Results 121-140 of 605 for speaker:John Whelan
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2014)
John Whelan: We do not all have to agree, but we should at least show respect for the other person's perspective until we arrive at the right solution for the country's good.
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Care of the Elderly Provision (5 Nov 2014)
John Whelan: I thank the Minister of State for her comprehensive reply. I am heartened to hear that a substantial and significant fund of €400,000 has been allocated for ongoing works at St. Vincent's Community Hospital. By any prioritisation standards or reasonable criteria, St. Vincent's in Mountmellick would be top of the list because it is at the heart of elderly care in the midlands. I am...
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Care of the Elderly Provision (5 Nov 2014)
John Whelan: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, to the House because I know she shares an interest in, a concern and a genuine regard for the issues we are discussing, namely, elderly care and the respect we must always show for our senior citizens. Nothing defines us more as a society than how we care for young children and senior citizens in the autumn of...
- Seanad: Irish Water: Statements (5 Nov 2014)
John Whelan: For God's sake, you have no credibility.
- Seanad: Irish Water: Statements (5 Nov 2014)
John Whelan: The Senator has been blackguarding the House all day.
- Seanad: Irish Water: Statements (5 Nov 2014)
John Whelan: The Senator cut short the time.
- Seanad: Irish Water: Statements (5 Nov 2014)
John Whelan: The Senator has no manners. He has no respect for anyone.
- Seanad: Irish Water: Statements (5 Nov 2014)
John Whelan: How dare you talk about the House.
- Seanad: Irish Water: Statements (5 Nov 2014)
John Whelan: You are a disgrace.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)
John Whelan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)
John Whelan: Members of the Seanad pride themselves on being legislators and I put it to the House today that Ireland's bail laws are a disgrace and are in dire need of an overhaul and a review. I ask the Leader to arrange at the earliest opportunity a discourse with the Minister for Justice and Equality. All Members are aware that people make errors or mistakes and deserve a second chance. The...
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2014)
John Whelan: As we speak, the Irish Wind Energy Association is having its annual conference in Kilkenny. This association continues to flog a dead horse and make outrageous and unsubstantiated claims about the thousands of jobs the wind industry will generate or create in rural Ireland, which is, of course, a fallacy. Will the Leader facilitate an urgent debate with the Minister for Communications,...
- Seanad: Defence Forces Overseas Missions: Statements (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)
John Whelan: On a point of order, Acting Chairman.
- Seanad: Defence Forces Overseas Missions: Statements (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)
John Whelan: On a point of order, Acting Chairman.
- Seanad: Defence Forces Overseas Missions: Statements (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)
John Whelan: This is an abuse.
- Seanad: Defence Forces Overseas Missions: Statements (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)
John Whelan: We are discussing a specific motion. The Government side generously extended time to facilitate what were deemed to be legitimate contributions on this motion. The matter Senator MacSharry has chosen to raise would be more appropriate to the Adjournment. It is an abuse of the House.
- Seanad: Defence Forces Overseas Missions: Statements (8 Oct 2014)
John Whelan: I welcome the Minister of State to address this important issue and look forward to hearing from him on the measures the Government and the Department are taking to ensure optimum measures and every effort is made to ensure the safety and well-being of the Irish UN peacekeeping mission on the Golan Heights. I acknowledge the Minister of State's own personal interest in the matter. From...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Oct 2014)
John Whelan: The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner was established under 1989 legislation. Given recent developments involving Irish Water, concerns about people having to offer up their PPSNs to agencies, banks and authorities, including Irish Water, and matters before the courts involving the improper dissemination of private and personal information, is the legislation underpinning the Office...
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2014)
John Whelan: The Irish Wheelchair Association was founded in 1960 and now has 20,000 members. It is one of our foremost advocacy groups and charities doing tremendous work for people who lead a challenging life when confined and bound to a wheelchair in assisting and supporting them in living full and independent lives. It is hard in this day and age to believe, however, that we still provide funding...
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Sep 2014)
John Whelan: I was astonished to learn from information that has been made available to me from both the trade union sector and the employer representative agencies such as the Construction Industry Federation that there are only 12 apprentices in the entire country. It begs the question what FÁS was doing and what its function and responsibility were if it was not to ensure sufficient training and...