Results 2,881-2,900 of 7,278 for speaker:Dick Roche
- Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)
Dick Roche: I have never told an untruth to anybody in my life.
- Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)
Dick Roche: I am not prepared to stand here and be lectured by an idiot.
- Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)
Dick Roche: It is unparliamentary. To call me a liar is unfair also.
- Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)
Dick Roche: I will deal with it. I will withdraw the remark if the Leas-Chathaoirleach so wishes.
- Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)
Dick Roche: It cannot be a point of order coming from a man led by a partyââ
- Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)
Dick Roche: I am sure he did; I am sorry.
- Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)
Dick Roche: I certainly do. I do not know what remark I am withdrawing at this stage.
- Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)
Dick Roche: I said nothing about the Senator's party leader.
- Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)
Dick Roche: The Senator did not even listen to what I said.
- Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)
Dick Roche: Senators Bannon and Ryan wish to disrupt this debate.
- Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)
Dick Roche: I have done so.
- Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)
Dick Roche: Would Senator Bannon like to withdraw his suggestion that I lied?
- Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)
Dick Roche: The record of the House will show what the Senator stated. We will deal with that later.
- Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)
Dick Roche: I have been in this House and listened with great respect to its Members. I have never heard such nonsense as in the last hour, in particular from Senator Bannon. He wrung his hands about the demise of local government. I have a small point of history. The first time local government was seriously culled in this country was in 1924. It was a long time ago and there has been a long history of...
- Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)
Dick Roche: Senator Cummins was not in the House for the debate.
- Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)
Dick Roche: We have a filibuster to ensure the truth is not told.
- Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)
Dick Roche: Maybe the Senators opposite want to engage in pantomime. Senator Bannon also talked about the money that is allocated to local authorities. I will remind the House of a couple of things. In 1997 the local government fund contributed â¬339 million to local authorities through rate support grant and the equalisation fund. This year the figure was â¬875 million, which even by Senator Bannon's...
- Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)
Dick Roche: In 1997 the equalisation and rate support grant from Senator Bannon's party in Government was â¬339 million. This year the outset allocation was â¬875 million. Other statistics bear out what I am saying. In 1997 the rural water scheme received â¬25 million compared with an outset figure this year of â¬119 million. Even allowing for Senator Bannon's rather peculiar approach to economics...
- Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)
Dick Roche: This is a welcome debate because it allows us to deal with the reality of local government as opposed to mythology. Local government plays an important part in the life of the nation and is an integral part of the democratic process. Accordingly, I fundamentally disagree with some of the comments made by my friend and colleague, Senator Norris. His view of local government is somewhat...
- Seanad: Local Authority Services: Motion. (22 Feb 2006)
Dick Roche: The truth hurts and Senator Bannon should deal with facts rather than mythology. Since the early 1990s successive Administrations have taken steps to modernise our local government system. We are beginning to see a local government system which shows signs of the kind of administrative system we need. The modernisation agenda of the past few years has given constitutional recognition to local...