Results 9,061-9,080 of 9,823 for speaker:Thomas Byrne

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2011)

Thomas Byrne: I would not like to ask them to do anything I would not do.

Seanad: Schools Building Projects (7 Jul 2011)

Thomas Byrne: I thank the Minister of State for coming and congratulate him on his appointment. He will make an excellent Minister of State and it is great for someone so young to rise so quickly. He is a good man and I know he will do good work. I am bringing this motion before the House in order to be helpful. I have often found the Department of Education and Skills to be lacking in terms of forward...

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report Stage and Final Stages. (7 Jul 2011)

Thomas Byrne: On what page of the EU-IMF agreement was that?

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2011)

Thomas Byrne: Very serious allegations have been made by Senators O'Donovan and Mullen about the provenance of this legislation. I will not rehearse the details but in light of these allegations it is within the gift of the Minister and Leader to withdraw the legislation rather than put it to a vote. The saying, "justice must be done and seen to be done", has long been applied to the courts system....

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2011)

Thomas Byrne: Five is more than one, which is the number for which the Bill is designed.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2011)

Thomas Byrne: He will return in a minute or so.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2011)

Thomas Byrne: They refused to address this Bill.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2011)

Thomas Byrne: The Minister did not speak here about the Smithwick tribunal.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2011)

Thomas Byrne: Why did the Minister not provide us with that letter from Judge Smithwick?

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2011)

Thomas Byrne: There is no confusion.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2011)

Thomas Byrne: Where was the confusion about the qualification criteria?

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2011)

Thomas Byrne: On a point of information, the word "scandal" was not used by me in my contribution on the Order of Business yesterday.

Seanad: Registration of Wills Bill 2011: Second Stage (6 Jul 2011)

Thomas Byrne: I am pleased the Minister has attended the House in person. She is one of the more imaginative Ministers in the Government and has a great deal on her plate. The functions of the General Register Office are not among the better known responsibilities of her Department. Senator Leyden's Bill is excellent legislation which deserves all-party support. It is a shame that Ministers in the...

Seanad: Registration of Wills Bill 2011: Second Stage (6 Jul 2011)

Thomas Byrne: We would be happy if the Department took over the community welfare officers.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2011)

Thomas Byrne: Another Fianna Fáil policy confirmed.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2011)

Thomas Byrne: On one of my first occasions to speak in this House, we were debating the motion on the Smithwick tribunal. It is the case that the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, misled the House on that occasion by withholding correspondence. It was, I understand, published subsequently, at the suggestion of the judge in the case. The information on this very serious matter was...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2011)

Thomas Byrne: Shame on him for not telling us about this correspondence in the House. He came here to address a very serious matter of public concern, a serious matter of British-Irish relations concerning families and individuals, and did not tell us about what a judge had told him in correspondence. The judge suggested this should be made public and that he had no objection to that. The Minister, if...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2011)

Thomas Byrne: He is doing exactly the same.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2011)

Thomas Byrne: He took over the board of the HSE.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2011)

Thomas Byrne: Why not tell the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Leo Varadkar, to put his hand down the back of the same couch in which he found the money for opening a train station in his constituency?