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Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: ..., said in the Seanad. His concerns regarding the new body are fairly apparent if one reads between the lines. However, the Government simply refused to engage with any of that and instead rammed through the legislation. As a result, we are where we are, as that dreadful saying goes. This debate is no different. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh noted during his contribution that there are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Discussion with Minister of State (27 Nov 2012)

Lucinda Creighton: ...we can roll it out on a much bigger scale. How we will fund it is the big question. There is a drive by some member states to reduce the size of the overall budget, with which I do not agree, but we are where we are. It is a political dynamic within the European Union which requires compromise. We will have a smaller budget than I would like to see, but the budget still has a...

Seanad: EU Fiscal Compact Treaty: Statements, Questions and Answers (Resumed) (16 Feb 2012)

Lucinda Creighton: ...stabilise our public finances and, most importantly, managed to stabilise our banking sector. I do not wish to reopen the differences that exist in this House and in the Dáil about how we did it. We are where we are, to use that awful phrase. However, the bottom line is that we have created a significant amount of confidence in the Government's capacity to deliver, in our banking...