Results 181-200 of 1,625 for speaker:Pat O'Neill

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Pat O'Neill: On the Schedule, I ask the Minister to give an undertaking that agricultural vehicles, vehicles involved in plant hire haulage and so on be given exemptions. I ask the Minister to consider this on Report Stage.

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Pat O'Neill: The majority of those concerned would have single-vehicle operations. It is not as though fleets of agricultural vehicles would go on the road drawing material and I note not much construction is going on at present. It pertains to self-operators and so on and I acknowledge that certain exemptions exist. However, the Minister should consider this because people are not aware one requires a...

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2011)

Pat O'Neill: I accept the Minister's points. As he stated, the majority of agricultural vehicles, especially those which would be involved in hire work, travel at more than 50km/h. While the Minister has stated he cannot make exceptions in respect of this legislation, he should give consideration to this issue in the context of the more comprehensive transport Bill he intends to bring through the...

Seanad: Road Transport Bill 2011: Motion for Earlier Signature. (30 Nov 2011)

Pat O'Neill: I move: That, pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Road Transport Bill 2011 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to him.''.

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Pat O'Neill: Will the Senator please deal with the amendment?

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Pat O'Neill: Senators should speak through the Chair, please.

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Pat O'Neill: That is not relevant to the amendments.

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Pat O'Neill: Order, Senator Landy.

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Pat O'Neill: Order, please. Senator Landy has the floor.

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Pat O'Neill: Senator Byrne should speak to the amendments.

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Pat O'Neill: Senators should speak through the Chair.

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Pat O'Neill: Order, please.

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Pat O'Neill: The Senator is making a speech rather than dealing with the amendment.

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Pat O'Neill: The Senator is not dealing with the amendmentts, he is making a speech.

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Pat O'Neill: The Senator should address the Chair.

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Pat O'Neill: Senator Moloney will have her chance in a minute.

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Pat O'Neill: Could the Senator return to the amendment?

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2011)

Pat O'Neill: The Senator said all that in his previous contribution.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Dec 2011)

Pat O'Neill: The Minister will explain it.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Dec 2011)

Pat O'Neill: The Senator has 30 seconds remaining.