Results 341-360 of 1,714 for speaker:John Dardis
- Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)
John Dardis: Senator John Paul Phelan referred to motorists who are heavily penalised. If motorists were so heavily penalised, they would not be clogging up the dual carriageway as they are at present. If the penalty was severe, cars would disappear from our roads.
- Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)
John Dardis: In recent years, increasing numbers of cars have been appearing on our roads.
- Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)
John Dardis: That is a total misrepresentation of what I said.
- Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)
John Dardis: It was represented that the Minister for Finance is taxing cars off the roads. The contrary is the case, however, because increasing numbers of cars are appearing on our roads, which gives rise to many attendant difficulties. I wish to refer to the Minister's contribution in the Lower House, particularly in respect of income tax. When the Government came to power, it gave a commitment that it...
- Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)
John Dardis: Success in reducing unemployment from the appallingly high levels at which it stood in the past was due to the tax policy of the previous Government.
- Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)
John Dardis: The Minister also stated: This lesson should be learned by those who mistakenly call for us to increase our tax burden towards the levels of some other states in Europe. Such calls are misplaced and those who make them fail to see that job creation is the appropriate goal if we are to achieve real social inclusion. High direct tax rates destroy jobs sooner or later. This Government has no...
- Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)
John Dardis: All parties can agree on that issue.
- Seanad: Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion. (3 Dec 2003)
John Dardis: What happened the yield of tax?
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Dec 2003)
John Dardis: The Order of Business is Nos. 1 to 5, inclusive. No. 1 is a motion that was referred to the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights which has completed its deliberations thereon. It concerns the application of certain provisions of the 2000 Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters and its 2001 protocol to include Iceland and Norway. It is proposed to take...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Dec 2003)
John Dardis: I hope I am not having a strange effect on the House. Perhaps the absence of the Leader has caused this mayhem. I thank the leader of the Opposition, Senator Brian Hayes, for agreeing to take all stages of the two Bills before the House today. It is necessary to dispose of legislation before Christmas and I thank the Senator for facilitating this. Senators Brian Hayes, McDowell, Glynn,...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Dec 2003)
John Dardis: It surprises me that a former finance spokesperson of the Labour Party did not read the relevant document, which states that â¬20 million will be allocated in January for this purpose.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Dec 2003)
John Dardis: There is no muddled thinking on this matter by any member of the Government. Attending the opening of a section of motorway in County Kildare which cost â¬160 million, the Minister for Finance made the point that this is a small country. Irrespective of whether one has a Dublin mindset, this city is grinding to a halt. It will be beneficial to the country and the capital that 10,300 jobs...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Dec 2003)
John Dardis: I said I did not want to interfere in the affairs of the Gaelic Athletic Association. However, I attended the international rules match in Melbourne and wondered why it took place in the Melbourne Cricket Club.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Dec 2003)
John Dardis: Senator Glynn mentioned mobile phones and the possibility of having a debate on that issue, which is something we should try to do. He also mentioned the matter of images on the Internet. Senator Burke raised the matter of education. An extra â¬30 million was allocated in the budget for the purposes of capital funding. I heard the Minister for Education and Science explicitly state on a trip...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Dec 2003)
John Dardis: The programme on the Irish Hospital Sweepstakes was another very good example of good journalism by RTE. Obviously, what happened to the employees there at the time the business closed was not acceptable. I fully agree with what the Senator said about Niall Mellon. One of the things about it that struck me was that it was the sports reporter on "Morning Ireland"â
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Dec 2003)
John Dardis: Yes, it was Des Cahill who was the one who could bring good news to us, instead of the constant continuous whinge that we have on that programme every morning. It was something to celebrate and a marvellous story.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Dec 2003)
John Dardis: In answer to Senator Leyden, we should debate decentralisation. I was not sure what Senator Bannon was saying, not because he was not making sense, but because he was being interrupted so often. He has a point about better local government, which is something the House should examine. I noted what he said about the payments to health board executives.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Dec 2003)
John Dardis: Senator Scanlon also raised the "Prime Time" programme. I do not have anything to say about the Adjournment debate which was raised by Senator Feighan as it is a matter for the Cathaoirleach, but it is a long-standing tradition of the House that people who are not here to defend themselves are not attacked in the way the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Parlon, was attacked.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Dec 2003)
John Dardis: What he was purported to have said, which was subsequently withdrawn, is not something that takes place very commonly here.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Dec 2003)
John Dardis: It is not common to talk about people who are not here to defend themselves.