Results 301-320 of 2,770 for speaker:Bernard Allen
- EU Constitution. (8 Mar 2005)
Bernard Allen: I have a fair few there.
- Diplomatic Representation. (8 Mar 2005)
Bernard Allen: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position with regard to diplomatic relations between Ireland and Burma; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8064/05]
- Diplomatic Representation. (8 Mar 2005)
Bernard Allen: Does the Minister agree that the decision in early 2004 to open diplomatic relations with both Burma and North Korea was the most bizarre and ill-judged? It gave an air of respectability to those two areas of repression, that have been described as outposts of tyranny. In the case of Burma, does the Minister agree that this decision, based on assumption that the opposition leader was to be...
- Diplomatic Representation. (8 Mar 2005)
Bernard Allen: If it is better to engage, what engagements has the Minister had with these two countries since the end of Ireland's term in the EU Presidency?
- Diplomatic Representation. (8 Mar 2005)
Bernard Allen: I am talking about Burma.
- Nuclear Weapons Programme. (8 Mar 2005)
Bernard Allen: In view of the Minister's statement that the North Korean Government expelled the nuclear inspectorate in 2002, is it not strange that he decided to set up diplomatic relations with that country? How can he justify the decision to set up diplomatic relations with North Korea in those circumstances? I do not understand the Minister's defence of his decision, which was that Ireland had the...
- Nuclear Weapons Programme. (8 Mar 2005)
Bernard Allen: It is the Minister who has his head in the sand.
- Nuclear Weapons Programme. (8 Mar 2005)
Bernard Allen: The Minister should not hold his breath.
- Nuclear Weapons Programme. (8 Mar 2005)
Bernard Allen: I do not understand the Minister's schizophrenic attitude to foreign policy. On the one hand he states we must have diplomatic relations in order to discuss issues on which we differ. On the other, the Minister has broken off relations by not proceeding to set up diplomatic links. The Minister cannot have it both ways. I do not understand his line of reasoning. The Government made rash...
- Nuclear Weapons Programme. (8 Mar 2005)
Bernard Allen: The Minister asked me a question. May I answer it?
- Nuclear Weapons Programme. (8 Mar 2005)
Bernard Allen: I would not concede anything to such countries until they carried out their promises. The Minister was sold a sucker. It is not the first time the Minister made a bad error.
- Leaders' Questions. (8 Mar 2005)
Bernard Allen: The Chair has authority under Standing Order 31 in this regard.
- Leaders' Questions. (8 Mar 2005)
Bernard Allen: Are you a slow reader?
- Leaders' Questions. (8 Mar 2005)
Bernard Allen: The Chair has authority under Standing Order 31 in this regard.
- Order of Business. (8 Mar 2005)
Bernard Allen: It is on the back burner.
- Hospital Services. (8 Mar 2005)
Bernard Allen: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for allowing me to raise the resignation of the consultant doctor, Dr. Oscar Breathnach from his position at Cork University Hospital. His resignation was greeted with disbelief by the people of Cork and Kerry, especially those dependent on the vital oncology services in the region. Dr. Breathnach resigned because of the failure of the Tánaiste and Minister...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (8 Mar 2005)
Bernard Allen: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the work being undertaken by the Government to assist in the humanitarian operation in Asia, following the December 2004 tsunami; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7594/05]
- Written Answers — Disabled Drivers: Disabled Drivers (8 Mar 2005)
Bernard Allen: Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 17 November 2004, if the information then sought will be provided. [7485/05]
- Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)
Bernard Allen: Like Roger the Dodger.
- Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)
Bernard Allen: The Taoiseach is a slow reader.