Results 5,861-5,880 of 7,082 for speaker:John Paul Phelan
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2007)
John Paul Phelan: I agree with Senator Quinn's remarks on Saturday's match. I also hope that political parties would not spoil the event by holding protests. No more than his family, my family has been very involved in the GAA for years. I was very much in favour of opening Croke Park to other sports. However, when the day came and Ireland played against France, I could understand the emotion attached....
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2007)
John Paul Phelan: He was not in touch last week.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2007)
John Paul Phelan: I read his comments and they were completely off the wall.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
John Paul Phelan: I am surprised Senator Norris was so easily bought over by yesterday's presentation by the HSE's top executive on the issue of the CAT scanner in Dundalk.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
John Paul Phelan: I find it reprehensible in a country which is awash with money that the people of Dundalk had to collect â¬400,000 to purchase a CAT scanner. Unfortunately, it is not unusual for hospital voluntary groups to be forced to raise vast sums of money to purchase essential equipmentââ
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
John Paul Phelan: ââwhich should have been provided by the HSE and the State.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
John Paul Phelan: I would not be crowing about that because I was led to believe we are living in the richest country in Europe. The Government is quick to point out that we are spending four times more money on health services than we spent ten years ago, yet the people in Dundalk still have to go around with buckets to raise money for a CAT scanner.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
John Paul Phelan: Will the Leader arrange to have the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources attend the House as soon as possible to outline the initiatives he proposes as a replacement for the rural broadband scheme he scrapped two weeks ago? In the past two years, I have repeatedly raised the lack of broadband availability in rural areas. Two weeks ago, a business person from my area...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
John Paul Phelan: People carry out such fund raising throughout the country, but should not need to.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
John Paul Phelan: They should not need to do so.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
John Paul Phelan: Many of these houses are accessible at ground level, but have two storeys.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)
John Paul Phelan: Rubbish.
- Seanad: National Development Plan: Motion (7 Feb 2007)
John Paul Phelan: It was a vision alright.
- Seanad: National Development Plan: Motion (7 Feb 2007)
John Paul Phelan: Is the Senator ruling the Green Party out before the next general election?
- Seanad: National Development Plan: Motion (7 Feb 2007)
John Paul Phelan: I thought that Fianna Fáil was going to go into Government with the Green Party.
- Seanad: National Development Plan: Motion (7 Feb 2007)
John Paul Phelan: There is not much detail in it.
- Seanad: National Development Plan: Motion (7 Feb 2007)
John Paul Phelan: There would be more accountability if the money were handed out. However, nobody suggested that.
- Seanad: National Development Plan: Motion (7 Feb 2007)
John Paul Phelan: It is a Hans ChristianAndersen story.
- Seanad: National Development Plan: Motion (7 Feb 2007)
John Paul Phelan: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Seanad Ãireann" and substitute the following: "notes the failure to deliver many of the promises outlined in the National Development Plan 2000-2006; notes the failure to deliver balanced regional development throughout the country; abhors the scandalous waste of public money in many public infrastructure projects; and calls on the...
- Seanad: National Development Plan: Motion (7 Feb 2007)
John Paul Phelan: A body of opinion among economic analysts cautions that the NDP may give rise to inflationary problems. It is legitimate for Opposition Members and the public to question the Government's ability to deliver. Senator Mansergh and others will be familiar with the many areas of the last plan which were not delivered, such as the inter-urban routes which were originally estimated to cost â¬5.6...