Results 961-980 of 1,625 for speaker:Pat O'Neill
- Seanad: Seanad Electoral Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)
Pat O'Neill: There has to be a whip. Under the proposed reformed Seanad if I wanted to run I would have to get 1,000 people to send a letter to my local returning officer. I could walk around the streets of Kilkenny or the Town Hall in Kilkenny and ask people to do that, but would the people of Donegal who may have a vote on the agricultural panel know who Pat O'Neill was? I ran on the agricultural...
- Seanad: Seanad Electoral Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)
Pat O'Neill: Have I finished?
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)
Pat O'Neill: Will the Leader invite the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to the House for a debate on the CAP negotiations? What happens in the next three weeks will define the future of agriculture for the next seven years. We face this event every seven years and it is important that each party outline its position. We know what the Minister's position is, but we are getting mixed...
- Seanad: Confidence in Minister for Justice and Equality and Defence: Motion (27 Feb 2013)
Pat O'Neill: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Dinny McGinley, to reply.
- Seanad: Confidence in Minister for Justice and Equality and Defence: Motion (27 Feb 2013)
Pat O'Neill: That is not a point of order
- Seanad: Confidence in Minister for Justice and Equality and Defence: Motion (27 Feb 2013)
Pat O'Neill: Will the Senator please resume his seat?
- Seanad: Confidence in Minister for Justice and Equality and Defence: Motion (27 Feb 2013)
Pat O'Neill: Will the Senator please resume his seat?
- Seanad: Confidence in Minister for Justice and Equality and Defence: Motion (27 Feb 2013)
Pat O'Neill: Will the Senator please resume his seat? I invite the Minister of State to continue.
- Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2013)
Pat O'Neill: Next Tuesday.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Pat O'Neill: We are hearing misinformation from the other side of the House, as well as crocodile tears and grandstanding. The statement from the Department of Health on the mobility allowance and motorised transport includes the following: The funding provided for the mobility allowance and the motorised transport grant of ¤10.6 million will be ring-fenced and used for a new scheme to improve access to...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Pat O'Neill: Senators on the other side of the House should refrain from these crocodile tears.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2013)
Pat O'Neill: I have two questions for the Leader. First, I agree with Senators Jim D'Arcy and Michael Comiskey and I ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to consider extending the hedge cutting season for one more week. Much work was left undone this year because of the wet weather. The land is only drying out now. I also ask that the Minister for Finance would change the status of...
- Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2013)
Pat O'Neill: Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.
- Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2013)
Pat O'Neill: I agree with Senator Barrett on certain aspects of the section. I ask the Minister to withdraw the amendment until Report Stage. There is doubt about certain aspects of this section. I refer to people involved in agriculture, who may be working in a field all day driving a tractor, and those who commute to work, for example. There is no table produced on the number of hours one may work....
- Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2013)
Pat O'Neill: I agree with the Minister of State on the use of technology. When I was canvassing for the Seanad, I was travelling in the Minister of State's area close to Birdhill and the Sat Nav sent me the wrong way. If I had been a taxi driver, I would have charged close to ¤15 extra in fares. I believe Senator Barrett is wrong to include this. Sat Nav can be a help but there has to be local...
- Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2013)
Pat O'Neill: I do not even know whether I got the vote when I made it to Birdhill.
- Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2013)
Pat O'Neill: I understand why the provisions under paragraphs (b) and (c) were included in the Bill. They will tie in with future legislation that the Minister of State may propose in regard to all aspects of rural transport. One licence may not fit all of Ireland. Rural Ireland stacks up very differently against urban Ireland and this will give the Minister of State flexibility if, for example, he...
- Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2013)
Pat O'Neill: I understand why the provisions under paragraphs (b) and (c) were included in the Bill. They will tie in with future legislation that the Minister of State may propose in regard to all aspects of rural transport. One licence may not fit all of Ireland. Rural Ireland stacks up very differently against urban Ireland and this will give the Minister of State flexibility if, for example, he...
- Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2013)
Pat O'Neill: I agree with the Minister of State on the use of technology. When I was canvassing for the Seanad, I was travelling in the Minister of State's area close to Birdhill and the Sat Nav sent me the wrong way. If I had been a taxi driver, I would have charged close to ¤15 extra in fares. I believe Senator Barrett is wrong to include this. Sat Nav can be a help but there has to be local...
- Seanad: Taxi Regulation Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2013)
Pat O'Neill: I do not even know whether I got the vote when I made it to Birdhill.