Results 41-60 of 21,189 for speaker:Denis Naughten
- Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (30 Mar 2004)
Denis Naughten: Question 461: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to increase the heritage grants available to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9590/04]
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)
Denis Naughten: Plenty of passports were sold, however.
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)
Denis Naughten: There was not much respect for them back then.
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)
Denis Naughten: They must be different doors.
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)
Denis Naughten: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. The phrase "I am not a racist but..." is what I and everyone else in this House hear in our clinics and in our constituencies. By means of the amendment before us, the Government will fuel this attitude in the run-up to and during the local election campaign right up to polling day. That is the sad aspect of this issue. If the Government came to...
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)
Denis Naughten: There is also the issue of the implications for the Good Friday Agreement, with which the former Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy O'Donoghue, was involved at the time. Why was there no discussion with the parties in Northern Ireland on the issue? It defies logic that the Government was prepared to discuss the issue in a hurry with the British Government, but was not...
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)
Denis Naughten: It was obviously a good Opposition.
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)
Denis Naughten: The Deputy was the Minister.
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)
Denis Naughten: The Minister caused the problem and now he wants to solve it.
- Constitutional Amendments. (4 May 2004)
Denis Naughten: Aer Lingus might make use of them.
- Constitutional Amendments. (4 May 2004)
Denis Naughten: In all probability it will be held.
- Public Transport Regulation. (4 May 2004)
Denis Naughten: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Transport when he intends to update the Road Transport Act 1932; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12728/04]
- Public Transport Regulation. (4 May 2004)
Denis Naughten: I wish to ask the Minister two separate specific questions. The first question is about the timetable for the legislation. This time two years ago in An Agreed Programme for Government, the Government promised reform of this legislation. The Minister has made numerous announcements to this effect since he came to office. The House is now being informed that it will happen during 2004. I ask...
- Public Transport Regulation. (4 May 2004)
Denis Naughten: I figured that out.
- Public Transport Regulation. (4 May 2004)
Denis Naughten: Will the Minister agree that if he had commenced the discussions when he came into office, we would not now be in this situation? My understanding and that of the Minister's Department as a result of legal advice is that there will be grandfather rights involved. What impact will this have on the franchising of routes? Has the Department any estimate of the financial loss to the State? The...
- Public Transport Regulation. (4 May 2004)
Denis Naughten: Nobody knows where the Minister is coming from.
- Light Rail Project. (4 May 2004)
Denis Naughten: As Johhny Logan said, "What's another year?"
- Rail Safety. (4 May 2004)
Denis Naughten: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Transport when the railway safety commission will be established; if he has satisfied himself with the current arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12732/04]
- Rail Safety. (4 May 2004)
Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for his response. However, it is now 12 months since we dealt with Committee Stage of this legislation and we still do not now when it will be progressed further. The Minister has established an interim commission. Will he outline the legal authority this commission possesses? I understand it has none. If this is the case, does it not make a farce of rail safety? The...
- Rail Safety. (4 May 2004)
Denis Naughten: It was brought in the day before.