Results 21-40 of 4,363 for speaker:Arthur Morgan
- Business of Dáil (26 Jan 2011)
Arthur Morgan: Could we have approximately five hours for sections 1 to 38?
- Business of Dáil (26 Jan 2011)
Arthur Morgan: We need not box the various sections in the way we did on Committee Stage and can have it open on Report Stage. Is that the case?
- Business of Dáil (26 Jan 2011)
Arthur Morgan: Many sections were not reached in those earlier stages.
- Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (26 Jan 2011)
Arthur Morgan: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when a decision will issue on an application for subsidiary protection in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4168/11]
- Finance Bill 2011: Committee Stage (26 Jan 2011)
Arthur Morgan: I support the sentiment behind the amendment. It is interesting that an amendment must be tabled in this way, asking for a report to be laid before the House, in order to deal with the issue of tax exiles. A practical amendment could be lifted and accepted by the Government. In saying that, I magnify two aspects that are wrong with this House. One must invoke ingenuity in order to get...
- Finance Bill 2011: Committee Stage (26 Jan 2011)
Arthur Morgan: Perhaps some are still in that category, albeit reduced in value.
- Finance Bill 2011: Committee Stage (26 Jan 2011)
Arthur Morgan: Did the Government want to deal with a fair taxation system, whether concerning tax exiles or the wealth I have described? The Government patently ignored it and went after the usual suspects, those on low incomes across the board. That is grossly unfair. People said that Sinn Féin is not prepared to increase taxation but of course we are. We are prepared to introduce cuts in the public...
- Finance Bill 2011: Committee Stage (26 Jan 2011)
Arthur Morgan: It is the prerogative of the Taoiseach. I look forward to hearing from the Minister of State.
- Finance Bill 2011: Committee Stage (26 Jan 2011)
Arthur Morgan: We cannot amend the amendment.
- Finance Bill 2011: Committee Stage (26 Jan 2011)
Arthur Morgan: We have moved on.
- Finance Bill 2011: Committee Stage (26 Jan 2011)
Arthur Morgan: I am opposed to these sections, which will impose a significant additional cost on businesses across the State. The consequence will be a significant drop in competitiveness, which will cost us jobs. The increase in the excise on diesel is punitive. The Government constantly preached to us that it needed to cut the minimum wage to make the economy more competitive and to help business, yet...
- Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2011)
Arthur Morgan: That is sweet coming from Fianna Fáil, considering the state it has left the country in.
- Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2011)
Arthur Morgan: That is sweet.
- Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2011)
Arthur Morgan: Can any of the Fianna Fáil Deputies add and subtract? Idiots.
- Finance Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2011)
Arthur Morgan: A bit of honesty from the beginning would have been better.
- Written Answers — Exchequer Funding: Exchequer Funding (25 Jan 2011)
Arthur Morgan: Question 204: To ask the Minister for Finance if the balances in departmental funds can be used to fund the Exchequer; if these funds, as per the National Treasury Management Agency funding of Exchequer balance Q4 2010 are accounted for in Departments or can they be used; is it is cash that has yet to be spent or cash not spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3742/11]
- Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (25 Jan 2011)
Arthur Morgan: Question 285: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when will the application for a certificate of naturalisation made in May 2007 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth, be completed and a decision made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3278/11]
- Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (25 Jan 2011)
Arthur Morgan: Question 287: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when an application for citizenship will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; the average time for processing these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3291/11]
- Written Answers — Courts Service: Courts Service (25 Jan 2011)
Arthur Morgan: Question 300: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the action he proposes to take following the admission by the Courts Service that it made an error by backdating a High Court Order in the case of a person (details supplied); if he will ask the Courts Service to correct the acknowledged error; his plans to resolve this serious matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Order of Business (20 Jan 2011)
Arthur Morgan: When will that happen?