Results 23,581-23,600 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- Planning Issues (8 Jul 2010)
Bernard Durkan: It is the technology.
- EU Fines (8 Jul 2010)
Bernard Durkan: To what extent did the Minister have discussions with the Commissioner on fines to be imposed on Ireland? The Minister is at least three years in office and has had ample time to transpose into Irish law the various directives affecting the environment, for which area he has specific responsibility. How long will it take to transpose into Irish law all the remaining directives relevant to...
- EU Fines (8 Jul 2010)
Bernard Durkan: We were talking about that today at the Joint Committee on European Affairs. The presence of the Minister would have been greatly appreciated.
- EU Fines (8 Jul 2010)
Bernard Durkan: We are too old for that dictum stuff. The Minister should tell it to somebody else.
- EU Fines (8 Jul 2010)
Bernard Durkan: I asked the Minister a question.
- EU Fines (8 Jul 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Has the Minister been given a guarantee? The Commissioners must have been very impressed with him.
- Emergency Planning (8 Jul 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Does the Minister not agree that a preservation order should be placed on himself and his cohorts, who are-----
- Emergency Planning (8 Jul 2010)
Bernard Durkan: I have been tabling questions on this subject in the House for well over 20 years. I have heard the same reply and, whenever an emergency arises, we get the same report, namely, that a study group will review the situation. We are in July and heading towards the next winter snap. It is a disgrace that, six months after the last event, there is still no co-ordinated and properly integrated...
- Emergency Planning (8 Jul 2010)
Bernard Durkan: It is about time that the Minister moved away from the idea of people fending for themselves at local level. What is the co-ordinating authority, who is the senior person in command, who gives the instructions and who takes responsibility? The Minister took none. In fact, the Garda went searching for him to find out where he was.
- Emergency Planning (8 Jul 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Correct.
- Emergency Planning (8 Jul 2010)
Bernard Durkan: People were marooned for three months. First there was flooding, then there was snow and frost.
- Emergency Planning (8 Jul 2010)
Bernard Durkan: By the grace of God.
- Emergency Planning (8 Jul 2010)
Bernard Durkan: It was.
- Emergency Planning (8 Jul 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Does the Minister not remember what occurred? The Minister was recalled.
- Emergency Planning (8 Jul 2010)
Bernard Durkan: And visibility.
- Emergency Planning (8 Jul 2010)
Bernard Durkan: What are they?
- Emergency Planning (8 Jul 2010)
Bernard Durkan: That is what they did anyway.
- Water and Sewerage Schemes (8 Jul 2010)
Bernard Durkan: What steps has the Minister taken to ensure the septic tank standards are raised to an acceptable level? In terms of local authorities and the several sewage treatment works engaged in to date, of which one in particular comes to mind, what steps has he taken to ensure the matter is attended to urgently? For example, the domestic water supply in a large lake in the west has suffered...
- Voluntary Housing Associations (8 Jul 2010)
Bernard Durkan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this issue. It is an issue concerning a voluntary housing association in Kildare that could have wider implications for others across the country. While I have no evidence to suggest anything untoward has happened, I am a little uneasy with a recent discussion with the local authority in respect of this association and similar housing...
- Voluntary Housing Associations (8 Jul 2010)
Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive reply.