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- European Council: Statements (6 Jun 2012)
Luke Flanagan: It would be terrible to end up like Switzerland, would it not?
- European Council: Statements (6 Jun 2012)
Luke Flanagan: The Government has taught me well in that regard.
- European Council: Statements (6 Jun 2012)
Luke Flanagan: The Minister of State should stop throwing comments.
- European Council: Statements (6 Jun 2012)
Luke Flanagan: The European Union and its subset, the eurozone, are at a crossroads. We must have a debate on where we are going because we are not doing so at the moment. Currently, we are lunging from one crisis to the next with no overall plan. We must not sleepwalk into what are potentially the greatest changes to this nation state since its foundation. It is clear what eurozone countries must do...
- Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2012: Second Stage (23 May 2012)
Luke Flanagan: I will share my time with Deputy Mattie McGrath.
- Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2012: Second Stage (23 May 2012)
Luke Flanagan: As the word "miscellaneous" in the Bill's Title indicates, many issues are covered in the Bill. However, the issue on which I want to focus is the proposed merger of councils on foot of the recommendations of the local government review group. If I had never been a councillor and was just a member of the public listening to the plan to merge councils, I would probably think this was a good...
- Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2012: Second Stage (23 May 2012)
Luke Flanagan: In order to get real accountability, we need massive change. An indication that this change will not occur came from a Deputy on the Government side earlier in the year when he reminded us that while there is plenty of talk about local government reform, Members seem to forget that the consequence of that is that we will have less power in this House. So what? That is not what this is...
- Written Answers — Swimming Pool Projects: Swimming Pool Projects (22 May 2012)
Luke Flanagan: Question 687: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that Roscommon County Council has made an application to him for funding in respect of a swimming pool (details supplied) as per a motion passed by Roscommon County Council at it's meeting of March 2012; the level of funding being sought; if he will confirm that the request submitted is in accordance with...
- Written Answers — Swimming Pool Projects: Swimming Pool Projects (22 May 2012)
Luke Flanagan: Question 688: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of an application by Roscommon County Council to him regarding a swimming pool (details supplied) under the green energy scheme in 2011; the level of funding that was sought; if this application included for the roofing of the pool; and if there was no application under the green energy scheme was there any other...
- Departmental Expenditure (17 May 2012)
Luke Flanagan: They had laws in Nazi Germany too, but thank God some people broke them.
- Departmental Expenditure (17 May 2012)
Luke Flanagan: I will not withdraw anything.
- Departmental Expenditure (17 May 2012)
Luke Flanagan: We are heading in that direction.
- Departmental Expenditure (17 May 2012)
Luke Flanagan: May I respond?
- Departmental Expenditure (17 May 2012)
Luke Flanagan: The Minister was given an opportunity to speak while I am not being allowed to respond.
- Departmental Expenditure (17 May 2012)
Luke Flanagan: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for not giving me an opportunity to respond.
- Departmental Expenditure (17 May 2012)
Luke Flanagan: Do what you are told, Minister.
- Departmental Expenditure (17 May 2012)
Luke Flanagan: Do what you are told.
- Departmental Expenditure (17 May 2012)
Luke Flanagan: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, does the Minister have a right to keep having a go at me without me being given a right to respond? You have not admonished the Minister in any way for the statements he has made. When I try to leave the House he throws comments at me. I ask you to tell him not to throw a comment at me when I leave the House this time, as it is unfair. I was using an analogy to...
- Departmental Expenditure (17 May 2012)
Luke Flanagan: I will not withdraw anything; I stand by what I said. There are times when responsible citizens break the law in the name of justice.
- Departmental Expenditure (17 May 2012)
Luke Flanagan: Do you want to throw something else, coward?