Results 1,381-1,400 of 1,451 for speaker:Michael Finucane

Seanad: Digital Hub Development Agency Bill, 2002: Report and Final Stages. (3 Dec 2002)

Michael Finucane: That is fine.

Seanad: Digital Hub Development Agency Bill, 2002: Report and Final Stages. (3 Dec 2002)

Michael Finucane: If I am out of order, I am out of order.

Seanad: Digital Hub Development Agency Bill, 2002: Report and Final Stages. (3 Dec 2002)

Michael Finucane: I support arguments put forward by previous speakers. As a former Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts, I am aware that one sometimes had to bite one's lip when querying the exactness of statements made by secretaries general who appeared before the committee. Constraints are often placed on a line of questioning at meetings of the Committee of Public Accounts and I understand the...

Seanad: Digital Hub Development Agency Bill, 2002: Report and Final Stages. (3 Dec 2002)

Michael Finucane: I concur with the sentiments of the Senators.

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Nov 2002)

Michael Finucane: I ask the Leader of the House to raise the following issues, as appropriate. In view of the proposed escalation of the postmasters union strike and the reduction of further services, the impact of which has already been felt in rural areas, will she ask the appropriate Minister to come into the House to give an overview of what is happening in An Post? It is creating an unnecessary divide...

Seanad: Fisheries (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (21 Nov 2002)

Michael Finucane: I welcome this Bill which has had a long gestation. Some years ago I asked the Minister in the Dáil to introduce a system of this nature in the interests of openness and transparency. For many years there have been question marks with regard to the dispensing of licences. We remember from the past a situation where some were classified as "Dingle licences" as a result of a previous...

Seanad: Book of Estimates, 2003: Statements. (21 Nov 2002)

Michael Finucane: May I make a point on this, please?

Seanad: Book of Estimates, 2003: Statements. (21 Nov 2002)

Michael Finucane: Shall I make the point on the Adjournment?

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Cancer Treatment Services. (21 Nov 2002)

Michael Finucane: In July 2000 the Mid-Western Health Board made a submission to the expert review group on cancer services on the necessity for a radiotherapy service in its area. About 1,500 patients in the board's area are diagnosed each year with cancer, of which 170 need radiotherapy. These are referred to hospitals in Galway, Cork and primarily St. Luke's in Dublin.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Cancer Treatment Services. (21 Nov 2002)

Michael Finucane: In July 2000, the health board presented a report—

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Cancer Treatment Services. (21 Nov 2002)

Michael Finucane: I thought we were entitled to ask a supplementary question on the Adjournment.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Cancer Treatment Services. (21 Nov 2002)

Michael Finucane: I understand it was allowed last week. I would like clarification on that.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Cancer Treatment Services. (21 Nov 2002)

Michael Finucane: All I want to do is ask a question. When will the expert review group present its findings? There was nothing definite in the Minister of State's reply.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Cancer Treatment Services. (21 Nov 2002)

Michael Finucane: I would appreciate it if they would do so.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Nov 2002)

Michael Finucane: I want to raise an issue which is important to the credibility of this House and the respect given in other countries, especially the USA. While I do not dispute the honourable intentions of Senator White in going to Colombia, I ask her, in the interests of this House, to reconsider her decision to travel for the trial.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Nov 2002)

Michael Finucane: Notional development plans.

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Nov 2002)

Michael Finucane: What about the Progressive Democrats?

Seanad: Digital Hub Development Agency Bill, 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (20 Nov 2002)

Michael Finucane: I respect what the Minister has said. I was a Member of the Committee of Public Accounts and witnessed a classic example of what can happen where a chairperson and chief executive are the same person. Both functions must be divorced. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Section 16 agreed to. SECTION 17.

Seanad: Digital Hub Development Agency Bill, 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (20 Nov 2002)

Michael Finucane: When the Minister was clarifying the composition of the board, he mentioned a lot of international heavyweights. While I am not in favour of excluding local authority members, it is important to strike a balance. I recognise that to set up a body such as this we must have an international component. Therefore, there should be a limiting restriction on a local authority member. Let me give one...

Seanad: Digital Hub Development Agency Bill, 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (20 Nov 2002)

Michael Finucane: In relation to section 27, confidential information—