Results 1-20 of 40 for feel "party:" . (isset($parties[ucfirst("$a[1]")]) ? $parties[ucfirst("$a[1]")] : "$a[1]") speaker:Derek McDowell

Seanad: Credit Union Savings Protection Bill 2007: Second Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Derek McDowell: ...their ethos was substantially different from that of commercial banks and for-profit financial institutions and that IFSRA would be more focused on them. Concern about this remains. There is a feeling that IFSRA considers credit unions in the same light as banks and does not appreciate the difference in ethos. Perhaps that needs to be bedded down. Will the Minister of State comment on...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Derek McDowell: ...and obtain an injunction or does not even know about the law relating to injunctions. The Senator should try to picture himself in circumstances where, as Senators Tuffy and Cummins have said, he feels that the only way to keep his sanity is to move out and get away from people who are ruining his life on a systematic basis by venting hatred at him in a low-key way and making it clear to...

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Derek McDowell: ——who manufactured a little storm about such orders and feel so good about doing so but do not live beside a neighbour from hell.

Seanad: Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (3 Jul 2006)

Derek McDowell: I assure the Senator that my feelings are not all that sensitive.

Seanad: Social Partnership Agreement: Motion. (21 Jun 2006)

Derek McDowell: ...union leaders look to negotiate on a range of issues ranging from early learning to child care to overseas development aid, they venture into areas where their members have not given, and do not feel they should be asked to give, the trade union leadership a mandate to negotiate on their behalf. If I was leader of a trade union, I would consider it perfectly reasonable to state that...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2006: Committee Stage. (14 Jun 2006)

Derek McDowell: ...a more informed debate about the wisdom of providing for this sort of quickie mechanism if we had this information. This information has not been in the public arena heretofore and I have a funny feeling we will not get it in the near future. If this is the case then we should publicly acknowledge that this is a far more rigorous approach to the consumption of a level of alcohol that many...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2006 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee and Remaining Stages. (29 Mar 2006)

Derek McDowell: ...the time happy and off the airwaves. As far as I know, the allowance has not been increased since it was introduced. I am not a particular fan of the credit myself but I wonder about the Minister's feelings on the matter, or whether he sees himself increasing the credit in future years.

Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (8 Mar 2006)

Derek McDowell: ...S and I appreciate that a decision was reached on the basis of the fact that there was insufficient consultation in that case. However, it represents a worrying trait because the Minister of State feels obliged to say that everything is plain sailing and the destination is in sight, which makes it hard for him to acknowledge the real difficulties that arise along the way. I wish it were...

Seanad: Social Partnership: Statements. (7 Feb 2006)

Derek McDowell: ...elites. There is a major hiatus in trying to translate the results of any agreement onto the shop floor of a factory or workplace. Individual employers who are not represented at the talks do not feel they have a particular obligation to deal in a different way or in a spirit of partnership with their workforce. While we should point out that it is not a wage agreement, most workers...

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Feb 2006)

Derek McDowell: ..., Damascus and Tehran who have been rampaging for the past few days. It is particularly difficult to take it from PresidentAhmadinejad of Iran, when he demands tolerance on the one hand, while feeling free to preach anti-Semitism and intolerance of Christianity, on the other. While cool heads are now required, there is also a need for frankness. We come from different cultures and have...

Seanad: Railway Safety Bill 2001: Second Stage. (3 Nov 2005)

Derek McDowell: ...at Heuston Station on Friday to board the trains. We cannot do that because sooner or later there will be a tragic accident and questions will be asked. Others have mentioned Transport 21 and I feel like a broken record complaining about this but it is genuinely disappointing. I have complained about integrated ticketing in the past. The website of the Department of Transport is fantastic...

Seanad: European Union: Statements. (13 Oct 2005)

Derek McDowell: ...before that if the people of Kerry are repeatedly asked whether they want to remain part of the Republic of Ireland, sooner or later there will be a "No" vote. If it is a bad day and people are feeling grumpy or have lost an all-Ireland, there will be a "No" vote. I do not want to dismiss it but, nonetheless, we cannot expect to put the same question to the people over and over and expect...

Seanad: Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Bill 2005: Committee Stage. (12 Oct 2005)

Derek McDowell: ...assistance of experts and such experts may accompany the employee representative to meetings of the employee forum when requested". This touches on another issue we discussed earlier. We strongly feel that employee representatives should be entitled to avail of expert assistance. Let us be blunt and straight up on this and state that in some cases that would involve the assistance of trade...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Derek McDowell: ...individuals will expect to be out of Government. They are making a vague commitment for some future Government sometime in the next decade. It is important it is a tangible target of which people feel a sense of ownership, and one on which we can deliver immediately.

Seanad: Aviation Action Plan: Statements. (31 May 2005)

Derek McDowell: ...of what Senator Morrissey said and not a great deal of what Senator Paddy Burke said. Of course, I agree with precisely nothing of what Senator Ross said, although I am sure that we would both feel bad about ourselves were it otherwise.

Seanad: Constitution for Europe: Statements. (18 May 2005)

Derek McDowell: ...this issue is charged. It brings out emotions that for many can be quite raw. However, the worst thing we could do would be to ignore it, pretend there is no issue and that we do not in some way feel uncomfortable when we see something so dramatically different from our culture and way of life on our streets. We cannot pretend that we can integrate without making the effort of...

Seanad: Child Care Services: Motion. (9 Mar 2005)

Derek McDowell: ...pay out money are in a different position from those who choose to stay at home and look after their children. I know this causes upset and that women who stay at home to look after their children feel that they are in some sense being undervalued if they receive less assistance or subvention from the State than those who actively go out to work. However, if we do not accept the practical...

Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Derek McDowell: ...Minister accepting it at this stage. We all see people holding the steering wheel with one hand and a telephone in the other and it is a dangerous way to proceed. I have done it myself but I do not feel good about it. We need to prohibit this and introduce a deterrent by creating a specific statutory offence, not least to clarify the position and place an obligation on the gardaí to...

Seanad: Aer Lingus: Statements. (2 Dec 2004)

Derek McDowell: ...it. People felt that it was an insensitive decision and that our national airline should do that sort of job. They also want courier, postal and cargo services to be maintained. There are some who feel there is a need to maintain business services too. Even issues such as the uniform have somehow taken on an almost symbolic importance which should not be disregarded. We have come to a...

Seanad: Council of Europe Development Bank Bill 2004: Second Stage. (25 Nov 2004)

Derek McDowell: ...very few institutions into which those countries could accede. This was done through the use of the carrot and stick approach. Membership of the club was enough for the people of these countries to feel part of the European norm. However, it also brought home to them the way in which their practices had become totally undemocratic. It was quite normal, in countries that we regard as quite...