Results 21-40 of 375 for speaker:Margaret Cox
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2007 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak on the Finance Bill today. I recognise that the economic prosperity and success of the country is due to prudent management and initiatives made by successive Ministers for Finance, through the Finance Acts, and their management of the country. We would not have this success or the ability to put money into social welfare, education and increased...
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2007 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: That is better or worse, as the case may be â we just could not figure that out. When we start to discuss figures in billions, this is perhaps one of the things that goes wrong. I will outline information given to me by the Department of Finance and I apologise if it is wrong. The expenditure forecast for the BMW region in the period 2000 to December 2006 was â¬15.2 billion. It was...
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2007 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: Absolutely. If we examine all the other points Senators makeââ
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2007 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: If the Cathaoirleach bears with me, he will realise this is important. It is not often that we have the Minister in the House. My comments are completely related to the Finance Bill because the money comes from the Department of Finance. I will try to make my comments more specific to the Bill. They all concern how we are spending our money. Expectant mothers must wait 20 weeks to have a...
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2007 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: The paediatrics service will not get any money until 2011. We have no BreastCheck service. The Minister promised â¬70 million in 1997.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2007 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: We had a road that was due to be finished in 2006. It will not be finished until 2010.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2007 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: They cannot get to the university because the road system is failing us.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2007 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: On a point of order, the Minister said the figures were incorrect. The Department of Finance stated this morning that 80% of the money will not be spent in 2007.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2007 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: No.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2007 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: A Chathaoirlighââ
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2007 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: On a point of order, the reason a teller was not asked is that I did not realise there was a time limit, which is my fault. I have two tellers; another Senator has agreed to be a teller with me. That should be put on the record.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2007 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: I accept the ruling that there will not be a division.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: I beg the Cathaoirleach's indulgence as I raise an issue again on the Order of Business. I will try to do so in an orderly and calm manner. Yesterday evening, 112 people in Galway city and county were sick as a result of the water infection in the city. That affects 112 families and the number is rising. This is a national emergency because it means that if one puts an apple into a...
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2007: Second Stage (27 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: Next steps forward.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2007: Second Stage (27 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: On a point of orderââ
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2007: Second Stage (27 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: I would like the Minister of State to give me an undertaking regarding the anomaly in section 50 which I raised. I have a better understanding of it having talked to the officials. The Minister, Deputy Brennan, should be made aware of the issue and we should deal with it on Committee Stage tomorrow.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2007: Second Stage (27 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: Tomorrow would be fine.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2007: Second Stage (27 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: Tomorrow morning at 10.30.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2007: Second Stage (27 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: It is important to recognise that as the Minister of State said: This is the largest social welfare package in the history of the State at â¬1.41 billion, announced in last December's budget. This substantial investment brings total expenditure on social welfare this year to â¬15.3 billion, or almost â¬1 for every â¬3 of current Government expenditure. One of the great things about being...
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2007: Second Stage (27 Mar 2007)
Margaret Cox: Let me cite a further example based on my having spent three terms of pregnancy while a Member of this House, bearing in mind the circumstances that would obtain if I, as a Senator, did not earn enough money to allow me to have only one job. It is quite acceptable for people to say a man must earn a certain amount to support a family but women may also need to earn such an amount. No...