Results 161-180 of 1,451 for speaker:Michael Finucane
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2006)
Michael Finucane: It is making their decisions.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2006)
Michael Finucane: In 2003, the then Minister for Finance, Charlie McCreevy, said that if the Government had not decentralised 10,300 people by December 2006, it did not deserve to be re-elected. That is interesting because, to date, just over 600 people have been decentralised. The figure will be 700 by December. It is farcical in the extreme to continue to talk about decentralisation, to purchase land and...
- Seanad: Energy Resources: Motion (11 Oct 2006)
Michael Finucane: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Seanad Ãireann" and substitute the following: "notes that according to the Environmental Protection Agency's latest report, Ireland is now 23.1% above its 1990 Greenhouse Gas Emission levels, 10% above our obligations under the Kyoto protocol and that average temperatures are likely to rise by 0.6% in the coming decades; condemns the...
- Seanad: Energy Resources: Motion (11 Oct 2006)
Michael Finucane: The Government speakers get 20 minutes but I get only eight minutes. That is terrible discrimination. There will have to be a Standing Order in this regard.
- Seanad: Energy Resources: Motion (11 Oct 2006)
Michael Finucane: The Green Paper was full of half measures and aspirational ideas rather than concrete costs and policies. Although I am short of time, I wish to detail some of Fine Gael's policies. These include the removal of all excise duties on bio-fuels produced from renewable energy crops; targeted grants to encourage householders to convert to renewable energy for home heating; reform of the vehicle...
- Seanad: Energy Resources: Motion (11 Oct 2006)
Michael Finucane: Am I on energy time?
- Seanad: Energy Resources: Motion (11 Oct 2006)
Michael Finucane: I would like to talk about that too.
- Seanad: Energy Resources: Motion (11 Oct 2006)
Michael Finucane: We have costed it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (11 Oct 2006)
Michael Finucane: I wish to support Senator Ryan regarding the â¬30 million consultancy fee. We are employing more consultants in respect of opposing Ryanair, the cuckoo in the nest, through the European Union on competition grounds. Objectively, it is remarkable, having spent â¬30 million, that there was no forewarning of such an outcome. Another issue which causes much concern, both outside and inside...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (11 Oct 2006)
Michael Finucane: Goldman Sachs.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (11 Oct 2006)
Michael Finucane: The small amount of money involved could result in a recipient being pushed over the limit in terms of his or her qualification.
- Seanad: Decentralisation Programme (4 Oct 2006)
Michael Finucane: I will not go into the background of this as I have raised the issue of decentralisation so many times since the then Minister, Mr. Charlie McCreevy, announced Newcastle West was a designated area and was due to get 50 staff from the Revenue Commissioners. I understand the staff have been recruited for quite some time. There was a little disappointment in Newcastle West because we thought...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2006)
Michael Finucane: It was set up by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Martin. I am surprised at Senator Leyden.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2006)
Michael Finucane: We are getting a history lesson from Senator Leyden.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2006)
Michael Finucane: The Leader often had a bigger bone herself.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2006)
Michael Finucane: Did the Senator reveal her source to the Garda?
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2006)
Michael Finucane: It is an expensive bone.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2006)
Michael Finucane: I cannot understand the relevance of that. The Senator has missed the point completely.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2006)
Michael Finucane: She mentions names if it suits her.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2006)
Michael Finucane: The Senator said last weekââ