Results 321-340 of 1,044,524 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Tom Kitt OR speaker:Kieran O'Donnell OR speaker:Richard O'Donoghue) in 'Committee meetings'

Nuclear Plants. (3 Feb 2004)

Ciarán Cuffe: When the Minister took office, highly dangerous radioactive material was stored in rusty sheds in the Sellafield complex and that material is still stored in rusty sheds. When was the last time the Minister discussed the issue of Sellafield with his UK counterpart?

Nuclear Plants. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: I did so just before Christmas, less than two months ago. I raised it in my pre-Presidency discussions with Minister Beckett. The Minister of State, Deputy Gallagher, was with me and we went on to meet the Minister for Energy on the same occasion. We had lengthy meetings on various subjects and I raised this with them. As I said to Deputy Allen, negotiations and discussions are taking place...

Nuclear Plants. (3 Feb 2004)

Emmet Stagg: Arising from what he said, will the Minister state the prospects of the British authorities agreeing to the Radiological Protection Institution of Ireland being allowed to effectively and meaningfully visit the facility at Sellafield? When does he expect that might happen?

Nuclear Plants. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: As the Deputy knows, the RPII visited the site previously. When we talk about the site, one of the issues is that it is a vast site. The issue is perhaps more important than simply getting on to the site. I hope we can resolve this issue and see a further visit in the near future, but I am guarded in what I say for specific reasons, which the Deputy may appreciate, as I follow up on the...

Nuclear Plants. (3 Feb 2004)

Arthur Morgan: Is the Minister aware of the seriousness of this threat? Only last week in a court in Cumbria, British Nuclear Fuels Limited was fined £30,000 sterling when it was found guilty of and admitted to endangering the life of one of its divers. Is the Minister aware that the health and safety executive in Britain advised that court that the British Nuclear Fuels Limited systems were wholly...

Nuclear Plants. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: I reiterate that the Government remains committed to and is deeply concerned about the activities at Sellafield, as it always has been. The Government will use every avenue open to it, legal and otherwise, to ensure it gets the message home to the British Government and, ultimately, to achieve its objective which many people in Ireland and elsewhere would like to see, that is, the closure of...

Adjournment Debate Matters. (3 Feb 2004)

Adjournment Debate Matters. (3 Feb 2004)

Séamus Pattison: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 21 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy James Breen — to ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 385 of 27 May 2003 and 489 of 7 October 2003, the reason for the long delay in appointing the County Registrar...

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2004)

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2004)

Enda Kenny: I wish to raise a matter of serious concern with the Taoiseach. I am troubled as a public representative and a father because the work we do in this House is supposed to make a difference to people's lives and to impact on them for the better. Today a child lies dead in Cavan. I do not attribute blame in this case but, in extending sympathy to the parents, brothers and sisters of the child,...

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2004)

Bertie Ahern: Deputy Kenny raised two issues. On the first one, I join him, as I am sure does everyone in the House, in expressing our deepest sympathy to the family of Frances Sheridan who died in the past few days. To respect the privacy of the family, I will not go into the specific circumstances of the case at this time. I understand that the State Pathologist has conducted a post-mortem, the results...

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2004)

Enda Kenny: In May 2002, 71,151 people in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Louth voted for the Government on the basis of guarantees given by the Taoiseach and all his candidates that a world-class health service would be delivered in which waiting lists would be ended inside two years. This was one of the principal reasons people voted for the Government. Is it not patently obvious that the Minister for...

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2004)

Bertie Ahern: Every day, the Government, the Minister for Health and Children, his Department, the health boards, and almost 100,000 people who work in the health service try to do precisely what Deputy Kenny has requested. If he is asking if we will continue to do this and provide resources of €10.5 billion, much of which is being used to improve infrastructure in the health service, we will continue to...

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2004)

Seymour Crawford: It is time the Taoiseach did know.

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: On behalf of my party, I wish to be associated with Deputy Kenny's and the Taoiseach's expressions of sympathy to the family of Frances Sheridan. I greatly doubt whether another insider review is what is required in what is manifestly a dysfunctional service. I return to a question I sought to raise in the House on a number of occasions in respect of the reason the Government decided it...

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2004)

Bertie Ahern: Anything Mr. Justice Ryan or his commission requires will hopefully be made available to assist him because that is what we want to do. Since the establishment of the commission, 16 discovery orders have been made to the Department, 12 of which were delivered within the timeframes provided. In the case of six of those, extensions of time were granted by the commission. The difficulties...

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2004)

Ruairi Quinn: The Taoiseach should answer the question.

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2004)

Bertie Ahern: I have answered the question. I have answered the question on discovery orders.

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2004)

Rory O'Hanlon: Allow the Taoiseach to speak without interruption. This is Deputy Rabbitte's question.

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2004)

Bertie Ahern: I will answer Deputy Quinn. I was asked whether I would assist in discovery for Mr. Justice Ryanand I said that I would. I went on to say that all the other 16 discoveries were dealt with. I was not asked any other question.