Results 7,581-7,600 of 7,765 for speaker:Maurice Cummins
- Seanad: Overseas Development Aid: Motion. (26 Nov 2003)
Maurice Cummins: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I do not doubt his sincerity or commitment in this area.
- Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Nov 2003)
Maurice Cummins: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Nov 2003)
Maurice Cummins: Vote one way and turn the other way.
- Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Nov 2003)
Maurice Cummins: The Senator could abstain.
- Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Nov 2003)
Maurice Cummins: I am not here to act or speak for any vested interests in the House but to speak in the interests of fair play for any citizen who goes before a State board. I speak as a trade unionist, and in going before many boards, people are represented by their trade unions. Whether we like it or not, many people freeze and are in terror when going before a board of any sort. I am worried about these...
- Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Nov 2003)
Maurice Cummins: I would like to speak without interruption. I will give my tuppence-ha'penny worth, and others can then speak if they wish.
- Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Nov 2003)
Maurice Cummins: I agree with what Senator Leyden said. He is fully in support of the amendment, which is not an unreasonable one. I hope that support will spread across the floor of the House.
- Seanad: Report of Tourism Policy Review Group: Statements. (19 Nov 2003)
Maurice Cummins: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Aylward, to the House. I am surrounded by Kilkenny men and, perhaps, a number of their constituents will be relocated to the Waterford constituency soon. The report is excellent and those involved in its compilation must be complimented. It outlines the current position and the actions necessary for the future development of our tourism industry. It is...
- Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)
Maurice Cummins: We are not listening to the Fianna Fáil manifesto.
- Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)
Maurice Cummins: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy O'Malley, and I look forward to hearing him try to defend the indefensible. The 16 cuts involved sound worse when they are read out compared to when one reads about them. In normal circumstances, there would be uproar if there were two or three such cuts. Obviously, by announcing all 16 together, the Minister...
- Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)
Maurice Cummins: The people who suffer will not laugh.
- Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)
Maurice Cummins: They cleaned things up.
- Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)
Maurice Cummins: The key word is "proposed". It is the same with the other promises.
- Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)
Maurice Cummins: Fianna Fáil is bereft of ideas when it has to attack the poor.
- Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)
Maurice Cummins: The Senator is here to defend the cuts.
- Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)
Maurice Cummins: Some â¬12 million a year.
- Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)
Maurice Cummins: There is no one to clean up after him.
- Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)
Maurice Cummins: Go back another ten years and we are still paying for that.
- Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)
Maurice Cummins: I hope she will be alive next year.
- Seanad: Estimates for 2004: Motion. (19 Nov 2003)
Maurice Cummins: It may as well be.