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Seanad: Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (3 Nov 2021)

Barry Ward: ...a Friday night to be in place for the weekend, but I do not believe it has ever been used - perhaps for that reason. The Minister might be able to confirm that. It is a horrible political cliché that we are where we are, but that is the reality of the situation. We had all hoped to be further along the road than we are now, but we are not there. I acknowledge that in those...

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 - Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Dec 2011)

Caít Keane: I would listen carefully to any suggestion on how to balance the budget. We are where we are and we all know why. We also know who is responsible and all of us need to act responsibly.

Seanad: Parental Leave Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Feb 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: It would have been preferable not to have held Committee Stage until we were ready but as the old saying goes, we are where we are. We have to deal with it now.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: We are where we are in the documentation. It means we have a lot of homework to study tonight when we get this documentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

...Lacey recommendations with draft heads of legislation, with the three units away in a different location working together, and the job would have been done years ago but we did not do that, so we are where we are.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Dublin Homeless Network, Limerick and Clare Homeless Alliance, Cork Social Housing Forum (12 May 2016)

Brendan Ryan: ...three groups ideas about how to fast-track much-needed supply? We are all agreed on the long-term stuff - that we need to change things. We can look back and say things were not done properly and we are where we are but what we need from groups like those represented by the witnesses are some ideas in terms of how they can help us fast-track those kind of solutions. One of the first...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)

Joe Costello: ...boards' word for all of this. I accept that the new board comprises architects and that it is going about the process in a somewhat different fashion but the impression is given that the only reason we are where we are is because the Minister made a decision to transfer the children's hospital from the Mater site to the St. James's site. That is not the reason we are where we are at this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Improving Investment Opportunities in the Wider Economy: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Gerry Horkan: ...we are an island. Pre-Brexit or without Brexit we might have argued there is potential for projects with the North of Ireland. Is there any way we can harness or tap into this? Geographically we are where we are, but is there scope for us getting involved?

Covid-19: Motion [Private Members] (10 Feb 2021)

Duncan Smith: ...is to see the work of the doctors and nurses in Tallaght Hospital, to see the work of the porters, the receptionists and everyone else in that facility and in healthcare facilities all over the country. That is why we are where we are. That is why we need to be supporting strong public health measures to protect those workers and to get workers who are currently at home on PUP, workers...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (20 Jun 2017)

James Reilly: ...Minister to again seek a meeting. I appreciate his response to this request and the positive way in which he has stated it. It is critical that there are no further delays. Everybody accepts that we are where we are. People would like an explanation as to why we are where we are and I believe they do not feel they have had that explanation yet. I shall conclude by reading the two last...

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Dec 2019)

Pat Gallagher: We are where we are. Before the Minister of State replies, I have allowed some latitude on the basis that we would not have repetition as we went through the other amendments. However, I cannot but think of how the lottery for the Order of Business ran in this House. Everyone wanted a-----

Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)

Marian Harkin: ...species, instead of ensuring we have a proper spatial forestry plan, instead of engaging farmers and communities in the process, we have thrown money at the issue. That is one of the main reasons we are where we are today. We are also here because when we transposed the environmental impact assessment directive, we did not put in place the structures, supports and resources necessary to...

Seanad: Banking: Statements (31 Mar 2010) See 2 other results from this debate

Fiona O'Malley: ...not easy for anyone who had to vote for these measures yesterday. Of course, they would rather be spending the money on schools and hospitals and delivering better public services generally, but we are where we are and now need to make sure we get the best deal. We would do well to try to keep this in our focus. The best result would be to make borrowing cheaper for Ireland, not just...

Seanad: Flooding and Flood Prevention Measures: Statements (20 Sep 2012)

Deirdre Clune: ..., as we saw when Senator Landy referred to his grandfather. We all have this type of information. With regard to planning, we know building should not have taken place on flood plains but we are where we are. On 28 June this year the flooding in Cork affected a major shopping centre, which only has approximately 25% occupancy. I do not know if the shops will ever open again because,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (17 Dec 2019)

Martin Kenny: ...in three constituencies, South Belfast, East Belfast and North Down, because we had an agreement with other parties to have, insofar as possible, pro-Remain candidates elected. That had an impact but we are where we are. Sinn Féin still has seven MPs, as we had going into this election. It is still the prominent voice of Irish republicans and nationalists in the North and that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation on Nature Restoration: European Commission (18 Jan 2023)

Joe Flaherty: ...disappointed by the level of detail given in the slides. DG Environment obviously has significant detail on which the presentation was based, so I had been hoping for more detail in it, but we are where we are. In fairness, the director and his colleagues are probably doing a reasonable job in trying to sell it in that he is telling us the directorate is not preaching to member states...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2010)

Paul Coghlan: ...a part and that we must be prepared to defend. It is unfortunate that clowns in the banks were left in place. Not all were removed as they should have been. Whatever about mistakes and errors, we are where we are. The minimum we must do is save our banks and currency. Without those, we cannot live and trade.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-UK relations and the implementation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Northern Ireland Protocol: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...as the best of all worlds. He went into the ins and outs and difficulties. Some of them are the difficulties of Brexit. If we just reworked and went back, we would not have those difficulties but we are where we are. We are in very changed circumstances. I think Professor Phinnemore answered regarding where most of that is. Professor Shirlow argued that if a deal is done between...

Seanad: Infrastructure and Capital Investment: Statements, Questions and Answers (22 Nov 2011)

Aideen Hayden: ...changed economic times. The clear priorities set by the capital programme are jobs, schools and health and doing the best we can with what we have. It sounds like a statement of the obvious, but we are where we are and it is what it is. It is quite interesting that our colleagues on the other side of the House seem to have completely ignored the fact that the previous Government cut...

Seanad: Living with Covid-19: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Ivana Bacik: ...to front-line workers, as others have done, but think of the trauma and grief we could have avoided had we moved more swiftly earlier, and think of the enormous impact as a result. As we say, we are where we are now, but it is worth reflecting on that. As we move through this, hopefully, we will have time to look back on where we got things wrong and where we got things right. It is...