Results 161-178 of 178 for speaker:Tom Barry in 'Dáil debates'

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jun 2011)

Tom Barry: I will wait for Deputy Ferris.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2011)

Tom Barry: I welcome the Bill, which provides for the establishment of the Department of public expenditure and reform and the transfer of functions from the Minister for Finance to the Minister for public expenditure and reform. It sets out three main functions, which will transfer under the remit of the Minister - the entirety of functions relating to the public service; public service reform...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2011)

Tom Barry: The total number of employees in the public service increased rapidly from 295,000 to 347,000 between 2000 and 2010 or by an astonishing 18%. Strangely, during this period, I did not hear any Minister or senior public servant crying, "Halt".

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2011)

Tom Barry: Public sector employee numbers per head of population are still growing faster than the EU average in Ireland. Armed with these figures, the appointment of a Minister to oversee the public sector and expenditure is vital if we are to work our way out of this financial crisis. Let us not forget why we are here. This crisis was caused by a reckless Government which acted with callous...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2011)

Tom Barry: Stay in fairy land.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2011)

Tom Barry: Will I explain it to Deputy Dooley a second time?

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2011)

Tom Barry: Does Deputy Dooley want the ABC version?

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2011)

Tom Barry: We blamed the Government and the Deputy was part of that Government.

Official Engagements (25 May 2011)

Tom Barry: What is the definition of an "inkling"?

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 May 2011)

Tom Barry: I wish to share time with Deputy Paschal Donohoe.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 May 2011)

Tom Barry: I welcome the Bill, which gives effect to the measures in the jobs initiative. Four main areas are covered, namely, the research and development, or R&D, tax credit, the suspension of the air travel tax, the introduction of the lower VAT rate and the introduction of a pension levy. Similar to the position with corporation tax, which is very important for attracting foreign direct investment...

Criminal Justice Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 May 2011)

Tom Barry: I welcome the introduction of the Bill, which coming 60 days into the new Government shows its priorities and honours the commitment in the programme for Government. I agree with the previous speaker that it is unbelievable that the Opposition benches are empty and that only Government Members are speaking. It shows that our priority is to tackle white-collar crime. It should be remembered...

Official Engagements (11 May 2011)

Tom Barry: I would like to take this opportunity to invite a member of President Obama's visiting party to County Cork to visit the ancestral home of an Irishman who exerted considerable influence on the formative years of the United States of America, that is, Edmund Burke. If Burke's vision of co-operation and trade had been embraced and implemented earlier, it would have dramatically changed the...

Official Engagements (11 May 2011)

Tom Barry: Edmund Burke wrote: "Politics ought to be adjusted, not to human reasonings, but to human nature; of which the reason is but a part, and by no means the greatest part". Edmund's mother was Mary Nagle, whose people, a large extended family, were the leading Catholics in what is still known as Nagle country in the Blackwater Valley. The poet Edmund Spenser was married to a member of the family...

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (4 May 2011)

Tom Barry: It is clear that many Members of the House have not run or are not running a solvent business. The only job some of them have created is their own. They have spoken highly of Iceland, but we are not in Iceland. We live and trade in this country. It is easy to be critical and difficult to be constructive. I will speak about the systematic destruction of our indigenous industries, such as...

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (4 May 2011)

Tom Barry: On a point of order, I am curious to know why Deputy O'Dea specified on two occasions that the minimum wage is €8.40. Why is the Deputy implementing a 3% cut in the minimum wage? It is actually €8.65.

Criminal Justice (Community Service) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Apr 2011)

Tom Barry: I would like to share time with Deputies Doyle and McHugh.

Criminal Justice (Community Service) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Apr 2011)

Tom Barry: I congratulate the new Minister, Deputy Shatter, on the first Bill he has brought before the House since he was appointed. As this is my first time to address the Dáil, I would like to thank everyone who worked with me during the recent election for their hard work and their faith in my ability to represent them. I thank the electorate of Cork East for putting their trust in me. I will...