Results 41-60 of 1,730 for speaker:Colm Keaveney
- Order of Business (8 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: It is a tax-free allowance.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: This is the biggest U-turn in history. It is Fianna Fáil's U-turn
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: The bank guarantee.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: UFO politics.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: Sinn Féin voted for the bank guarantee.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: You would have burned a lot more than the bondholders.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I welcome the introduction of the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill, a crucial first step in calling a halt to the economic crisis inherited by the Government. I am confident it will mean good news for employers and workers. I would not claim to be an economist but the Government is trying to simulate the...
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: They might identify with this problem. The reality is that, through the Bill, we are taking an important first step. It is not a means to an end where economic recovery is concerned but it starts to undo the mess we have inherited after 15 years of bad Government. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle would be anxious to close me down.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: Yes.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: Over the course of last weekend I had the opportunity to meet representatives of a number of small businesses and on Monday a presentation was made by the traders and chamber of commerce in my hometown. I rarely meet these individuals on other occasions. We discussed their obligations in terms of getting the economy up and running and the role they can play in the internship scheme. This...
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: The economic notion held by the Opposition is that it can be done overnight. Not one credible solution has been offered towards the creation of a jobs strategy. Opposition Members pick at-----
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: The Opposition has not offered-----
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: I welcome what the Minister is doing with very limited resources. We will get good value for money in penetrating the local economy, getting people back to work and giving light at the end of the tunnel to people who do not have hope. Those are the people who will have to leave this country taking their children with them. Emigration is devastating rural areas. This type of scheme has...
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: Look where he is now.
- Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: That is not right. We were here.
- Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: The Deputy was not even here himself.
- Water and Sewerage Services (16 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: Do not be obsessing about the Labour Party.
- Water and Sewerage Services (16 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: Who signed the paper?
- Water and Sewerage Services (16 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: You should give him an allowance, a Cheann Comhairle. This is a high pressure moment.
- Water and Sewerage Services (16 Jun 2011)
Colm Keaveney: I am happy to have the opportunity to speak in the debate on such a critical issue. I have consistently opposed the introduction of an unmetered, flat-rate water charge. In that regard I welcome the Minister's comments of clarification. He has been crystal clear on the issue. Some of the commentary from certain sections of the House has been unfair. There is no doubt that water is a...