Results 81-100 of 1,625 for speaker:Pat O'Neill

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Oct 2011)

Pat O'Neill: I wish to make a request. I ask the Leader to ask the leader of the Sinn Féin Party to come to the House to explain why they only oppose cuts on one side of the Border. The members of Sinn Féin are not in the Chamber, but as their Private Members Bill is on next, perhaps they are being coached.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Oct 2011)

Pat O'Neill: I am asking the Leader to bring the leader of the Sinn Féin Party to this House to explain why we have crocodile tears every day, even from members of the Fianna Fáil Party.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Oct 2011)

Pat O'Neill: It has proved one thing, that crocodiles do not have tears

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Oct 2011)

Pat O'Neill: I am asking the Leader to bring in the leader of Sinn Féin because we saw last night-----

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Oct 2011)

Pat O'Neill: -----that a thousand workers walked out on strike over cuts in the health service in Northern Ireland. Sinn Féin can play it on both sides. I ask the leader of Sinn Féin to explain.

Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

Pat O'Neill: I welcome the Minister to the House. I will focus on similar points to Senator Crown with regard to the rights of Northern citizens to vote in the Republic. While the reform of the presidential nomination system is a welcome suggestion and I support the full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, I wish to focus on the idea of extending voting rights to the Six Counties of Ireland and...

Seanad: Springboard Initiative (5 Oct 2011)

Pat O'Neill: I welcome the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, to the House. I now call Senator Healy Eames for the first Adjournment matter.

Seanad: Hospital Accommodation (5 Oct 2011)

Pat O'Neill: This is Adjournment Matters, not questions to the Minister.

Seanad: Hospital Accommodation (5 Oct 2011)

Pat O'Neill: Please be seated Senator.

Seanad: Flood Relief (5 Oct 2011)

Pat O'Neill: I forgot to acknowledge the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, and to thank him for attending the House. I call Senator White.

Seanad: Overseas Development Aid (5 Oct 2011)

Pat O'Neill: I thank the Minister for attending.

Seanad: Public Policy and Planning: Statements (13 Oct 2011)

Pat O'Neill: As five speakers have indicated they want to speak, I ask Senators to adhere to their allocated time of eight minutes given that the Minister of State will reply at 1.50 p.m. The next speaker is Senator Jim D'Arcy.

Seanad: Public Policy and Planning: Statements (13 Oct 2011)

Pat O'Neill: The Senator's time is up.

Seanad: Public Policy and Planning: Statements (13 Oct 2011)

Pat O'Neill: The Senator is taking time from other speakers.

Seanad: Public Policy and Planning: Statements (13 Oct 2011)

Pat O'Neill: I wish to share my time with Senator Bradford.

Seanad: Public Policy and Planning: Statements (13 Oct 2011)

Pat O'Neill: I welcome the Government Chief Whip and Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach to the Seanad today and thank him for coming to speak to us on the matter of the importance of statistics in developing public policy and planning for the future. Statistics are used in every part of life. Most people associate statistics with watching a match on television and what comes up at the...

Seanad: Public Policy and Planning: Statements (13 Oct 2011)

Pat O'Neill: The title of the debate is indicative of the professional approach that underpins the policy formulation of the new Government. As the Minister of State has said, "joined up government needs joined up data". I agree with the previous speakers who all stated that statistics must be used in delivering Government policy. Too often in the past decade, decisions were made based on...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2011)

Pat O'Neill: I was amazed at the weekend to hear about the under-17 World Cup which took place in Mexico. A total of 24 teams competed and, by the end of the tournament, 19 of the them had tested positive for angel dust. I congratulate Mexico on winning the competition. Its players did not test positive for angel dust because the team was put on a diet of fish. Our food safety and food security are the...

Seanad: Welfare of Greyhounds Bill 2011: Second Stage (25 Oct 2011)

Pat O'Neill: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and the Bill. As my colleagues and the Minister of State have mentioned, the greyhound industry has contributed €500 million to the economy. It is also worth noting that greyhound stadia offer facilities to schools, clubs and social causes for fundraising activities, which has helped to generate €7 million for such organisations. The Welfare...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (16 Nov 2011)

Pat O'Neill: Continue to break the law, is that it?