Results 101-120 of 559 for speaker:Seán Ardagh

Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2009)

Seán Ardagh: Deputy Peter Kelly was in possession. There is a total of 18 minutes remaining in the slot.

Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2009)

Seán Ardagh: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2009)

Seán Ardagh: As it is now 7 p.m. I will have to conclude the debate.

European Union Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2009)

Seán Ardagh: I call Deputy Cuffe.

European Union Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2009)

Seán Ardagh: I am supposed to call the Minister of State at 5.45 p.m. which is now. Perhaps the Minister of State might give his colleague a couple of extra minutes to finish off.

Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (13 Oct 2009)

Seán Ardagh: Question 505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the alternative resources which are being put in place at a college (details supplied) in Dublin 10 to facilitate the registration and continued assistance to the adult education courses which were held at another centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35634/09]

Written Answers — Third Level Fees: Third Level Fees (6 Oct 2009)

Seán Ardagh: Question 1133: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 who has completed their first year at university, and wishes to take a break from the course for one year, will be subject to fees when they return in a years time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33263/09]

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed). (6 Oct 2009)

Seán Ardagh: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Public Appointments Transparency Bill 2008: Second Stage. (22 Sep 2009)

Seán Ardagh: I am delighted to be able to contribute to the Second Reading of Deputy Varadkar's Bill, which he initially introduced last year. It is barely a year in the House. I notice from the Deputy's speech today that he has matured a bit politically over the past year, and it is a steep learning curve in this House. 8 o'clock The Deputy stated that people in the political process deserve to be...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2009)

Seán Ardagh: Is that agreed? Agreed.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2009)

Seán Ardagh: Deputy Gogarty without interruption, please.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2009)

Seán Ardagh: I wish to refer to two matters, in particular, first, the capital requirements of AIB and Bank of Ireland and the new form Central Bank regulation will take and, second, the unwinding of the NAMA intervention and the macro-economic consequences of NAMA. In the supplementary information document, the green book, it is indicated that AIB has stated in its accounts that it has a provision for...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (16 Sep 2009)

Seán Ardagh: At this point in time, according to the green book, they have available certain amounts of money for SMEs and mortgages. The amount drawn down under those headings in both banks is substantially less than what they have available at this point in time, without the availability of cheap money. When the 1.5% coupon becomes available the banks should, in order to continue in business, be...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (16 Sep 2009)

Seán Ardagh: Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will reconsider the withdrawal of the funding of the return to education scheme in the disadvantaged areas of Fatima, Rialto and Bluebell in County Dublin (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30092/09]

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (16 Sep 2009)

Seán Ardagh: I am pleased to have the opportunity to commence my contribution to this debate on NAMA. It is important to look at the record of the Minister for Finance on initiatives he has taken in banking. One such initiative is the guarantee that was given. We know up to now more than €1 billion has accrued in fees to the State as a result of it. The situation regarding bank recapitalisation is...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (16 Sep 2009)

Seán Ardagh: -----that they will have at 1.5%.

Suspension of Member (16 Sep 2009)

Seán Ardagh: Out, out.

Local Government (Charges) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)

Seán Ardagh: The Deputy has only half a minute left.

(8 Jul 2009)

Seán Ardagh: We have all come across individual cases of horror and abuse that have shocked us during our lifetime, but in my 24 years as a public representative I do not believe that as a nation we have ever been as shocked as we have been at the findings of the Ryan commission. We think of events like this in the past as historic events, events of war and holocausts, but these events are of our time....

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2009)

Seán Ardagh: Amendment No. 2 is out of order.