Results 481-500 of 738 for speaker:Cyprian Brady

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Cyprian Brady: Shame.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 Dec 2004)

Cyprian Brady: And some very happy schools too.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (8 Dec 2004)

Cyprian Brady: I agree with the previous speakers with regard to the proliferation of these bodies. We have considerable experience of the issue here in Dublin. The Minister recently attended a meeting with over 200 representatives of various bodies from the northside of the city. We must accept central control and constant vigilance are necessary with regard to how these moneys are used and spent. Are the...

Seanad: Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments Bill 2004: Second Stage. (7 Dec 2004)

Cyprian Brady: I also welcome the Minister to the House. He brings with him considerable experience in the area of planning. He has championed a number of causes in his own county and will bring this to bear in his role as Minister. I welcome the legislation which, as has been pointed out, bolsters and enhances previous amendments to various Acts relating to tribunals. The 1997 legislation has been amended...

Seanad: Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments Bill 2004: Second Stage. (7 Dec 2004)

Cyprian Brady: Now.

Seanad: Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (7 Dec 2004)

Cyprian Brady: The first tribunal of inquiry was established in 1921.

Seanad: Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (7 Dec 2004)

Cyprian Brady: Can we wait that long?

Seanad: Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (7 Dec 2004)

Cyprian Brady: I thank the Minister for attending. He has a great deal of experience of planning and related matters. He will bring that experience to bear in his portfolio.

Seanad: Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (7 Dec 2004)

Cyprian Brady: The Senator must have been in short trousers.

Seanad: Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (7 Dec 2004)

Cyprian Brady: At 10.30 a.m. tomorrow.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2005: Motion. (1 Dec 2004)

Cyprian Brady: It is in the Estimates.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2005: Motion. (1 Dec 2004)

Cyprian Brady: I wish to share my time with Senators Jim Walsh and Daly.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2005: Motion. (1 Dec 2004)

Cyprian Brady: I commend the Minister on the first of his three budgets. This budget builds on the very strong foundation laid by the Minister's predecessor. It firmly underpins the Government's support and commitment to prudently and wisely spend €45 billion of taxpayers' money. It is to the benefit of sections of our community to ensure investment in areas of real concern to people such as health,...

Seanad: Road Network: Motion. (24 Nov 2004)

Cyprian Brady: I welcome the Minister of State to the House as well as the opportunity to debate this issue. We have had numerous presentations and discussions on this issue before the Joint Committee on the Environment and Local Government. I agree with Senator O'Toole that this is as much an issue for the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government as it is for the Department of...

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)

Cyprian Brady: I would like to see that in writing.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)

Cyprian Brady: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Tim O'Malley, and am glad of the opportunity to discuss the health service. I wish to speak about my constituency of Dublin Central, which includes the Mater and Temple Street Children's Hospitals. Some €16 million was invested last March in the project to relocate Temple Street Children's Hospital to the Mater Hospital complex, the most significant...

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)

Cyprian Brady: Some €59 million has been invested in Mayo General Hospital over the past five years, while more than €150 million has been invested in Tullamore Hospital. These are significant investments in what constitutes a regionalisation of health services. One can talk all day about the problems that exist. As public representatives, we hear daily about constituents' difficulties with accident and...

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)

Cyprian Brady: It is a question of taking responsibility. Everybody accepts there are gaps in the services. We all acknowledge there is a problem with the provision of accident and emergency services.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)

Cyprian Brady: At least the Government is taking responsibility by doing something about the problems. We are investing on a daily basis to effect improvements in services. We can debate the nature of the problems all night but somebody must take responsibility for tackling them.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (17 Nov 2004)

Cyprian Brady: There is a commitment to double the number of consultants but there must be an acceptance among the consultants that change is essential. I recently encountered the case of a mother whose young child had been attending a consultant for six or eight months, at a cost of €120 per visit. This parent was told that it would be two years before an operation could be performed on the child. After...