Results 1,161-1,180 of 3,200 for speaker:Pádraic McCormack
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (16 Oct 2008)
Pádraic McCormack: It is the Ministers and Ministers of State who are embarrassed.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (16 Oct 2008)
Pádraic McCormack: That is not a good one.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (16 Oct 2008)
Pádraic McCormack: The Government has caused this mess.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (16 Oct 2008)
Pádraic McCormack: The Minister for Finance did not know what he was talking about.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (16 Oct 2008)
Pádraic McCormack: The Minister of State and his colleagues will find out what it is like soon enough.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (16 Oct 2008)
Pádraic McCormack: Bicycles.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (16 Oct 2008)
Pádraic McCormack: This budget was brought forward by two months. It was a rush job and, like all rush jobs or rushed legislation, it turned out very badly. It is clearly a budget drawn up by civil servants. The Minister who presented it clearly did not understand it or its implications. I will cite some of the Minister's indecisive waffle. About the public sector pay bill he said others might want to...
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (16 Oct 2008)
Pádraic McCormack: My party would switch off the life support machine for the decentralisation programme, which the Government is still pursuing. We would eliminate 30 quangos and their annual budget of â¬50 million as well as incentivise research and development, upskilling and retraining programmes. We would double support for distressed home owners and increase the winter fuel allowance by 50%. That is...
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (16 Oct 2008)
Pádraic McCormack: That is what we spelled out before the budget, which proves we were constructive in this matter.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (16 Oct 2008)
Pádraic McCormack: We find the Government's position incredible as well.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (16 Oct 2008)
Pádraic McCormack: That is not so.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (16 Oct 2008)
Pádraic McCormack: The Government plans to take on more public sector employees.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (16 Oct 2008)
Pádraic McCormack: Fianna Fáil opposed the Sunningdale agreement and everything we ever proposedââ
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (16 Oct 2008)
Pádraic McCormack: ââbut that was before the Minister of State's time.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (16 Oct 2008)
Pádraic McCormack: Hear, hear.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (16 Oct 2008)
Pádraic McCormack: I am surprised the Minister of State is taking the Minister, Deputy O'Dea's line.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (16 Oct 2008)
Pádraic McCormack: The Deputy should stick to his own.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (16 Oct 2008)
Pádraic McCormack: The Deputy agreed with it then.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (16 Oct 2008)
Pádraic McCormack: That is only if they pay seven years' back pay.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (16 Oct 2008)
Pádraic McCormack: The Government is charging everyone.