Results 221-231 of 231 for speaker:John Carty

Seanad: Welfare of Greyhounds Bill 2010: Order for Second Stage (18 Jan 2011)

John Carty: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Seanad: Welfare of Greyhounds Bill 2010: Second Stage (18 Jan 2011)

John Carty: I am delighted Senator Coffey and his party support the Bill. I have no doubt he will table amendments but I am sure they will be worth examining. I welcome this Bill. The Minister, when he published the legislation, stated its policy objective is to regulate the level of welfare in the greyhound industry to complement the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010. The approach taken differs in...

Seanad: Export-led Growth: Motion (19 Jan 2011)

John Carty: I move: That Seanad Éireann welcomes the Government's initiatives to support export led growth. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Conor Lenihan. The key message that should be sent from this House is that, according to the Irish Exporters Association Year End Review 2010 issued on 5 January 2011, in 2010 exports reached their highest level ever at €161 billion. This is especially...

Seanad: Export-led Growth: Motion (19 Jan 2011)

John Carty: The number of redundancies reduced by 24,000 in 2010. Senator Phelan has argued that the people have left but I will wait to hear his comments on where they have gone. There are still many people - some 1.8 million - employed in the country, which is a fact we should not forget. We should not all the time cry the poor mouth and poverty as there are many positive aspects to this country....

Seanad: Export-led Growth: Motion (19 Jan 2011)

John Carty: That is due to Batt.

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (26 Jan 2011)

John Carty: I wish to pay tribute to the late Séamus Dolan and to sympathise with his wife, Bríd, and the family. Although I did not serve in this House with Séamus, I knew him quite well during the mid-1970s when I worked in Killeshandra, County Cavan. I met him each morning as he came in to Reynolds's post office on the main street to purchase the Irish Press, which at the time we described as the...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (8 Mar 2011)

John Carty: I wish to pay tribute to Willie Farrell, although I did not serve with him in this House having become a Member after his departure from public life. I knew him for many years outside the House, however, coming from the neighbouring county of Mayo. I also met him at ard fheiseanna. I am delighted to see people in the Gallery with whom I spent many late nights during that period. Willie...

Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (23 Mar 2011)

John Carty: May I share time with Senator Mooney?

Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (23 Mar 2011)

John Carty: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Shatter, and wish him well in his portfolio over the next few years. I wish to speak specifically on agriculture, which is my forte. It is good that this Government, like the previous one, is taking Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, reform very seriously and that it is its aim to ensure the envelope will be to the benefit of Irish agriculture. The negotiations...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Mar 2011)

John Carty: I congratulate Senators Cummins and Coghlan on their elevation to Leader of the House and Government Whip, respectively, and wish them well. Given that 2011 is a census year and as I am sure the new Leader will occupy the same position in the next Seanad, I ask that he bring forward legislation to publish the 1926 census. There was no census in 1921 and my colleague, Senator Ó Murchú, and...

Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Apr 2011)

John Carty: We paid all the tributes the last time we sat so I will not go over them again. I ask the Leader, in light of the announcement yesterday that Mayo County Council is letting 150 members of staff go, to meet the Minister, along with his colleague, Senator Burke. It is a great loss to Mayo and 150 jobs lost there is like 1,000 jobs being lost in Dublin. I ask that a request be made to the...