Results 43,781-43,800 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: You did not know about it until now?
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: I am sorry, a Cheann Comhairle. He annoys me intensely.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: The Deputy's party could have done it when there was plenty of money available.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: There were 100,000 families on housing lists when the Deputy left office.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: I am not.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: That is great for the economy.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: How did the Deputy get on a board?
- Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: Five years spent restoring the economy.
- Order of Business (20 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: Deputy Adams did not ask a question. He made a speech.
- Order of Business (20 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle, for allowing me to raise the amendment to the bail laws. I congratulate and thank the Minister and the Government for the amendment that has been introduced. In the event that it is not sufficient to deal with the issues that have come to the fore in recent years, could I ask the Taoiseach if further review of the bail laws might be undertaken with a view to...
- Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: The Deputy should not have mentioned wine either.
- Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: The Deputy should go for a smoke after that.
- Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: I thank my colleague for enabling me to comment on this very important legislation. The Bill is important for a number of reasons. The purpose of the exercise is to protect the general public and to restore public confidence in the public service in general. That is not for one moment to suggest that everybody who works in the public sector is in some way corrupt or susceptible to...
- Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: I know. I resented being told that the issues of public interest I raised by way of parliamentary questions were not the responsibility of individual Ministers, which left me with no option but to submit a freedom of information request. I have a strong view on this - I believe that any issue of public interest which is subject to a freedom of information request should be answered in the...
- Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: That is true.
- Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: Rubbish.
- Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: We do not have a whole lot of confidence in Deputy Daly either.
- Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: She should withdraw that remark.
- Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.
- Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jan 2016)
Bernard Durkan: That is not what he said.