standing in your bedroom, threatening you. That was the fate of a young girl, whose only crime was to be the daughter of the local postmaster in Ballymahon. This girl is an innocent...
- Seanad: Anti-Social Behaviour: Motion. (11 May 2005)
James Bannon: That situation needs to be examined and addressed.
- Seanad: Anti-Social Behaviour: Motion. (11 May 2005)
James Bannon: If the Senator had been in Ballymahon last week he would have seen the facts concerning the Government's negligence.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 May 2005)
James Bannon: The Senator should bring it up at the parliamentary party meeting.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 May 2005)
James Bannon: The Taoiseach has done a very bad job.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 May 2005)
James Bannon: I support Senator Brian Hayes's call for a debate on suicide. I also seek a debate on the ever-increasing levels of heroin use in every part of the country. Heroin use is now occurring in villages and smaller towns where it was unheard of ten years ago. We need more localised services to deal with the drug problem throughout rural Ireland. Services are mostly located in the large urban...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (10 May 2005)
James Bannon: Since the current Minister for Health and Children took over the portfolio, conditions in the health service have gone from very bad to disastrous. I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Health and Children to explain to the House the state of the ambulance service in the midlands. I was contacted yesterday by the daughter of a seriously ill and elderly lady for whom an ambulance could...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (10 May 2005)
James Bannon: I am very disappointed by Councillor Dooley's slur on the medical profession.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (10 May 2005)
James Bannon: The breakdown of law and order was raised by Senators Finucane and O'Toole.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (10 May 2005)
James Bannon: Criminal gangs target vulnerable areas on a nightly basis.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (10 May 2005)
James Bannon: Yesterday morning someone was tied up during a robbery. A similar incident occurred in Cork last week. There is a problem with law and order in this country.