Results 221-240 of 2,500 for speaker:Ciarán Cuffe

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (3 Mar 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in processing applications for naturalisation, in particular that of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7347/05]

Leaders' Questions. (8 Mar 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: "Burn baby, burn"— that is the Government's approach.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (9 Mar 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: I welcome the Labour Party's contribution to the planning process in the Bill before the House. It is worthy and the Green Party will certainly recommend that it be approved by the House. It seeks to remove the step of going to the High Court and that is welcome. It will scare the living daylights out of anybody working on a building site given that it targets all persons involved in the...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (9 Mar 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: I am using it to aid my argument. I suggest we improve the relationship between the local authority and developers and ensure a clear division. That division arises elsewhere. I have used it before in referring to the glorious testimony of the good days of Fianna Fáil. Dunloe Ewart has taken out the front page advertisement and Treasury Holdings the back page. I suspect that is a little too...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (10 Mar 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he will make a decision on future support mechanisms for renewable energy generators. [8280/05]

Written Answers — Energy Regulation: Energy Regulation (10 Mar 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when and how he will be authorised to issue directions to the energy regulator on matters of energy and electricity policy. [8284/05]

Fur Farming (Prohibition) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (22 Mar 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: This Bill is about compassion and concern for animals. There is a moral duty on humans to speak out for animals. Animals suffer pain, stress and boredom. The green movement has been characterised by concern for wider envrironmental issues. These environmental concerns have their roots in religious thought. That thought is in the preachings of Saint Francis and in the tenets that underlie the...

Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: I wish to share time with Deputy Joe Higgins.

Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: We must consider the facts. Olunkunle Eluhanla arrived in Ireland at the age of 15. His father was shot dead in an attack and his mother may live in America. He has no family left in Nigeria. While a week ago he was preparing for his leaving certificate in Palmerstown, on 15 March he was deported to Nigeria and is now in Lagos with no money or belongings. On his return to Nigeria, he was put...

Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: In the 1990s, 48,000 US visas were granted under the Morrison scheme and the Taoiseach was busy in Washington last week attempting to regularise the positions of thousands more Irish emigrants. A double standard appears to operate. I call on the Minister to allow the young man in question and others like him to return to Ireland to sit their leaving certificate examination. Among them is...

Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: In a bitter twist of fate, Olunkunle Eluhanla had paid the fee to sit the leaving certificate. I appeal to the Minister to bring him home.

Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: The Minister is living in a dream world.

Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: The Minister is living in a dream world.

Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: It is chaotic as it is now.

Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: People are condemned to death by these courts all the time.

Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Bruce Morrison did not think that.

Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: What about honouring the agreement that the Government signed in 2001?

Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: The repatriation agreement.

Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Was 12 hours too much time to allow——

Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Is the Minister defending the log-jam of applications to remain in the State?