Results 6,041-6,060 of 9,894 for speaker:Thomas Byrne
- Seanad: Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Statements (28 May 2015)
Thomas Byrne: Let us start with that, because that is why we kept 25%.
- Seanad: Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Statements (28 May 2015)
Thomas Byrne: If we had been ideologically committed to selling off State assets in the way Fine Gael is, we would have sold the whole lot.
- Seanad: Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Statements (28 May 2015)
Thomas Byrne: We did that for a reason.
- Seanad: Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Statements (28 May 2015)
Thomas Byrne: We did that to protect Aer Lingus for the State.
- Seanad: Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Statements (28 May 2015)
Thomas Byrne: We kept the 25%. We could have sold 100% back then but we did not we kept the 25% for a reason.
- Seanad: Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Statements (28 May 2015)
Thomas Byrne: I have just come across the general principles of the proposed disposal for the purposes of the Dáil motion. It is an absolutely shocking document. How anybody could vote for this piece-----
- Seanad: Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Statements (28 May 2015)
Thomas Byrne: How could anybody propose to vote for such a wishy-washy, vague piece of paper? That is what is being done. The Minister is selling the shares and that is it. The Members of the Dáil are voting on waffle about Aer Lingus’ preference for a registered employment agreement. It can change a preference tomorrow. My favourite colour today is blue and tomorrow it might be red. It...
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2015: Second Stage (28 May 2015)
Thomas Byrne: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. This is a very important series of work that has been ongoing since 2006, if not earlier. The Minister's officials have been working very hard on it. It has been ongoing since 2003 and there were Acts in 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2012. A significant amount of work has been done on trying to get our Statute Book in order in the best way we can, acknowledging...
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2015: Second Stage (28 May 2015)
Thomas Byrne: -----the High Sheriff will suppress such insolent practices with a posse [Senator Norris can be in the posse] and apprehend the principal actors in the said riot and have them prosecuted with the most rigorous of the law." The legislation will remove this from the Statute Book, and I am very glad of it. All joking aside, these were very difficult times for the Roman Catholic population of...
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2015: Second Stage (28 May 2015)
Thomas Byrne: Do we not want to take it now? We could take Report Stage as well.
- Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2015: Second Stage (28 May 2015)
Thomas Byrne: He wants to keep the Penal Laws.
- Seanad: Health Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Statements (27 May 2015)
Thomas Byrne: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh agus fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I am glad to see the Minister of State here again today. She is certainly a regular visitor to the Seanad. We recognise, as I am sure everyone does, the fact that 18.5% of the population has some level of disability. Fianna Fáil has always, and one can say the same for most parties, demonstrated a strong...
- Seanad: Health Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Statements (27 May 2015)
Thomas Byrne: I am delighted to see the Minister of State consulting her official rather than being stuck to her iPhone as some Ministers are when they come to the House. This is a very serious issue and the reduction in the service has only come to light in the past week. The way the HSE has dealt with the parents concerned is dreadful. These are very vulnerable families who badly need this care in...
- Seanad: Health Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Statements (27 May 2015)
Thomas Byrne: Senator Conway would want to do something before the general election if he wants-----
- Seanad: Health Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Statements (27 May 2015)
Thomas Byrne: The issue I raised is with the Minister of State's Department, the Department of Health.
- Seanad: Health Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Statements (27 May 2015)
Thomas Byrne: It might be in the future but at the moment it is with the Department of Health and the HSE.
- Seanad: Health Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Statements (27 May 2015)
Thomas Byrne: I disagree. It is funded by the Department of Health and the HSE.
- Seanad: Health Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Statements (27 May 2015)
Thomas Byrne: And administered by them.
- Seanad: Health Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Statements (27 May 2015)
Thomas Byrne: On a point of information, the only reason I raised this issue was that it is the Minister of State's responsibility.
- Seanad: Health Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Statements (27 May 2015)
Thomas Byrne: When I raised the matter on the Commencement, it was the Minister of State who was in attendance and not the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.