Noonan, MichaelWednesday, 6 December 2000 |
Dáil Eireann Debate
Page of 132
|
Financial Resolutions, 2000. - Budget Statement, 2000.
Many of us think the leaks were more interesting than the budget. They certainly went farther. Many people listening to the Minister on radio or watching him on television know that when Governments r...
They will consider that they are getting back what the Government took from them and that will be the end of the matter.
I could tell the House jokes about the snail too. (Interruptions.)
Why are Fianna Fáil backbenchers like snails?
They are slow and crawly and they leave a trail, pulling in their horns when there is trouble. They are a little slimey on occasions. This is quite clearly a budget designed by a committee. I am genui...
Truffles from Provence or some such tack like that. The Government colleagues did not do a great job because in riding the Minister so tight and putting him on such a tight rein, they have not elimina...
We have a new phenomenon in the Irish health service, imported from Disneyland, where people now have to queue to join the queue. No real evaluation of Government expenditure has been carried out. I q...
The Minister's metal detecting colleagues missed out on one small aspect of the budget of which I am sure the Minister is aware. When he decided to move people on the minimum wage up to £145 before th...
I am not talking about a tax credit of £60 per week but hard cash. If someone has a dependant and there is only one income earner in the family who receives the £3,000 allowance, the difference is bet...
One never knows, even the Tánaiste could have a Pauline conversion. People who are interested in this budget will look at three items, did it do anything to make housing affordable, did it do anything...
If that is so, the Tánaiste's arithmetic is not up to the test. One hundred pounds a month does not compensate for a payment of £100 per week. It will benefit people, but very marginally. It is way be...
The Government is throwing money at problems in PR and public announcements but it does not have the confidence to see that it is spent adequately. After spending £57,000 out of £23 million the Minist...
If one looks at the capital spend across the Departments, including that of the Tánaiste, and what was voted last year, one will see that the money voted was not spent. The Government is throwing mone...
Nothing is being done on the supply side. While child benefit is important we see it as an anti-poverty measure and a family support measure. We do not see it as an answer to the child care problem. I...
The health services are a sorry mess. We have heard a series of PR type announcements. The Minister for Health and Children is a nice man. He leads a charmed existence. He was very popular when he was...
— or take a year off to support the family when a son or daughter is doing the leaving certificate. Women should be able to move in and out of the labour force. The same regime should apply to men, bu...
People are seen as economic men and economic women and there is no such thing as society. The budget is Thatcherite in its attitude. Even though the Minister had more money to spend this year than las...
People are bedevilled by crime. The latest example is a person convicted of a murder this week who had been released from prison on a day's leave. That is zero tolerance. This Administration has no r...
I love you too, Taoiseach.
Written Answers. - Garda Recruitment.
Asked the minister: when the next recruitment campaign for entry to An Garda ochána will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
| Last Updated: 11/09/2010 00:33:16 |
Page of 132
|