Results 4,521-4,540 of 7,278 for speaker:Dick Roche

Seanad: Petitions Committee: Motion (4 Oct 2006)

Dick Roche: That would not be wise because this is a positive exchange and we should have more positive exchanges. One point the group left out is that the Irish people are put off politics because we are not engaging in politics but in personal petty destruction of individual characters. That is not good. We all have exchanges and sometimes use strong language in both Houses, which is the nature of...

Seanad: Petitions Committee: Motion (4 Oct 2006)

Dick Roche: I think "maze" is more appropriate because we have been going around in slightly decreasing circles, ending up in the circumstance I have outlined. I do not mean to be patronising when I say this proposal is worth considering. I am genuinely committed to and interested in creating a more vibrant role for the Seanad. I share Senator O'Rourke's enthusiasm — she has beaten me on the head...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Order for Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)

Dick Roche: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)

Dick Roche: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The main purpose of the Bill is to provide specific arrangements for voting by prisoners. In Ireland, there is no legal prohibition on voting by prisoners, once they meet the standard qualifying criteria under electoral law which apply on a general basis. While a person in legal custody may be registered as an elector under section 11(5) of...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)

Dick Roche: The Deputy is always well informed, focused and to the point.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)

Dick Roche: The Deputy still does not deserve to be over here.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)

Dick Roche: There were hanging chads.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)

Dick Roche: Or recycled.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)

Dick Roche: That is not true.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)

Dick Roche: I will return to it. The Deputy can be assured it is wrong.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)

Dick Roche: I just said I would return to it.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)

Dick Roche: There is a campaign.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)

Dick Roche: Is the Deputy serious?

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)

Dick Roche: I was thinking of doing so.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)

Dick Roche: The UK has not acted yet. It is consulting; we are acting. It is one of the occasions when we are to the fore.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)

Dick Roche: It would be a business to business arrangement.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)

Dick Roche: I did not think the Deputy's party had that difficulty with its voters.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)

Dick Roche: That will give me a sleepless night.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)

Dick Roche: I thank all Deputies who made contributions which were wide-ranging and interesting. I single out for particular thanks Deputies O'Dowd and Gay Mitchell. I wish to take up the last point made by Deputy Mitchell which was a very good one. It does appear to me that there is a degree of savagery in the way we do public business and this does us very little credit. The point he made about...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)

Dick Roche: Absolutely. I agree with the Deputy. We have this nonsensical figure. It is the case that if 100,000 people are on the register and 50,000 people vote, ipso facto, the turnout is only 50%. If the register is only 80% correct, it is five eighths of people who voted so the calculation of the turnout would be rather different. The more important point is the efficacy of the register and...