Results 561-580 of 3,476 for speaker:Charlie O'Connor

Ministerial Responsibilities. (20 Apr 2010)

Charlie O'Connor: I take this opportunity to wish the Minister well in his new position.

Tax and Social Welfare Codes. (20 Apr 2010)

Charlie O'Connor: This is the Minister's last call.

Tax and Social Welfare Codes. (20 Apr 2010)

Charlie O'Connor: We have given this matter a large amount of time. I appreciate how important it is, but I am now calling Question No. 58 in the name of Deputy Olwyn Enright.

Pension Provisions. (20 Apr 2010)

Charlie O'Connor: Proceed Minister.

Dublin Docklands Development Authority.Turbary Rights. (1 Apr 2010)

Charlie O'Connor: The Deputy will be aware that we do not like that word. I am only following regulations. Do not be offended by me.

Dublin Docklands Development Authority.Turbary Rights. (1 Apr 2010)

Charlie O'Connor: I ask the Deputy to conclude.

Dublin Docklands Development Authority.Turbary Rights. (1 Apr 2010)

Charlie O'Connor: I wish the Minister, Members and staff of the Houses a happy and peaceful Easter.

Special Educational Needs: Motion. (31 Mar 2010)

Charlie O'Connor: I appreciate the opportunity to make a brief contribution to this important debate. I congratulate the Tánaiste, Deputy Coughlan, on her appointment as Minister for Education and Skills. I wish her well in her new portfolio as over the next little while she will face some challenges including this issue. I have no hesitation in complimenting my constituency colleague, Deputy Brian Hayes....

Special Educational Needs: Motion. (31 Mar 2010)

Charlie O'Connor: I am a genuine admirer of the Deputy's work and I wish him well. While I can only talk about Tallaght, I want to thank those from Kerry, Castlebar and Navan who have been corresponding with me on this issue, some of whom are in the Visitors Gallery tonight. As Deputy Gogarty and others have said, there has been a high level of co-operation in constituencies on the special educational needs...

Special Educational Needs: Motion. (31 Mar 2010)

Charlie O'Connor: I cannot get my head around the idea that such changes can be made in the middle of the school year. In a "normal" school, if I can use that word and I apologise if it offends anyone, changing staff levels causes disruption. Doing so in our special schools is nonsense. I have consistently said to the former Minister, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, and I now appeal to the Minister, Deputy Mary...

Special Educational Needs: Motion. (31 Mar 2010)

Charlie O'Connor: I hope the changes proposed - let us call them cuts - will be reviewed and postponed. Deputy Paul Gogarty made the point that we have been assured by the NCSE that it is reviewing the situation and that the conclusion may be that these schools will get extra staff. As the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Education and Science stated, that is absolute nonsense. I do not understand it. I...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (11 Mar 2010)

Charlie O'Connor: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance the way a public service pension will be calculated for a person who has approximately seven to eight years service prior to 1995 and approximately 11 years service from 1997; the approximate amount of public service pension payable at today's [i]pro rata[/i] rate; the age that the preserved pension will be available in view of the fact this...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (11 Mar 2010)

Charlie O'Connor: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person who has eligibility for a partial public service pension from approximately seven to eight years service prior to 1995 and a further period of approximately 11 years from 1997, and also has full eligibility for a State pension, can avail of the full rate of State pension in addition to the partial public service...

Report of Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children: Statements (Resumed). (11 Mar 2010)

Charlie O'Connor: I welcome the opportunity to make a brief contribution to this important debate. I am delighted to acknowledge the presence of my colleague, Deputy O'Rourke. I deliberately sat on the benches which she controls on our behalf. She looked very well on the front bench. I am not being patronising. I have known the Deputy for a long time and she has always taken a particular interest in this...

Hospital Services. (10 Mar 2010)

Charlie O'Connor: I welcome the opportunity to ask a brief question on this issue. I would be deeply upset and concerned were we discussing any hospital in the State; that we are discussing my local hospital, near where I live and in which I have been a patient, shocks me greatly. It is good to have an opportunity to raise these issues and to express our upset. My first priority is to stress that patients...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Review of Rent in Certain Cases) (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)

Charlie O'Connor: I wish to share time with Deputies Chris Andrews, Mattie McGrath, Ciarán Cuffe, Michael Kennedy and Timmy Dooley.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Review of Rent in Certain Cases) (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)

Charlie O'Connor: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate, although it is difficult to follow the previous speaker. I have never varied my tradition on these occasions. I compliment Deputy Ciarán Lynch on his work in this regard. I was out and about in Tallaght this morning and I broke off from what I was doing in order to sit in my car to listen to the Deputy being interviewed. He tells a...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Review of Rent in Certain Cases) (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2010)

Charlie O'Connor: Let me make my contribution. Some years ago a secretary told me not to panic because another crisis would be along in ten minutes. It has been that sort of day for those of us who represent Tallaght. However, this is an important issue and I appreciate the many e-mails and calls I received from all over the country. I thought I was not known outside of where I live, but I have received...

Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (9 Mar 2010)

Charlie O'Connor: The Minister might deal with amendments Nos. 1 and 2.

Finance Bill 2010: Report Stage (9 Mar 2010)

Charlie O'Connor: Deputy Burton has a right of reply on amendments Nos. 1 and 2.