Results 2,241-2,260 of 7,278 for speaker:Dick Roche

Election Management System. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: The confidence in our counting ability is such that the Deputy should breathe a sigh of relief.

Election Management System. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: I am familiar with the Deputy's views on the issue. With regard to the UK, 27 different pilot projects were carried out, with the forms of voting ranging from SMS text voting — I do not understand how that would work — to Internet, postal and electronic voting, which would be a similar process to our own. More recently, the focus in the last British general election was on the large-scale...

Election Management System. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: There was a degree of enthusiasm when the idea was piloted here. If we all had the benefit of hindsight at the time——

Election Management System. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: I do not wish to be disingenuous as I do not know what the Deputy stated at the time, but the Deputy would have demonstrated more prescience than other members of the Opposition. The Deputy asked if we will give the machines away, but that would not be a sensible suggestion.

Election Management System. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: A charge would have to be paid if I sold them on. I am looking at the storage issue and I hope to resolve it as I am seeking to identify a storage location with my colleagues. It does not serve a purpose to have the machines in expensive storage on a decentralised basis. They will not be used in the 2007 elections, but I would not hold my breath after that time.

Election Management System. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: The Deputy is correct and we should facilitate people's voting. In the British debate on electronic and Internet voting in particular, a possibility that was thought attractive was that people vote in a booth in a supermarket.

Election Management System. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: Given our experience we should make haste slowly. I agree with the Deputy in that changing lifestyles have necessitated that voting be made easier. We should encourage people to vote and ensure we have a proper voting register.

Election Management System. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: I should be so lucky.

Election Management System. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: Courtesy demands we wait until Deputy Cuffe asks his question. I will then answer all three questions.

Election Management System. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: Yes, but for the reasons stated by Deputy O'Dowd one has to ensure that conditions are correct for the machines.

Election Management System. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: We do not wish to upset the machines. With regard to the point made by Deputy McCormack, who is always impatient for an answer, the cost was in the terms of the contract.

Election Management System. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: A contract was drawn up with the returning officer in Waterford——

Election Management System. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: The Deputy is making it——

Election Management System. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: In that case he is a bit like the Deputy because he never listens to anybody either.

Election Management System. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: I suggest that the Deputy examine what his party did in Meath in putting out a superb leaflet praising electronic voting.

Election Management System. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: Deputy Gilmore asked a specific question and I will communicate the figure to him.

Litter Pollution. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: Significant progress has been made in recent years in providing systems and facilities for the collection and recycling of waste. Households served with segregated collection of dry recyclables can recycle their old newspapers by depositing them in their recyclables wheelie bin. This service is being progressively rolled out, with over 560,000 households nationally — approximately 42% of...

Litter Pollution. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: We are in discussions. I strongly believe that a partnership approach is the best way of dealing with this matter. Like the Deputy, I welcome the new entrants to the market and I very much welcome outlets for young journalists to make a mark. I suggest that the producers of these free-sheets should identify the major dirt-spots and clean them up. There have been other producer initiatives,...

Litter Pollution. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: First and foremost, Deputy Gilmore should read the very carefully worded statement made by the Minister of State, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe.

Litter Pollution. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: The Deputy raises a question which has nothing to do with the original question. We will take no finger wagging or hypocrisy on this matter from the Deputy. He should look at the vacillations in his own statements.