Results 561-580 of 1,019 for speaker:P J Sheehan

Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) (Resumed) (23 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: That is true. Deputy O'Rourke is of my vintage and in my league. The Government's actions are despicable. Elderly people were not told that the provision of medical cards for all over 70s was merely a temporary measure. Will there now be means testing in respect of free travel and electricity and telephone allowances? Is this the thin edge of the wedge? I am trying to instil some...

Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) (Resumed) (23 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: What will the Government do next? What is the position in regard to the new schools promised for the past years in Clonakilty, Kinsale, Castletownbere, Skibbereen and Bantry? The staff at these schools are teaching their pupils in totally unsuitable accommodation. Files on these projects have been sitting on desks, collecting mould, in the Department of Education and Science for the past...

Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) (Resumed) (23 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: Deputy O'Rourke would have to join my party to get that privilege.

Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) (Resumed) (23 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: Shame.

Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) (Resumed) (23 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: What did it do with the money?

Order of Business (23 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: The people are getting a raw deal.

Written Answers — Exchequer Expenditure: Exchequer Expenditure (21 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: Question 214: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money spent by the Exchequer in 1992, broken down by current and capital expenditure; the comparable figures for 2008; the percentage of GNI, GDP or GNP for each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35373/08]

Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (21 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W to meet the cost of medical equipment purchased; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35577/08]

Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (21 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: Question 536: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be awarded a farm waste management grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35737/08]

Medical Cards: Motion (21 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: They would turn in their graves if they knew what was going on.

Medical Cards: Motion (21 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: The Government is like a ship without a rudder.

Medical Cards: Motion (21 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: Hear, hear.

Medical Cards: Motion (21 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: They are more interested in bicycles.

Medical Cards: Motion (21 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: Where are the soldiers of destiny tonight?

Medical Cards: Motion (21 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: I rise to defend all those people who are retired and who built our nation into what it is today. At times they paid an effective tax rate of up to 60% during their working careers, or caring for our children. As somebody who has worked all my life in politics to help the weaker members of the community, this is the meanest decision I have ever seen. We will very soon see if those opposite...

Medical Cards: Motion (21 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: ——have the guts to admit they got it wrong, and to vote to reverse this decision which tried to take the full medical card from nine out of ten elderly people entitled to this scheme. My real concern is that many of these people whose sense of security has been taken from them will be unable to go to their doctor or afford the prescribed drugs and will end up in hospital at a greater cost...

Medical Cards: Motion (21 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: No wonder the IMO was able to negotiate such a good deal for its members when it was dealing with such an incompetent Minister.

Medical Cards: Motion (21 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: Someone else used a phrase at the time to describe another bad Government deal, saying that it was like turning up at an ATM machine to withdraw cash. That mess is bad enough but the same Minister was also responsible for the PPARS and the nursing home rebates. If it was not for the multiple faults of this Minister at the taxpayer's expense we would now have a much healthier book of...

Medical Cards: Motion (21 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: ——all touch with its electorate, and has broken the trust of the people who elected it. The Government has been in office for so long that it is being forced to correct its mistakes. I hope that for the next budget, which will probably be introduced sooner than the Minister believes, those on the benches opposite will hold their hands in their pockets rather than jumping to their feet...

Medical Cards: Motion (21 Oct 2008)

P J Sheehan: Why were the pensioners singled out?