Results 421-440 of 18,726 for speaker:Michael McDowell

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2004)

Michael McDowell: That is not so. I released those figures 12 months earlier but nobody bothered to read them.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2004)

Michael McDowell: They were released at least ten months ago.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2004)

Michael McDowell: It is like a game of tag wrestling.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2004)

Michael McDowell: All appointments over the rank of chief superintendent are made on merit on the basis of a competition which is run according to regulations. I want to stress that.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2004)

Michael McDowell: That is provided for in the Bill. Such decisions cannot be made without my agreement.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2004)

Michael McDowell: That is the way it is at present. It is all done above board and I never interfere in the slightest way. It is covered by regulation.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2004)

Michael McDowell: That is a political choice.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2004)

Michael McDowell: No.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2004)

Michael McDowell: It is genetic.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2004)

Michael McDowell: It does not have as its object the control or influence of pay, pensions or conditions of service in the Garda Síochána.

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2004)

Michael McDowell: I am to blame for everything.

Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2004)

Michael McDowell: I want to clarify that I am not the Minister for the purposes of this legislation, it could be any Minister.

Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2004)

Michael McDowell: I said that if we spent less time on the Order of Business every day, this Bill would have been dealt with months ago.

Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2004)

Michael McDowell: I thank the Deputy for reminding me of the sacrifices I make.

Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2004)

Michael McDowell: I am happy to debate any Bill with the Deputy, but the daily debates ad nauseam on the Order of Business, which waste an hour and a half, get my goat.

Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2004)

Michael McDowell: The Deputy should check the record. I was in the Law Library most of the time.

Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2004)

Michael McDowell: They were rendered non-compellable by a Bill brought through by the Government of which the Deputy's party was a member.

Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2004)

Michael McDowell: I protested about it at the time.

Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2004)

Michael McDowell: Let us scrap it.

Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2004)

Michael McDowell: The Deputy should table a parliamentary question or raise it on the Adjournment.