Results 1,841-1,860 of 2,137 for speaker:Jerry Cowley

School Accommodation. (24 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Due process since 2001.

School Transport. (24 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: I also extend my sincere sympathy to the families bereaved by this terrible tragedy. As the father of young daughters, this accident affects me deeply. Some may argue that now is not the time to investigate the cause of this tragedy. However, we have to highlight these dangerous situations for other road users. On 24 February, I spoke about the case of a young girl called Aisling Gallagher...

Aer Lingus: Motion. (24 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: I thank Sinn Féin for tabling this motion and particularly its call on the Government to develop the regional airports as part of an integrated all-Ireland transport policy. International research has proven that airports stimulate regional development. They are a strong catalyst and are a major economic driver in the western region, in particular. That is demonstrated by the fact that they...

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (18 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Question 162: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in view of the amendment to the capital assistance scheme, introduced in November 2001, if the details of older emigrants (details supplied) on the safe-home programme waiting list will be calculated in each of the county council assessment of housing need figures for 2005 as a category in their own right;...

Public Expenditure: Motion (Resumed). (18 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: The Council for the West is meeting politicians across the road. It is talking about the gross underspend on the west. This is the burning issue and those across the road have been talking for some time about the terrible deprivation in the west. All this money that has been overspent has been wasted. If the Government got off its backside and gave the money to projects that deserve it...

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage. (18 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on these amendments which state strongly what needs to be in the Bill and what is lacking, namely, the equal right of people with disabilities to be guaranteed services. The amendments tabled by Deputies Ó Snodaigh, McGrath, Lynch, Stanton and Murphy go to the core of what is lacking in the Bill. This Bill could more easily be called the resources...

Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (18 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. We would all wish for the best for our own areas and we all know how many jobs the Irish Financial Services Centre has brought to Dublin. That is the problem — the west has not been offered the employment opportunities that exist in other areas. I have often spoken about the need for a tax incentive scheme for the west, particularly Knock...

Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (18 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Many of them were on the farmers' dole and, therefore, not liable for tax. Some got a few bob from a headage payment and put it aside for a rainy day or for the education of a son or a daughter. They have paid their taxes over the years, as claimed in the brochures. Before 2001 it was taken out of returns on the investment. After 2001, it was taken out as an exit tax. The Revenue...

Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (18 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: In rural villages in the west, small businesses find it impossible to make ends meet as their overheads are so great. However, their overheads are on a par with businesses in O'Connell Street in Dublin, with the same insurance, heating and staffing costs, and regulations to enforce. They must ensure the fire officer, who can be very hard to please, is kept happy. These factors and costs put a...

Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (18 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Estimates for Public Services 2005: Messages from Select Committees. (18 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: The Select Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimates for the service of the year ending 31 December 2005 — Votes 19 to 23, inclusive. The Select Committee on Enterprise and Small Business has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for the service of the year ending 31 December 2005 —...

Message from Seanad. (18 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Seanad Éireann has passed the Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004, without amendment.

Personal Apology by Minister of State. (18 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: The Minister of State, Deputy Conor Lenihan, wishes to make a statement, with the permission of the House.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (18 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following matter of national importance, namely, the failure of the Minister for Education and Science to provide a new site for the Westport, County Mayo gaelscoil, although the lease on the existing site of the school, Gaelscoil na Cruaiche, is expiring, and a new school needs to be built in the meantime due to the...

Tax Code. (17 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: I do not condone the dodging of tax. Everyone should pay his or her fair share of tax. However, there is currently an anomaly where older people in their mid-70s and mid-80s are being treated unfairly in a trawl by the Revenue Commissioners where their aggregate investment in insurance company schemes exceeds €20,000. Is the Minister aware that in many cases the original or initial...

Veterinary Practice Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (17 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: I support the Bill. The importance of vets is widely recognised. As a rural general practitioner, I have much in common with them. I have often been asked to treat animals, although I stopped short of treating an Alsatian with a fish hook embedded in its jaw.

Veterinary Practice Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (17 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: As I value my hands, I was glad to refer the matter to a veterinary surgeon in Westport. Vets do valuable work. It is only right that there would be adequate legislation to ensure that development proceeds correctly in the veterinary trade. In the Dáil last week I raised the issue of alternative practitioners. The Bill is in stark contrast to the manner in which the Government has treated...

Coroners Service. (17 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Question 28: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the inadequacies and limitations of the Coroners Act in helping establish a proper course of action to address issues of very serious concern; if his attention has further been drawn to the outcome of two recent inquests relating to the deaths of two persons; the steps being taken to...

Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: I am happy to speak on this Bill, which I welcome. I welcome its thrust, which is to cut the ridiculously long waiting times that people must endure to get a basic driving test. This must be welcomed. It will mean the end of the provisional licence anomaly which prevents applicants from getting a reasonable and convenient test date. Ultimately the Bill will prevent untrained and untested...

Rail Network. (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to raise this important matter on the adjournment. We have suffered heavily from the failure of successive Governments to ensure balanced regional development through a failure to invest adequately in infrastructure in the west. Four years have elapsed under the national plan and in the meantime €22.8 billion has been spent in the south and east...