Results 61-80 of 445 for speaker:Eoghan Harris
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2010)
Eoghan Harris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2010)
Eoghan Harris: If, as the political pundits seem to agree, there will be a change of Government at the next general election which may be soon, then I hope the new Government, represented by the Opposition parties here, will remember the old principle of clawback in the media, that whatever they give they take back with interest. Nothing will change for the new Government in terms of bad press coverage,...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2010)
Eoghan Harris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)
Eoghan Harris: I support the call to have the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, come into the House in order that we can congratulate her on her dignity yesterday without a "but" at the end of the sentence.
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)
Eoghan Harris: I congratulate the Minister for Health and Children in bringing in the first set of real reforms to the public sector. I understand what Senator O'Toole is saying but I must say some of the unions are stretching the credibility of the Croke Park deal to a great extent. First, SIPTU's demonstration on Monday night last in Letterkenny to protect the local hospital does not argue that they are...
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)
Eoghan Harris: We should not have to beg managers who have no work to do in the public sector to reform and to move on. When there are 400,000 people out of work, are we seriously expected to pay workers to move from one secure job to another in the public service, to pay teachers to accept an authentic performance management system and an exit process to move incompetent teachers out of the system, to pay...
- Seanad: Macro-Economic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (28 Oct 2010)
Eoghan Harris: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh. Senator Ross has stolen all my thunder. There are only a few little lightning bolts left. The Minister of State indicated: the Government is determined that one of the key principles that will underpin its four-year plan will be that of fairness. Although perceptions of fairness can be subjective, I am confident that the Government can...
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Oct 2010)
Eoghan Harris: I support Senators Norris and Walsh in their belief that the fundamental problem in Roscommon was a dereliction of duty by public servants. There have been other reasons adduced and there is much merit in Senator Alex White's belief that in the background a certain amount of foot-dragging was caused by the constitutional protection afforded to the family. This certainly causes people to...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2010)
Eoghan Harris: Senator O'Toole drew attention to the fact that our savings amount to over â¬100 billion. Some â¬88 billion of that is private savings and commonsense tells us a considerable portion of it must come from public servants such as the one who resigned recently on a pension of â¬155,000. What will he do with it? His children are presumably reared and his House is presumably paid for so he...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2010)
Eoghan Harris: We must find some way of extracting that idle â¬88 billion. One of the ingenious suggestions is that the Government should borrow from its citizens instead of borrowing abroad. It could set up a national bond, as was done during the War of Independence, where the citizens take part of the national debt at attractive rates. Look how effective the SSIA scheme was. If the Government offered...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2010)
Eoghan Harris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Oct 2010)
Eoghan Harris: I ask the Leader to arrange a debate on multiculturalism, immigration, integration and allied subjects. Senator Norris's mention of taxi drivers makes that all the more acute because the other side of taxi drivers is having to listen to them about racial minorities in Ireland. In recent weeks, we have heard much talk about Irish people not doing jobs and Pilipino nurses being employed...
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2010)
Eoghan Harris: In my experience, this is a fair-minded assembly, except on the rare occasion on which it is gripped by party fever. I ask the House to put on its fair-minded apparatus to hear two points. I support the call of Senators O'Toole and O'Reilly for the brunt of any cuts to be borne by those parts of the public sector best able to bear them, and that means starting with ourselves. Far too many...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (14 Oct 2010)
Eoghan Harris: Consensus means there is an agreement to agree on something, it does not mean there is agreement on what that something should be. These are early days. I congratulate the Green Party and Senators Bradford and MacSharry from opposite sides of the House for their persistence in that regard, as it is what the people want. Deputy Rabbitte of the Labour Party has announced he is puzzled by it....
- Seanad: Public Service Agreement 2010-2014: Statements (13 Oct 2010)
Eoghan Harris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Public Service Agreement 2010-2014: Statements (13 Oct 2010)
Eoghan Harris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Public Service Agreement 2010-2014: Statements (13 Oct 2010)
Eoghan Harris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Public Service Agreement 2010-2014: Statements (13 Oct 2010)
Eoghan Harris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Public Service Agreement 2010-2014: Statements (13 Oct 2010)
Eoghan Harris: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Public Service Agreement 2010-2014: Statements (13 Oct 2010)
Eoghan Harris: Hear, hear.