Results 321-340 of 2,017 for speaker:Anthony Lawlor
- Seanad: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 Nov 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: Next Tuesday.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: I have only come in here recently and I am still getting a feel for the workings of the place but I am a legislator. We are all legislators and we are here to legislate. We have legislation going through this House and there is much filibustering going on. There has not been a vote during nine sessions on the legislation and there has been a lot of carry on from some people from the legal...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: This is more filibustering. I am being interrupted but I have no problem staying here-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: -----until nine or ten o'clock to get legislation through which is to the benefit of the ordinary people. Senator Leyden identified a judge who is positive against false claims coming through and maybe this legislation will bring forward more of those types of judges who are needed to look at what is before them and deal with it properly.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: I have not mentioned any names.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: I have one other little point on the legislation.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: One of the reasons we are spending so long discussing it-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: -----is because there are too many words in it-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: -----and if we had fewer words in it we would not have had such a long discussion on it so I support what the Leader is proposing today. I also support Senator Leyden's call to bring the Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy, in here to discuss false insurance claims.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: We did that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: We would do but we cannot get through this Bill-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: If we could get through this Bill, we would-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: Can I not talk?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: It is too warm.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: That is an insult.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: They happen at the moment.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: Is the Senator saying some of them are there at the moment?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: I was worried I might be found dead in my own room.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: I have been here before on other occasions.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Nov 2018)
Anthony Lawlor: I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to the Chamber to discuss the ongoing saga of the non-appearance of the wind turbine guidelines. Those of us from rural areas have been waiting for them since 2015. A number of applications are being held up because the guidelines have not been published. Local authorities are in limbo...