Results 61-80 of 969 for speaker:John McGahon
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Large Energy Users Rebalancing Subvention: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)
John McGahon: I accept that it was the way the modelling had been done for a considerable time before that. Paragraph 4.3, on page 3 of the presentation, states: "With the complexity of the calculations together with the way it was programmed in the financial model, it was difficult to detect the error after the second year of implementation." This mistake was not realised for more than a decade. Mr....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Large Energy Users Rebalancing Subvention: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)
John McGahon: My time is up and thank the witnesses.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: That was a very powerful contribution to follow and I commend Senator Clonan on it. I agree wholeheartedly with his words. Not to move on to more minor matters but I wish Tom Hickey, the deputy head usher of the Houses, all the best in retirement after 22 years of service in Leinster House. Tom is someone we all know very well. He is an excellent representative for the Oireachtas, whether...
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: I am asking for some guidance really. I have come to this debate late. I make no bones towards my Fianna Fáil colleagues, who can do what they wish. What we are witnessing now is so well choreographed that it is like watching Swan Lake or some other ballet. It is so well done.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: If this debate is going to run until 6 p.m. and if Fianna Fáil Members insist on running it out and wasting the time of Members and the Minister, how do we, as a House, decide to sit past 6 p.m.? I am happy to sit here all night until we get this done.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: This is what we are elected to do.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: I mean this in the most respectful way to my Fianna Fáil colleagues. If they wish to continue on with this, it is absolutely fine. I will continue on with this all night. I will listen to point after point all night. I have no problem sitting here until 12 midnight. How can we, as a House, sit past 6 p.m.? That is what I am asking.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: Can we get clarification on this?
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: On whether it is the Leader or the Chief Whip, or both.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: The only way this can be extended, and for us to sit past 6 p.m., is if the Leader of the House, Senator Chambers, who has left the room, proposes to sit past 6 p.m.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: We are all willing to sit here after 6 p.m. I assume other Members are.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: The Minister is as well.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: This is our full-time job. We are professional politicians. Let us sit all night to get the business of today done.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: I have no issue with that, Senator Clifford-Lee, but it is you guys who are delaying this.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: I will conclude, because I have spoken long enough. Let us bring this charade to an end. We are either going to sit past 6 p.m.-----
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: I want to put it on record that I would like to know if the Leader of the House, Senator Chambers, who I have so much respect for, is going to come back and propose that we sit past 6 p.m.. If she decides that she is not going to do that, then it is as plain as day what everyone is up to. Let us just get that clarity. Let us sit past 6 p.m. and have it on the record that Senator Chambers...
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: We know what you are at. It is fine and I respect it, but let us be genuine about it. We want to get this done.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: It is like Comical Ali after the invasion of Iraq. This is a joke.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: On a point of order, will my Fianna Fáil colleagues get in touch with the Leader of the House and ask her to return to the House? Is that a possibility? Can anyone get in touch with the Leader of the House to ask her if she will come back?
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
John McGahon: It is not that. It is just-----