Search for dogs speaker:John Whelan (KildareStreet.com)

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Irish Prison Service (3 Mar 2015): John Whelan: ...within the IPS to sideline and marginalise the POA so that it has no function or role in proper, adequate and reasonable negotiation for any changes. That is not acceptable. Will the Minister call off the attack dogs within the IPS who are putting prison officers’ health and safety at risk by their attitude to what would normally be addressed through meaningful consultation and...
Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jan 2014): John Whelan: ...nothing to do with us and we are going to plough ahead. What is a no-brainer is that we cannot proceed with our current energy policy. We must change course because we will not be the tail that wags the dog. We must take into account what is happening on world markets in terms of the price of oil and gas and what bigger players like Britain and Germany are doing in this sector. It...
Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (18 Dec 2012): John Whelan: ...as hard as the other. However, I do take exception to the personalised and vitriolic nature of attacks we have witnessed recently. Some people believe it is okay to give any politician they meet dogs' abuse as if it does not matter.

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