Results 241-260 of 1,625 for speaker:Pat O'Neill
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2015)
Pat O'Neill: I wish to speak on the Bill. People may not realise the Roads Bill 2014 will mean the amalgamation of the Railway Procurement Agency and the NRA. When the Government came to power, we stated we would streamline the public service and spoke about closing quangos. This will create greater efficiencies because both bodies have the same expertise in certain areas and they will be able to share...
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2015)
Pat O'Neill: At 2:30 p.m. next Tuesday.
- Seanad: Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Committee Stage (29 Apr 2015)
Pat O'Neill: Senator Darragh O'Brien, without interruption.
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2014: Committee Stage (23 Apr 2015)
Pat O'Neill: I propose that we change the Order of Business and that Report Stage be taken next week.
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2014: Committee Stage (23 Apr 2015)
Pat O'Neill: I propose that Committee Stage only be taken today and that Report Stage be taken next week.
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2014: Committee Stage (23 Apr 2015)
Pat O'Neill: Next Tuesday.
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2014: Committee Stage (23 Apr 2015)
Pat O'Neill: Next Tuesday at 2.30 p.m.
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2014: Second Stage (16 Apr 2015)
Pat O'Neill: I welcome the Minister to the House to debate the Roads Bill 2014. I am delighted it has gone through the Dáil and I hope when it leaves this House it will be signed into law and the Minister will be able to implement it. The mission statements of the National Roads Authority and the Railway Procurement Agency both have the aim of providing transport efficiency. The aim of the Railway...
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2014: Second Stage (16 Apr 2015)
Pat O'Neill: By an Irish company. Since it was set up, the National Roads Authority has helped to save this State money and deliver great efficiencies. Why are we putting these two agencies together? It all comes from the McCarthy report of 2009 on public service numbers and expenditure, which pointed out that these two State agencies were responsible for delivering major transport infrastructure...
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2014: Second Stage (16 Apr 2015)
Pat O'Neill: I asked why TII cannot be used as a title.
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2014: Second Stage (16 Apr 2015)
Pat O'Neill: Will the RPA remain a statutory body?
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2014: Second Stage (16 Apr 2015)
Pat O'Neill: Next Thursday.
- Seanad: Roads Bill 2014: Second Stage (16 Apr 2015)
Pat O'Neill: At 2.30 p.m. next Tuesday.
- Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (15 Apr 2015)
Pat O'Neill: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (14 Apr 2015)
Pat O'Neill: I welcome both groups. While there may not be much marginal land in Kilkenny, I will speak in a general context about the matter. When a farmer receives a notice of inspection, it is like a Revenue audit. People worry about it because they do not know what they face at the end of it and whether they will suffer penalties. This all has to be dealt with and Mr. Downey dealt with it...
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)
Pat O'Neill: Is the Senator speaking to the spirit of the amendment?
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)
Pat O'Neill: The amendment states that the child shall have two parents.
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)
Pat O'Neill: The Senator's contribution is more a Second Stage speech.
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)
Pat O'Neill: The amendment does not state the sex of parents, it states "two parents".
- Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)
Pat O'Neill: I am just pointing that out to the Senator.