Results 1,661-1,680 of 1,730 for speaker:Colm Keaveney
- Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) (6 Jul 2011)
Colm Keaveney: Hear, hear.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2011)
Colm Keaveney: I know one.
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: We might be in a worse situation.
- Workers' Remuneration: Motion (21 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: Leaving that aside, the debate must be on the principle, not on the personalities spoofing about workers. I have no interest in attacking anyone for the sake of it. To single out people in this debate is a new low in this Chamber. We must engage with the reality on the ground. People throughout the country are struggling to put food on their tables. There is no doubt about that. That is...
- Workers' Remuneration: Motion (21 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: How arrogant of Deputy Collins.
- Workers' Remuneration: Motion (21 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: Revolution.
- Workers' Remuneration: Motion (21 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: I welcome this opportunity to contribute on the Government amendment. I want to use my time to speak against the United Left Alliance's motion. In recent weeks, many of my Labour colleagues and I have made our position on JLC rates clear. It is our firm belief that this is an urgent matter of concern for the Government. No doubt it is a topic that deserves robust debate in the Chamber,...
- Workers' Remuneration: Motion (21 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: They do not censor the truth. They table a motion that accuses a breach of solidarity with low-paid workers. They fell in that solidarity at the first hurdle when they voted against the restoration of the minimum rates of pay. Restoring those rates puts â¬40 back into the pockets of working people.
- Workers' Remuneration: Motion (21 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: That â¬40 affects whether a child can see a doctor or a parent has shopping money to feed his or her children. The Deputies voted against the workers last week.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: Balderdash.(Interruptions).
- Water and Sewerage Services (16 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: Do not be obsessing about the Labour Party.
- Water and Sewerage Services (16 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: Who signed the paper?
- Water and Sewerage Services (16 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: You should give him an allowance, a Cheann Comhairle. This is a high pressure moment.
- Water and Sewerage Services (16 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: I am happy to have the opportunity to speak in the debate on such a critical issue. I have consistently opposed the introduction of an unmetered, flat-rate water charge. In that regard I welcome the Minister's comments of clarification. He has been crystal clear on the issue. Some of the commentary from certain sections of the House has been unfair. There is no doubt that water is a...
- Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: That is not right. We were here.
- Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: The Deputy was not even here himself.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: Over the course of last weekend I had the opportunity to meet representatives of a number of small businesses and on Monday a presentation was made by the traders and chamber of commerce in my hometown. I rarely meet these individuals on other occasions. We discussed their obligations in terms of getting the economy up and running and the role they can play in the internship scheme. This...
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: The economic notion held by the Opposition is that it can be done overnight. Not one credible solution has been offered towards the creation of a jobs strategy. Opposition Members pick at-----
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: The Opposition has not offered-----
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: I welcome what the Minister is doing with very limited resources. We will get good value for money in penetrating the local economy, getting people back to work and giving light at the end of the tunnel to people who do not have hope. Those are the people who will have to leave this country taking their children with them. Emigration is devastating rural areas. This type of scheme has...