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Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jan 2004)

John Paul Phelan: For the third day in a row I wish to raise the issue of the national stadium on the Order of Business. I find the previous contribution somewhat remarkable. Everybody has agreed for the past five years that a national stadium was needed. The Government appeared to make a decision yesterday, but it has made decisions twice or three times in the past which have not been carried out. I hope it...

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jan 2004)

John Paul Phelan: It will bypass the bypass.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jan 2004)

John Paul Phelan: He should not be gloating.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jan 2004)

John Paul Phelan: There was major investment in Abbotstown, but that has gone down the Swanee.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jan 2004)

John Paul Phelan: It should have happened five years ago.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jan 2004)

John Paul Phelan: Trial and error.

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Jan 2004)

John Paul Phelan: Rubbish.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jan 2004)

John Paul Phelan: Last week I mentioned the national stadium and we hear today that an announcement on that matter is imminent, although we have been told several times in the past five years that such an announcement is imminent. If there is no announcement I urge the Leader to arrange a debate on the matter as soon as possible to allow Members to discuss how the project should proceed. Media reports seem to...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jan 2004)

John Paul Phelan: I join with previous speakers who have asked for a debate with the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform on recent violent incidents. I concur with Senator Ó Murchú's remark that we should support the Garda. We owe them a lot. The first support for the Garda should come from the Government, which was elected on a false promise that 2,000 extra gardaí would be put on the streets. If...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Jan 2004)

John Paul Phelan: We have heard this before.

Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Jan 2004)

John Paul Phelan: I do not think the issue of the national stadium has been discussed in the House. An announcement was made by the IRFU and the FAI yesterday regarding a proposal for the stadium. I urge the Leader to persuade the Minister to come to the House to hear the views of Senators on this issue. I am not aware of a previous debate in the House on this very important matter, which has dragged on for...

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

John Paul Phelan: Some 200 civil servants will move to Tipperary town.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

John Paul Phelan: Absolutely.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

John Paul Phelan: That is an old chestnut.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

John Paul Phelan: They will vote the Government out of office as well.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

John Paul Phelan: The Senator should tell that to the people in Carlow and Kilkenny who lost their jobs today.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

John Paul Phelan: I urge Senator Mansergh to take it easy.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

John Paul Phelan: We do not want to have any unnecessary health spending in the Seanad today. I note that the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Parlon, has a smile on his face, and why not with the promise of 250 decentralised jobs for Birr?

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

John Paul Phelan: This is proof of the alleged political interference which can occur in these areas.

Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)

John Paul Phelan: The two issues which jump off the pages of the budget are decentralisation, the announcement of which we were not expecting today, and the raising of the minimum retirement age to 65, referred to earlier by Senator O'Toole. Those are the two smokescreens which have been raised by the Minister in front of his budget in an attempt to deflect attention from how little is contained therein....