Results 141-160 of 784 for speaker:Jimmy Harte
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2013)
Jimmy Harte: Along with Senator Landy and others, I was delighted to read Deputy Rabbitte's statement about the threatened sale of Coillte's harvesting rights. Last week in Donegal I said I could not see that happening and could see no reason for it to happen. I believe there is a general consensus among all parties and Members that this should not happen. There is a social dividend in retaining the...
- Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Pat The Cope Gallagher, MEP (25 Apr 2013)
Jimmy Harte: I ask Senator Colm Burke to stay on the subject.
- Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Pat The Cope Gallagher, MEP (25 Apr 2013)
Jimmy Harte: I welcome Mr. Gallagher, MEP, as a fellow Donegal man. I join with others in paying my respects and offer sympathy to the family of Mr. Bernard McGlinchey on his recent passing. I served on Letterkenny Town Council with him. He was a tough but fair opponent and he was always available for advice, which we could be sure was sound. We did not always agree politically but he was a...
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2013)
Jimmy Harte: I ask that the Leader invite Deputy Martin to come before the House to explain----
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2013)
Jimmy Harte: I thank Senator Darragh O'Brien and the Cathaoirleach for their advice.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2013)
Jimmy Harte: I enjoy listening to Senator Darragh O'Brien every morning. I get up earlier in the morning to listen to his view of the country.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2013)
Jimmy Harte: I could go back to jogging. There are a lot of "-isms". We are bombarded with communism, fascism, racism, but the greatest "-ism" at the moment is revisionism. Fianna Fáil is probably taking lessons in revisionism.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2013)
Jimmy Harte: I call for the present leader of Fianna Fáil to come to the House to talk about revisionism. Three years ago the bankers were getting salaries of €2 million and €3 million.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2013)
Jimmy Harte: I am sure those salaries were discussed in the Galway tent at the time and there was no talk of reducing the €2 million to €800,000 or €500,000. I am totally opposed to any bank employee getting €800,000, €600,000 or €500,000 and I fully support the calls from my Labour Party colleagues in the Dáil that this should not have happened. The...
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)
Jimmy Harte: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)
Jimmy Harte: We considered Senator O'Brien's motion. Before I ask the question, I wish to say that during the Celtic tiger, when the bankers were getting pay increases, there was silence from the Government.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)
Jimmy Harte: And the Fianna Fáil-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)
Jimmy Harte: We did not own the banks.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)
Jimmy Harte: Senator O'Brien has answered my question.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)
Jimmy Harte: I am just coming to the question. Senator O'Brien has answered my question. He says that the pay of bankers is not an issue for him. He said-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)
Jimmy Harte: I wish to clarify the position.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)
Jimmy Harte: Senator O'Brien said that during the Celtic tiger period we did not own the banks so it was okay then for bankers to earn €1 million a year.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)
Jimmy Harte: I want to ask the Leader to ask the leader of the Fianna Fáil group to give a response following a debate in the Fianna Fáil Ard-Fheis this weekend on why bankers' pay reached such levels. It was not because of this Government.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)
Jimmy Harte: It is really the Bertie legacy.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2013)
Jimmy Harte: We are dealing with the Bertie legacy.