Results 81-100 of 891 for speaker:John Minihan
- Seanad: Tax Code: Motion (29 Nov 2006)
John Minihan: I welcome its motion if for no reasonââ
- Seanad: Tax Code: Motion (29 Nov 2006)
John Minihan: ââother than it supports my party's initiative for the reform of stamp duty.
- Seanad: Tax Code: Motion (29 Nov 2006)
John Minihan: Perhaps the Senator would listen. The Senator spoke to the amendment. If he had spoken to the motion he might have had some chance of knowing what he was talking about. What is also interesting about the Fine Gael motion is that given all the recent policy kite-flying it chose a Progressive Democrat policy as the subject of its Private Members' motion. Imitation, no matter how pale, is the...
- Seanad: Tax Code: Motion (29 Nov 2006)
John Minihan: It would be inappropriate for any Government toââ
- Seanad: Tax Code: Motion (29 Nov 2006)
John Minihan: ââin some way drip-feed the contents of a budget in response to a series of Private Members' motions.
- Seanad: Tax Code: Motion (29 Nov 2006)
John Minihan: The Senator is rattled.
- Seanad: Tax Code: Motion (29 Nov 2006)
John Minihan: All parties should agree, as they all now agree, that there is a need for reform of stamp dutyââ
- Seanad: Tax Code: Motion (29 Nov 2006)
John Minihan: ââand following the lead of the Progressive Democrats in this regard, despite the initial derisory remarks from the Fine Gael Party and other parties, they have suddenly woken up to the dawn chorus and support our calls.
- Seanad: Tax Code: Motion (29 Nov 2006)
John Minihan: On the broader issue, raising interest rates has resulted in a slowing down of the housing market.
- Seanad: Tax Code: Motion (29 Nov 2006)
John Minihan: A levelling of prices is of course good. However, there is a difference between a levelling of prices and uncertainty.
- Seanad: Tax Code: Motion (29 Nov 2006)
John Minihan: The country needs stable price and equilibrium between demand and supply.
- Seanad: Tax Code: Motion (29 Nov 2006)
John Minihan: I am saying it on the record of the House, if the Senator would only listen.
- Seanad: Tax Code: Motion (29 Nov 2006)
John Minihan: The Senator is welcome to attend. It is interesting that the print media responded more quickly to the stamp duty issue than did many politicians. The Sunday Independent contributed to the debate by identifying options and monitoring public opinion. I strongly support the need for reform and changes in the application of stamp duty as set out by my party some months ago. Such change...
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2006)
John Minihan: Is it Condoleezza Rice?
- Seanad: Estimates for Public Services 2007: Statements (23 Nov 2006)
John Minihan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. The Progressive Democrats believe economic policies can be an instrument of social justice, and I have stated as much before. Contrary to suggestions from some quarters, we do not decouple the economy and society. Our central political economic philosophy is the belief a strong and dynamic economy can deliver for all society, particularly those...
- Seanad: Homelessness: Motion (15 Nov 2006)
John Minihan: I welcome the debate on this motion. The issue of homelessness is one in which all Members have a keen interest, especially in the current economic climate. We all hope to arrive at a position where there will no longer be homeless people on our streets. Equally, however, we must acknowledge that there are many and varying reasons for homelessness. In this debate I will concentrate on a...
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2006)
John Minihan: I do not agree.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2006)
John Minihan: That is not true. He was upholding the law.
- Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion (1 Nov 2006)
John Minihan: I join previous speakers in welcoming the Minister, Deputy Roche, to the House. I thank him for his contribution to this debate. I echo the words of my colleague, Senator Brennan, in support of the Government's recent action on rural planning. I remind some of the previous speakers that the Progressive Democrats Party is not in favour of unrestricted housing development. It does not...
- Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion (1 Nov 2006)
John Minihan: We believe people born and reared in a rural area, including those with no access to family lands, people who have lived in a rural area for seven years or more and have forged strong links with the local community in that time, and emigrants who return to the rural area in which they grew up, as the Minister referred to, should be seen as "local" people. A rural dweller who has no family...