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Seanad: Book of Estimates 2005: Statements. (24 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Book of Estimates 2005: Statements. (24 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Book of Estimates 2005: Statements. (24 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: I welcome the Minister to the House. He has gone through the Estimates in detail and I wish to deal with the allocations for the different Departments. I was struck by some of the Minister's remarks. Those who have examined these Estimates and those announced by his predecessor over the past six or seven years have remarked that they show a lack of any obvious effort at improving the standard...

Seanad: Book of Estimates 2005: Statements. (24 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: I thought the Senator was a socialist.

Seanad: Book of Estimates 2005: Statements. (24 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: That follows a major cut in funding for the arts last year.

Seanad: Book of Estimates 2005: Statements. (24 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: That is rubbish.

Seanad: Book of Estimates 2005: Statements. (24 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: The Government must build the building first. It does not even have the building in which to train them.

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: I agree with Senator Ross.

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: We have seen a remarkable divergence of opinion on this issue, not just between the coalition parties but within the Fianna Fáil Party. The Taoiseach is, clearly, pulling the strings. Perhaps he should be in the House when we debate this issue. I raise the issue of the direct marketing of credit in the run-up to Christmas. Yesterday, I received a letter from a leading financial institution...

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: Given the general level of indebtedness, which already exists in the country, the banks should be acting in a more mature manner. Furthermore, at this time of year it is highly inappropriate that they should be targeting——

Seanad: Public Private Partnerships: Statements. (17 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: We should move to Laois.

Seanad: Public Private Partnerships: Statements. (17 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I am in broad agreement with a great deal of what he said. I was very interested to hear him say the Cullahill bypass was in his county. At that rate, he will be in Kilkenny before too long.

Seanad: Public Private Partnerships: Statements. (17 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: I understood the Minister of State's meaning. As a member of Fine Gael and as a private individual, I am in broad agreement with the pursuit of public private partnerships to engage private money to complete much-needed public sector infrastructural projects. Fine Gael considers public private partnerships to have the potential to provide value for money to the State and on-time...

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (10 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: This is pathetic.

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (10 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: I was four years old.

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (10 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: The Senator should read his own party's motion.

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (10 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: I presume I get an extra two minutes.

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (10 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: I will take it as ten minutes. I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Seanad Éireann" and substitute the following: —urges the Minister for Finance to take steps to reverse the huge increase in the tax burden imposed on workers and businesses by his predecessor; —accepts that reductions in the rate of PAYE have been offset by a failure to widen tax bands in recent budgets;...

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (10 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: The Senator mentioned stallions and tax avoidance measures across the board but said very little about anything contained in the Government's motion. It is a pity we did not hear remarks from the Senator about the contents of the motion. I am delighted to propose the amendment. When I read the motion I could not believe it. While it is in the nature of Private Members' time for the Government...

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion. (10 Nov 2004)

John Paul Phelan: It does. My mother often said self praise is no praise, and I am sure the Leas-Chathaoirleach's mother said it to him too. There is no praise in this motion for the Government or from the Government's point of view. We can all cite numerous examples of broken promises from this Government since it took office two years ago. In the programme for Government it promised to "keep down personal...