Results 421-440 of 1,714 for speaker:John Dardis
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (17 May 2006)
John Dardis: The polluter pays.
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (17 May 2006)
John Dardis: I propose to share my time with Senator Brennan.
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (17 May 2006)
John Dardis: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, to the House to debate what is obviously an important matter. When we look back on this period 20 years hence, we will wonder how society allowed our environment to be damaged to such an extent. We have remembered other times where people suffered physical and sexual violence, major sources of anger, controversy and pain. In 20 years, we...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (17 May 2006)
John Dardis: The independent republic of North Great Georges Street.
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (17 May 2006)
John Dardis: They do not want to make silage, so they put plastic on top of it.
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (17 May 2006)
John Dardis: If they could not bring it in from Northern Ireland, they would be whinging.
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (17 May 2006)
John Dardis: I am not.
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (17 May 2006)
John Dardis: Oh my goodness.
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (17 May 2006)
John Dardis: Fine Gael will have talked them out of business well before that ever happens.
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (17 May 2006)
John Dardis: Deputy Hayes got his answer in the Dáil from the Commissioner.
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (17 May 2006)
John Dardis: With the Green Party and the Independents.
- Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 May 2006)
John Dardis: Like Independent Newspapers.
- Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 May 2006)
John Dardis: Not for the first time, Senator Ross has drawn himself up to his full 5 ft 7 in. of indignation and is completely wrong.
- Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 May 2006)
John Dardis: The chairperson of the board is Mr. Gay Byrne, whom we all know to be an estimable man, well capable of doing this job. Other members include Ms Ãine Cornally, director of customer support services, Bank of Ireland; an employee of a firm of solicitors, a former Secretary General at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; an employee of Dublin Institute of Technology; and a RoSPA...
- Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 May 2006)
John Dardis: I thank the Acting Chairman for her protection. I tend to provoke the worst in Senator Ross. Other members include the former county manager of Westmeath County Council; a rally driver; the general manager at Cork University Hospital; and a former assistant director general of FÃS. Surely all of these people are well qualified. The Minister will take political responsibility if things go wrong.
- Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 May 2006)
John Dardis: It is a feature of our democratic system that politicians take responsibility when things go wrong.
- Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 May 2006)
John Dardis: Those who have been appointed to the board will do the job very well. I endorse Senator Feeney's point about excluding public representatives. Two Bills were amended, including one while Deputy Michael D. Higgins was Minister, to allow local public representatives to be included on such boards. They should not be excluded, although Members of the Oireachtas should be. Local public...
- Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 May 2006)
John Dardis: They are not. Senator Ross is wrong again.
- Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 May 2006)
John Dardis: Senator Ross stated that road safety is not a matter for political approval. The Minister will not be involved in approving road safety issues. Members of the Joint Committee on European Affairs visited Tallinn in Estonia recently. If one has an accident in Estonia and has alcohol in one's system, one is presumed to be culpable. That is the way it should be. The State can improve signs in...
- Seanad: Deaths of Former Members: Expressions of Sympathy. (16 May 2006)
John Dardis: On behalf of the Progressive Democrats, I join the other groups in extending our sympathy to the family, friends and party colleagues of the late Senators John M. Mannion and Pat Codd. Like Senator O'Toole, I would have met the late Senator Mannion with Maurice Manning when he was Leader of the House. Both Senators Mannion and Codd came from distinguished families in their respective parts of...