Results 641-660 of 2,722 for speaker:Paul Gogarty
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Paul Gogarty: My party leader, Deputy Gormley, has put on the record the Labour Party's record on rezonings.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Paul Gogarty: Is Deputy Lynch saying her party has never taken money from banks?
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Paul Gogarty: Her party has taken money from trade unions.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Paul Gogarty: It is a diversion and a deflection and it is taking away from Deputy Bannon so I will not waste time rebutting it right now. Our time will come, Deputy Lynch.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Paul Gogarty: As for drugs, the only drug I have ever taken is fresh air. I have never taken a drug in my life, so do not start coming out with your guff, Deputy Lynch.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Paul Gogarty: I am glad Deputy Ferris has clarified that.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Paul Gogarty: These exceptions that prove the rule-----
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Paul Gogarty: The point I am making is that over the past God knows how many years people like you have rezoned land, left, right and centre.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Paul Gogarty: I will focus on the hypocrisy of-----
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Paul Gogarty: I will talk about hypocrisy.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Paul Gogarty: Yes. In this budget, cuts are being made-----
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Paul Gogarty: Cuts are being made everywhere. I have outlined the reason for that. It is because of Government mismanagement and dodgy rezoning decisions. We have to face the reality that-----
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Paul Gogarty: -----we have had to bail out the banks.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Paul Gogarty: We have borrowed â¬25.2-----
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Paul Gogarty: We have borrowed â¬25.2 billion to pay interest this year. A total of 9.8% of our income is going to pay interest on the national debt.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Paul Gogarty: That is â¬3.2 billion. As our party leader, Deputy Gormley said today, if we take no action by 2013 it will cost â¬11 billion to service the interest on the national debt.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Paul Gogarty: That will be 25% to 30% of our taxes. We know we are screwed. We know we are in a precarious financial position.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Paul Gogarty: I have outlined-----
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Paul Gogarty: The Minister of State indicated he did not wish to share.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Paul Gogarty: I will continue, as I have been heckled to be damned. I must say, I love it. I love getting a rollicking from Deputy Bannon.