Results 6,381-6,400 of 7,082 for speaker:John Paul Phelan
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage. (22 Mar 2005)
John Paul Phelan: It is disgraceful.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage. (22 Mar 2005)
John Paul Phelan: I was not, I was very positive.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage. (22 Mar 2005)
John Paul Phelan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Parlon, who usually deals with most of the financial issues discussed in this House. I cannot say I welcome the contents of the Finance Bill. Like the budget, it is a missed opportunity and a damp squib. It is probably more noteworthy for what it does not contain rather than what it does contain. Some of the changes announced on budget day and contained...
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage. (22 Mar 2005)
John Paul Phelan: I know perfectly well there is more to the country than Dublin, particularly as I represent a large part of the country that is outside Dublin. We must take a global view and property prices have increased significantly in the eight years during which Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats have been in office since 1997. However, the Minister of State did not include that in his remarks...
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage. (22 Mar 2005)
John Paul Phelan: We have not seen them yet. I will believe it when they are on the streets of Birr and Kilkenny.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2005 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage. (22 Mar 2005)
John Paul Phelan: We have heard these promises before. The Government has implemented a process of penalising those who leave social welfare and take up work by cutting their rent subsidy from 94% to zero. It has raised taxes of â¬3.5 billion annually from the housing market, yet it is very difficult for the average young person. I find myself in this category because I do not own a house but I am thinking of...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Mar 2005)
John Paul Phelan: I agree with the Senators who spoke about the difficulties witnessed on our streets on St. Patrick's Day. It is now time to have a debate in this House and elsewhere on ways through which we can reclaim our national day from the scenes that have become all too prevalent in recent years. There are examples of this throughout the country, particularly in Dublin, with incidents such as those...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Mar 2005)
John Paul Phelan: Will the Leader ensure that the e-mail facility that has been put in place by the Department of Health and Children in respect of reimbursing people who were overcharged in publicly-funded nursing homes is in full working order? I have contacted the Department on a number of occasions in respect of representations I received and been told to submit the details of those representations by...
- Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (9 Mar 2005)
John Paul Phelan: The socialists are in charge.
- Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (9 Mar 2005)
John Paul Phelan: The Government has failed.
- Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (9 Mar 2005)
John Paul Phelan: I agree with my colleague Senator Terry and support the Labour Party motion. A notion has crept into the debate that all couples where both partners are working do so voluntarily. This bears no resemblance to the truth. Many people with young children are forced to work because they have to pay huge mortgages. From time to time, the Government tries to wash its hands of the problem by saying...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Mar 2005)
John Paul Phelan: I agree wholeheartedly with the comments made by Senator Ross and others who have referred to yesterday's IRA statement. I thank the Leader for her efforts to try to ensure we have a debate on the Travers report tomorrow. We have seen the first casualty today but the contents of the report are very revealing. If there is to be any fairness, there must be political casualties in regard to what...
- Seanad: Totalisator (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2005)
John Paul Phelan: I wholeheartedly support the Bill proposed by my colleague, Senator Cummins. I am slightly perplexed by some of the arguments I have heard tonight from those who oppose this legislation. Senator Cummins outlined in his opening remarks the numbers of Members of the other House who have already expressed their support for the idea behind his proposal so it is slightly puzzling to listen to the...
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (2 Mar 2005)
John Paul Phelan: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Roche, to the House to discuss this important issue. I am sure previous speakers have made some of the points I am about to make, but this is an opportune time for me to raise some matters. The issue of illegal dumping is of particular interest to me. I attended a public meeting in Tullow, County Carlow, last weekend. A number of residents of that area asked me...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Mar 2005)
John Paul Phelan: I would like to raise a matter that was discussed some weeks ago by my colleague, Senator Terry. I ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to come to the House to debate the issue of domestic violence. The Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform has launched a publicity campaign, End the Silence, in recent weeks. It would be appropriate for the Minister to come to the...
- Seanad: Employment Policy: Motion. (23 Feb 2005)
John Paul Phelan: Why did the Government send him to Brussels then?
- Seanad: Employment Policy: Motion. (23 Feb 2005)
John Paul Phelan: If in doubt, leave them out.
- Seanad: Employment Policy: Motion. (23 Feb 2005)
John Paul Phelan: They will have an opportunity in two weeks.
- Seanad: Employment Policy: Motion. (23 Feb 2005)
John Paul Phelan: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Seanad Ãireann" and substitute the following: âcondemns the Government for the continuing deterioration in employment in the manufacturing sector; âregrets the low level of growth in the number of indigenous companies; ânotes the low rate of corporation tax that led to a huge increase in the number of foreign owned companies and thus...
- Seanad: Employment Policy: Motion. (23 Feb 2005)
John Paul Phelan: It has been much higher than 1.5%. The Government parties table this motion within weeks of several high profile lay-offs, including 220 job losses at Sercom Solutions, Clondalkin, Dublin, 70 at Smurfit Paper Mills, Clonskeagh, Dublin, 54 at Parian China, Ballyshannon, County Donegal, 250 in my own constituency at the Greencore sugar factory, Carlow town, 350 at Allergan, Westport, County...