Results 41-45 of 45 for 5 million speaker:Frank Feighan

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) (No. 2) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2008)

Frank Feighan: ...addressing that. The purpose of the Bill is to provide a permanent legislative basis for motor tax increases, effective from 1 February 2008 and under a financial resolution passed by the Dáil on 5 December 2007, and to provide for a new motor tax system based on CO2 emissions for new and pre-owned imported cars registered after 1 July 2008. I welcome the Bill because Fine Gael proposed...

Seanad: Disability Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (2 Jun 2005)

Frank Feighan: ...put out this story, which I do not believe was a factor in the delay of the Bill. I do not want to focus on the issue of money but I must refer to the wastage of money by the Government. Some €52 million was wasted on electronic voting while there is a problem with securing funding for people with disabilities who were hoping to secure an extra €5 million, €10 million or €15...

Seanad: Smoking Ban: Motion (31 Mar 2004)

Frank Feighan: ...non-smokers risk lung cancer from passive smoking. A study carried out by The Economist for the Office of Tobacco Control estimated that smoking related disease and illnesses cost the economy €1 million to €5 million per day. Apart from the health benefits, the ban makes good business sense. Every day up to 100,000 young people around the world become addicted to tobacco. If current...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Feb 2004)

Frank Feighan: I want to put a question to the Leader. Why was €5 million spent on the roll-out of the e-voting system which was a public disaster?

Seanad: Education Funding: Motion (9 Oct 2002)

Frank Feighan: ...and admired some the decisions he made in the last Government, many of which he was not allowed to implement. On this occasion however, he is making a grave mistake. The Government's planned multi-million euro savaging of the Department of Education and Science's budget can be generalised in one term – cutbacks, although Senator Fitzpatrick claims they are not cutbacks. He described...