Results 17,841-17,860 of 21,040 for speaker:Alan Kelly
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: That is another question. After the past few months I am not too sure about that but we will see. Let us be honest about this matter. Do not forget that I sat here in 2008 when we debated the bank guarantee which was one of the most fundamental nights in the history of this State. I personally think the wrong decision was made and voted against it. People have put forward arguments in...
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: Coming from my philosophical beliefs, it is obviously something that has to be 100% accurate and dealt with. Working within all of the advice we can get in Government, I believe that the threshold created absolutely protects Irish Water. I also need to say to Senators that before they put a provision into the Constitution they would need to be absolutely certain it could achieve what it...
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: It was not that easy.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: I thank the Senators for their comprehensive contributions. I will go through this amendment and, I dare say, probably this section, because it broadens out into the section as well. I have a couple of initial comments. I had nothing to do with amendments being ruled out of order. If they were ruled in order, I would debate them as much as I would debate any of these. This is merely to...
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: I must work, as part of the Executive, within the advice I get and with the terms of that advice as well, and everyone here appreciates that. I come from the Labour Party. We all are politicians at the end of the day. I am a Member of a Government involving Labour and Fine Gael. From my ideology, the idea that we would privatise Irish Water is against everything I stand for. Let me be...
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: It is 36 years to 2050; I could be here.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: I will be 75.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: The Senator is certainly right about that.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: It would be a brave one.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: For the record, it is not my role to explain.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: I would have no problem debating them if they were allowed.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: I can-----
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: Of all the people in this State, I did.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: It is the reason I am here today.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: That is a good example.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: No.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: I appreciate what Senator Leyden is saying.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: We can get away with that one.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: I like a challenge.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
Alan Kelly: It is a lovely morning although I am feeling a bit sick.