Results 221-240 of 587 for in 'Dáil debates' speaker:Noel Coonan

Organic Food Production (4 Nov 2010)

Noel Coonan: I am not pretending anything. There is no pretence with me; I say it straight out.

Organic Food Production (4 Nov 2010)

Noel Coonan: That is a big help for farmers who cannot make a living here.

Organic Food Production (4 Nov 2010)

Noel Coonan: The Minister of State should be specific.

Private Members' Business (3 Nov 2010)

Noel Coonan: Fianna Fáil is fiddling.

Private Members' Business (3 Nov 2010)

Noel Coonan: You were told the position in 200, on 17 May 2005.

Private Members' Business (3 Nov 2010)

Noel Coonan: And zero charges.

Private Members' Business (3 Nov 2010)

Noel Coonan: I am delighted to have the opportunity to support the motion tabled by Deputies Noonan and Shatter. I will begin with a quote: "one of the duties of the National Government is to secure that thrifty people shall not be deprived of their savings by any kind of scheme, or any kind of society, or any group of individuals." That is a quote of the country's first Minister for Finance, the man...

Private Members' Business (3 Nov 2010)

Noel Coonan: That was a culture of finance for favouritism or favouritism for finance - it can be put either way and means the same thing. As a result many people in very high positions in this country are not fit for the jobs they have but they are there because they are the cronies and friends of that culture. At the very worst one can say they were bought by the Government. We have witnessed...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (2 Nov 2010)

Noel Coonan: He could introduce a Good Friday agreement.

Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Noel Coonan: In the context of the road traffic (amendment) Bill amending the Road Traffic Act, will the Taoiseach and the Minister for Transport take on board the situation regarding the motorway, in particular the M7 from Nenagh to Castletown, the last stage of which has been closed off in recent days because subcontractors are not being paid. Some have not been paid since as far back as last March and...

Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Noel Coonan: This is not good enough. It is the last stage of the motorway and many contractors have not been paid coming up to Christmas.

Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Noel Coonan: A Portuguese company received the money but it did not pass it on to contractors.

Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Noel Coonan: I urge the Taoiseach to intervene in the matter, take responsibility for it and ensure that those people are paid.

Food Harvest 2020 Report: Statements (21 Oct 2010)

Noel Coonan: Those were the rich farmers in the south east he was talking about.

Food Harvest 2020 Report: Statements (21 Oct 2010)

Noel Coonan: Tá áthas orm freisin cúpla focal a rá ar an páipéir Food Harvest 2020. "It is an ill wind that does not blow some good" is an old saying in the country. In this instance, the good blown by the economic crisis is that it has returned agricultural production to its key role. It is important to the Irish, European and global economies. The ongoing CAP reform presents another...

Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Noel Coonan: We are waiting for the figures for a long time.

Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Noel Coonan: The figures are wrong.

Strategy on Homelessness (19 Oct 2010)

Noel Coonan: In recognising the good work being done by the Department and local communities, does the Minister of State think it is wise to pursue a policy that does not have the support of local people and to force accommodation on communities that are not in full agreement with it, particularly where it is driven by an agency that is hostile towards those communities? Should the Minister of State not...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2010)

Noel Coonan: I am sharing my time with other Deputies and the Ceann Comhairle will call them. I come from the mid-west region. We bought into the reconfiguration project on the basis that services would be put into the regional hospital and improvements would be carried out in tandem to Nenagh General Hospital as a result. While I welcome what services have been implemented in Nenagh hospital, the...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2010)

Noel Coonan: The Minister of State referred to the mental health services. An acute psychiatric unit was promised for Nenagh and the mental health services in north Tipperary. We do not have acute services in north Tipperary. We can go down to south Tipperary or we can go to Limerick but Limerick will not take patients because the service is over-subscribed with too many patients. We can go wherever...