Results 40,161-40,180 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Welfare Service Provision (5 Feb 2015)
Bernard Durkan: 250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to access a second level school place for the child of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5407/15]
- Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)
Bernard Durkan: Deputy Boyd Barrett is not the Government.
- Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)
Bernard Durkan: The new children's hospital establishment Bill is promised legislation and is inching its way towards us. I ask the Taoiseach whether he expects that we might see the evidence of that before the House at an early date, preferably for passage before the end of the present session.
- Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Report Stage (10 Feb 2015)
Bernard Durkan: It is necessary to recommit the Bill in respect of amendment No. 1 as it creates a charge on the Exchequer.
- Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Report Stage (10 Feb 2015)
Bernard Durkan: Not that I can see. We have to dispose of the various amendments. There is no guillotine. Each Deputy may speak twice and the mover of an amendment can speak on three occasions.
- Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Report Stage (10 Feb 2015)
Bernard Durkan: By way of explanation, I have a detailed note on each amendment that is ruled out of order and I will read out that note when we get to that stage. There is an explanation given, which is the standard explanation in relation to amendments in all parliamentary practice.
- Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Report Stage (10 Feb 2015)
Bernard Durkan: There is nothing particular about it. It is the way it always has been. I would prefer to wait to get to that amendment before we discuss it.
- Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Report Stage (10 Feb 2015)
Bernard Durkan: Yes, but it is not-----
- Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Report Stage (10 Feb 2015)
Bernard Durkan: Just a second, Deputy Coppinger.
- Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Report Stage (10 Feb 2015)
Bernard Durkan: Just a second, this is not a Second Stage debate. It is a debate on a amendment, brought forward by the Minister, that was agreed on Committee Stage and therefore we do not go back over the whole debate again. I have given latitude but that is as much as I can give.
- Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Report Stage (10 Feb 2015)
Bernard Durkan: When we get to those amendments, we will debate them. Whoever is sitting in the Chair at that time-----
- Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Report Stage (10 Feb 2015)
Bernard Durkan: -----will dispose of the amendments and that is all that has to be done. I am sorry but we cannot allow a long Second Stage debate on something that was already agreed on Committee Stage. Deputy Coppinger should proceed.
- Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Report Stage (10 Feb 2015)
Bernard Durkan: Pardon?
- Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Report Stage (10 Feb 2015)
Bernard Durkan: I have bad news for Deputy Coppinger, I am not.
- Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Report Stage (10 Feb 2015)
Bernard Durkan: The rules of the House are already agreed and Deputy Coppinger knows what they are as well as everybody else. I pointed out already that whenever we reach those amendments, we will deal with them in seriatim - as the occur. It is not in order to have a Second Stage-----
- Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Report Stage (10 Feb 2015)
Bernard Durkan: Deputy Coppinger is out of order. She is trying to widen the debate, and that is not in order. The Deputy should proceed, if she would, in relation to-----
- Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Report Stage (10 Feb 2015)
Bernard Durkan: I will deal with that when we get to it. One cannot make a Second Stage speech at this Stage because we are at a different time in the Bill.
- Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Report Stage (10 Feb 2015)
Bernard Durkan: On this Stage, we allow a certain amount of tolerance.
- Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Report Stage (10 Feb 2015)
Bernard Durkan: Under the standard procedure, there is a certain amount of tolerance and a certain amount of latitude.
- Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Report Stage (10 Feb 2015)
Bernard Durkan: The next time the Deputy speaks she will have two minutes.