Results 19,861-19,880 of 20,459 for speaker:Frances Fitzgerald
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: It is too bad that Fianna Fáil bought into the Progressive Democrats' philosophy.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: The Government side should respect the independent decision of the elderly to march on Leinster House yesterday.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: That is because the Government keeps changing its mind.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: Senator Boyle certainly has not listened to us in the past week.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: On a point of order, could I ask the Deputy Leader why the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government is meeting representatives of proposers of an incinerator if it is against Government policy?
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: Do not be ridiculous.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: Not any more.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: Balance sheet.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: That cannot be done because contracts were signed in respect of them.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: Yesterday, we saw an ungracious climbdown by the Government on the decision to withdraw medical cards from those aged over 70. Reflecting on the way the Government has handled this and the various U-turns it has made, what strikes me and what is most disturbing is the lack of ideology or guiding principles in the Government's decisions. No attempt has been made to protect the elderly, the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: A discussion document.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: It is easier to means test the elderly than to means test the owners of the private jets.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: They can means test the elderly but they cannot means test the owners of the private jets.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: They can means test the elderly but they cannot means test the owners of the private jets.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: They cannot means test owners of private jets, apparently.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: That is outrageous.
- Seanad: Child Care Services: Statements (21 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I thank him for attending this debate. As Minister of State with responsibility for children, he has an important job. It is accepted that last week's budget was a difficult and disappointing one for the elderly. Equally, it was not sufficiently supportive of children and their families. The Minister of State mentioned some of the cutbacks...
- Seanad: Child Care Services: Statements (21 Oct 2008)
Frances Fitzgerald: Children who are taken from their families, for all sorts of reasons, often end up in care. If proper supports were available in the community, they would not end up in care. I know from my own experience that the assertion in The Irish Times article that care placements "can cost in excess of â¬500,000 a year" is true. If we were to invest the same amount of money in family support...