Results 201-220 of 349 for speaker:Tom Morrissey

Seanad: Public Transport in the Greater Dublin Area: Statements. (9 Nov 2004)

Tom Morrissey: I wish to share time with Senator Ormonde.

Seanad: Public Transport in the Greater Dublin Area: Statements. (9 Nov 2004)

Tom Morrissey: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Deputy Callely, and I look forward to having good working relations with him and the Minister for Transport, Deputy Cullen. The Minister stated earlier that public transport in Dublin faces a number of challenges. That is certainly the case. I am a fan of Dublin Bus and of public transport in general. There has been a great deal...

Seanad: Public Transport in the Greater Dublin Area: Statements. (9 Nov 2004)

Tom Morrissey: I guarantee if any Member looked at a super-cube and an ordinary lorry, they would not be able to see the difference in height. Goods are leaving the country in super-cubes and there are jobs which depend on those goods being delivered to foreign markets at a cost competitive price. Those who say they should be banned are not living in the real world. Should the business be transferred to...

Seanad: National Sports Facilities: Statements. (3 Nov 2004)

Tom Morrissey: With the permission of the House I will share my time with Senator Brennan. I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House and for the paper he has delivered. It contained very little with which any Member could quibble. Indeed, I am pleased to hear the Minister make a commitment to carry out an audit of sports facilities throughout the country. One of the purposes of that audit, once...

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Nov 2004)

Tom Morrissey: An article in one of today's newspapers outlines the report of a coroner on the unfortunate death of an elderly gentleman in north Cork who was killed by an articulated truck. The coroner reported that everything, including mirrors, was in order on the truck. However, the report recommends that additional mirrors be fitted to trucks and suggests that the recommendation be passed to the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (28 Oct 2004)

Tom Morrissey: I concur with previous speakers regarding the problems of the lack of signage for the Luas. We have spent €800 million on providing this system in our city. Before we embark on further extensions, it is important that people have confidence in the safety and the reliability of this system. I visited one of the locations yesterday and there is no signage there. We all know how many crashes...

Seanad: Kidnapping of Irish Citizen: Motion. (21 Oct 2004)

Tom Morrissey: I take the opportunity with other Members to express my solidarity with the family of Mrs. Hassan at this dreadful time. I compliment the Minister for Foreign Affairs wholeheartedly on his endeavours in this situation and in the recent case of Mr. Kenneth Bigley where, upon assuming office, he immediately entered into negotiations to seek the release of that unfortunate hostage. I share the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Oct 2004)

Tom Morrissey: Some two weeks ago I requested that we might have a debate with the Minister for Transport on Aer Lingus following Willie Walsh's appearance before a joint Oireachtas committee.

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Oct 2004)

Tom Morrissey: I apologise. I called for such a debate following a presentation to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport. Yesterday, a further presentation was made to that joint Oireachtas committee, which I can only describe as a whinge. People who came before the joint committee yesterday asked a basic question. Given the basic nature of the question the Minister must come to the House to outline...

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Oct 2004)

Tom Morrissey: We require the Minister to come to the House to outline the position.

Seanad: Garda Recruitment: Motion. (20 Oct 2004)

Tom Morrissey: I wish to share my time with Senator Brennan.

Seanad: Garda Recruitment: Motion. (20 Oct 2004)

Tom Morrissey: I welcome the Minister to the House. I suppose there are a few certainties after tonight. The first is that the Mullingar accord did not feature here tonight. The second is that the Minister has been very forthright in his honest assessment and appraisal of Garda numbers over the past nine to ten years, during the lifetime of previous Governments and going forward into the lifetime of the...

Seanad: Garda Recruitment: Motion. (20 Oct 2004)

Tom Morrissey: The Minister has put to bed the lies of the Opposition for the past two years. He set the record straight on the Government programme. I agree with Senator Cummins that the Minister has engaged in some creative thinking. The Opposition spokesperson in the other House did not do so. The Minister's creative thinking includes changing the location of in-service training, building a new block,...

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Oct 2004)

Tom Morrissey: Much has been said in the past few days about our commitments in Government, including our programme for Government and reaching certain targets, especially in regard to overseas development aid. However, there is one area in which we have more than met our commitments, namely, the €40 million which this Government gave to the GAA two weeks ago to help it complete the great facility which...

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Oct 2004)

Tom Morrissey: I am calling for a debate with the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism.

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Oct 2004)

Tom Morrissey: I am calling for a debate with the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism on our policy on sports development because it is in the programme for Government that we will build a national stadium. We have a national stadium — it is called Croke Park.

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Oct 2004)

Tom Morrissey: I want a debate with the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism——

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Oct 2004)

Tom Morrissey: It is within the programme for Government——

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Oct 2004)

Tom Morrissey: ——that we would have a national sports stadium.

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Oct 2004)

Tom Morrissey: I want a debate on the opening up of our national stadium.