Results 6,781-6,800 of 7,082 for speaker:John Paul Phelan
- Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)
John Paul Phelan: Perhaps Senator Ross is correct that the Minister for Finance's mind is exercising clever reverse psychology in this regard.
- Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)
John Paul Phelan: I am interested in Senator Mansergh's final point on the new rural social scheme. It has been announced again and the Senator quite rightly gave it emphasis in his remarks. However, we have little information as to what form the scheme will take. It has the potential to be a good scheme for rural areas but we do not have any meat on the bones yet and it is therefore too early to say what...
- Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)
John Paul Phelan: Kilkenny could have done a hell of a lot better, as could Carrick-on-Suir, which borders with County Kilkenny and has a large catchment area in south County Kilkenny. Carrick-on-Suir is not scheduled to get any decentralisation. Therefore, the budget is not all good news, contrary to what Government Senators would have us believe. A Senator spoke of what he regarded as the key sentence in the...
- Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)
John Paul Phelan: The one sentence which gobsmacked me appeared under the heading of "Indirect Taxation". The second sentence in the Minister's remarks reads: "The goal of keeping inflation low takes precedence on this occasion." This is an extraordinary remark for a Minister for Finance to make in the context of producing a budget. He has stated that this goal only applies on this occasion, when I would have...
- Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)
John Paul Phelan: Athy.
- Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)
John Paul Phelan: When will they be moved?
- Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)
John Paul Phelan: Does the Senator want those cars to be removed from our roads?
- Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)
John Paul Phelan: The Senator wants to tax them off the roads.
- Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)
John Paul Phelan: That is exactly what the Senator said.
- Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)
John Paul Phelan: No, it was the policy of the Government previous to that.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Nov 2003)
John Paul Phelan: I support Senator Brian Hayes's request for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to come to the House to discuss the incident that occurred last night. While the Minister is here he could also discuss his proposed reforms of the Garda SÃochána. This has been raised by a number of Senators over the past week but the Leader has not responded adequately. I urge her to invite the...
- Seanad: Book of Estimates 2004: Statements. (26 Nov 2003)
John Paul Phelan: Where?
- Seanad: Book of Estimates 2004: Statements. (26 Nov 2003)
John Paul Phelan: Appalling.
- Seanad: Book of Estimates 2004: Statements. (26 Nov 2003)
John Paul Phelan: Yes, we got the first ten years.
- Seanad: Book of Estimates 2004: Statements. (26 Nov 2003)
John Paul Phelan: That is a vote.
- Seanad: Book of Estimates 2004: Statements. (26 Nov 2003)
John Paul Phelan: All right.
- Seanad: Book of Estimates 2004: Statements. (26 Nov 2003)
John Paul Phelan: I was the only one who said nothing.
- Seanad: Book of Estimates 2004: Statements. (26 Nov 2003)
John Paul Phelan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Book of Estimates 2004: Statements. (26 Nov 2003)
John Paul Phelan: I agree with what Senator White said at the end of her contribution and I echo her sentiments. I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on the Estimates in the run-up to the budget, which will take place next week. I am also delighted that the Minister for Finance, Deputy McCreevy, seems to have come around to the idea of fiscal rectitude. We are all talking about how he is wielding...
- Seanad: Book of Estimates 2004: Statements. (26 Nov 2003)
John Paul Phelan: I did not hear what he said. For the second consecutive year there is to be a cutback in the funding for Teagasc. This is significant at this time as agriculture is undergoing changes associated with the Fischler proposals. The reduced spending on Teagasc has caused general unease in the farming fraternity around the country. Following last year's â¬17 million reduction, one can only assume...