Results 1,501-1,520 of 1,714 for speaker:John Dardis
- Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (26 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: Is the Senator going to Cheltenham?
- Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: The Senator is repeating what was said on Second Stage.
- Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: But all politics is local.
- Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: It is like St. Augustine saying, "Lord make me pure, but not just yet."
- Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: On a point of order, we are on amendment No. 3 but the arguments being used are exactly the same as those used on amendments Nos. 1 and 2. I do not understand why we cannot group the amendments.
- Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: We will make it a point of order. The point of order is whether we can establish the relevance of the arguments to the amendment.
- Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: On a point of order, the amendment seeks to substitute one date for another. Can somebody please advise me on the relevance of this discussion to the amendment?
- Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: That has nothing to do with the amendment.
- Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: I thank the Minister for bringing forward this positive amendment. It reflects what was stated during the debate on Second Stage and subsequently. It is a fundamental and positive change to the Bill. I note that the word "regulations" has replaced the word "guidelines" in the original Bill. There is obviously a much greater force to a regulation than there would be to a guidelineâ
- Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: Yes. I welcome the inclusion of "minutes" in subsection (3)(a). Subsection (3)(b) refers to the supply by local authorities of other specified documentation or other specified information. I assume that is as specified by the Minister in the regulations.
- Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: I note that the Minister agrees with that point of view and that is important. It is unrealistic to expect that there would be a Chinese wall between the local authority and the Member of the Oireachtas. There should be free and easy access between them and it should be so for members of the public also. They should be entitled to as much access as a Member of the Oireachtas. I ask the...
- Seanad: Local Government Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (20 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: The AOH will not listen to the Senator now.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: I did not catch whether Senator Ryan said he was agreeable or disagreeable.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: While I do not want to intrude on what is, appropriately, the business of the Chair, I wish to comment on the matter raised by the Senator as I was the occupant of the Chair when the matter arose. I merely confirmed the order of the House. If there are ambiguities as to Standing Orders and their interpretation, perhaps they can be considered in the coming weeks by the Committee on Procedure...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: The Senator is still wearing a blue shirt.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: And Killarney Golf and Fishing Club.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (12 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: It would be inappropriate to confer this duty on the Attorney General. I do not dispute what Senator Higgins has said regarding the role of the Attorney General, but it would be going a step beyond that to give him an executive function and ask him to make decisions which could have direct political implications. From that perspective, he or she would not be the appropriate person to do this....
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (12 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: All the more reason to exclude the Attorney General.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (12 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: I do not want to labour the point, but there is a distinction. Within the Office of the Attorney General, the designated person, not the Attorney General, would make the decision. That is why this amendment gives him an inappropriate function and has the potential to draw the Attorney General into political controversies in which he should not be involved.