Results 261-280 of 3,664 for speaker:Ciarán Cannon
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2010)
Ciarán Cannon: I ask the Leader to call on the Minister, Deputy Harney, to come to the Chamber to give us an update on the effectiveness of her recently introduced cancer excellence scheme. Any fair-minded person, upon hearing of this scheme two years ago, would have argued that it was the right way to go, but only on the basis that they would receive excellent care when they got there. The experience in...
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2010)
Ciarán Cannon: He now visits the hospital on each occasion to ensure a bed will be available for her before he brings her to the hospital. The standard of care we give to the sick in this country must reflect our values as a caring society. Turning away sick and vulnerable people is not excellence, but the very opposite.
- Seanad: Sports Capital Programme (4 Nov 2010)
Ciarán Cannon: Not yet.
- Seanad: Water and Sewerage Schemes (4 Nov 2010)
Ciarán Cannon: I welcome the Minister of State. Loughrea is a burgeoning and vibrant town and I am sure the Minister of State may have travelled through it on her way to Galway. It needs to have its water supply upgraded urgently. Not alone is Loughrea, a burgeoning and growing town, supplied by that water supply but it also supplies a number of communities in its hinterland. One such community is...
- Seanad: Water and Sewerage Schemes (4 Nov 2010)
Ciarán Cannon: Unfortunately, we are not still not a whit down the road towards the provision of a water supply for either Loughrea or Kilreekil. Is the Government not ashamed that it has given assurances over and over again to a community? Such assurances were written by the Minister and given to representatives of the community in August 2006. A scheme is required urgently but in 2010 the Government...
- Seanad: Protection of Intellectual Property Rights: Statements (11 Nov 2010)
Ciarán Cannon: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Conor Lenihan. Intellectual property issues are getting more and more attention these days. Unfortunately, far too often the issues are framed in such a way as to highlight controversy and polarise debate. In fact, there is much about intellectual property protection on which everyone can agree. To arrive at a fuller understanding of the issue, it is...
- Seanad: National Paediatric Hospital: Statements (17 Nov 2010)
Ciarán Cannon: Opposition Members often are criticised by Senator Mary White when they do not listen to her wonderful contributions in this House every now and again. I do not believe she was listening to Senator Fitzgerald's earlier comments when she described the latter's contribution as unedifying. I thought Senator Fitzgerald was quite conciliatory in her approach and that in general she was highly...
- Seanad: National Paediatric Hospital: Statements (17 Nov 2010)
Ciarán Cannon: Very well. However, I note he has been mentioned by Government Members already.
- Seanad: National Paediatric Hospital: Statements (17 Nov 2010)
Ciarán Cannon: Fine.
- Seanad: National Paediatric Hospital: Statements (17 Nov 2010)
Ciarán Cannon: However, the chairman's resignation reignited the debate about the location and funding structure of the new national paediatric hospital. The debate is centred around two key aspects of the development, namely, its location and its funding. I am somewhat mystified as to the reason the decision was made to build a multi-million euro state-of-the-art hospital right in the heart of Dublin...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Nov 2010)
Ciarán Cannon: I support every aspect of the very convincing points made by Senator Donohoe. The web of deliberate obfuscation that has been so expertly woven by the Government and its spin masters over recent months was literally torn apart by the Governor of the Central Bank, Professor Patrick Honohan, on the radio this morning. It was refreshing and encouraging to hear such clarity and such honesty in...
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2010)
Ciarán Cannon: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2010)
Ciarán Cannon: We are debating the four-year plan this evening and I advise Members beforehand to go back to their offices and watch the Vincent Browne show from last night on TV3. The debate to date on the bailout issue has been clouded in obfuscation and deceit, and for once over 45 minutes last night that cloud was lifted and we saw the first honesty and clarity from commentators who have been remarkable...
- Seanad: National Recovery Plan 2011-2014: Statements (24 Nov 2010)
Ciarán Cannon: This debate on the publication of a four year budgetary plan is a waste of time, as those delivering it have no credibility whatsoever. We cannot believe a word they say because every intervention and projection they have made in the past two years has proved to be disastrous. Several of the statements made show how incompetent the Government has been. In January 2009 the Minister for...
- Seanad: National Recovery Plan 2011-2014: Statements (24 Nov 2010)
Ciarán Cannon: We are in danger of being sleepwalked into a bailout arrangement that will burden our children and grandchildren with a debt for which they are not responsible and one they will simply never be able to repay. How credible is this â¬330 billion figure?
- Seanad: National Recovery Plan 2011-2014: Statements (24 Nov 2010)
Ciarán Cannon: We have an existing national debt of approximately â¬90 billion. Bonds which will fall due to be paid by Ireland in the next three years amount to â¬23 billion. The ECB has already fed funding of â¬100 billion into our banks, while the Central Bank has pumped in another â¬30 billion in the past two weeks when the ECB said, "No more." Our bailout debt, to be incurred in the next three...
- Seanad: National Recovery Plan 2011-2014: Statements (24 Nov 2010)
Ciarán Cannon: As Senator Ross said, one cannot make a distinction between sovereign debt and banking debt as they are very much the same.
- Seanad: National Recovery Plan 2011-2014: Statements (24 Nov 2010)
Ciarán Cannon: Applying a very conservative interest rate of 5% to that figure, our nation of 4 million people will have to come up with over â¬15 billion per annum to service this debt. Bearing this in mind, it is difficult to comprehend why the Government's four year plan makes no provision for servicing that debt. It is like preparing a household budgeting plan and leaving out the mortgage payments....
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2010)
Ciarán Cannon: Will the Leader ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation to explain to the House the role played by Enterprise Ireland and the IDA in encouraging job creation in rural towns? From my experience in County Galway, they are playing little or no role. In the Lower House a question was posed to the Minister to learn how many investors had been brought to a number of vacant...
- Seanad: Water and Sewerage Schemes (1 Dec 2010)
Ciarán Cannon: Many who have visited County Galway in recent years have been fortunate enough to visit the picturesque village of Kinvara on the west coast of Galway, which I argue is one of the most picturesque villages on the whole western seaboard. There is a vibrant and diverse community living in Kinvara who have done incredible work in recent years to ensure it remains a very attractive and vibrant...