Results 501-520 of 18,851 for speaker:Fergus O'Dowd
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: I have the document here. I can show it to the Minister.
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: I will allude to it line by line as soon as the Minister sits down.
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: I wish to share time with Deputy Naughten.
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: I would like the Minister to be a man of his word. In a recent reply to a parliamentary question by Deputy Olivia Mitchell, he stated he would, in a very short period, introduce changes to the Planning and Development Regulations 2005. One of the commitments he made in the reply â I do not know whether he or his Department officials wrote it â was that he would address the need for a...
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister will turn us into a nation of winos.
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am reading the recommendations. I am not finished and I will not let the Minister off lightly.
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister should not open his mouth too soon. I will not suggest that he will turn the country into a nation of winos. Alcohol is a very serious issue and the people who spoke up at the commission against this proposal should be listened to. The members of the commission considered that the acquisition of a full off-licence for any premises involved a change of use of which the public...
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister has taken one side and we have taken the other. This regulation is heavy-handed and does not make sense. I agree with proper regulation. Perhaps the Minister should have considered the sale of beer, but he did not take that option. In America, low-alcohol beers are available in convenience stores, but not those with a higher alcohol content. The availability of spirits and...
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: On regulations.
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: Consumers voted against the Government's proposals.
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: They were there.
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: Consumers are in a minority.
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister should discuss the real issues. He should answer our questions.
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister is well past it.
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister is guilty of talking rubbish.
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister is talking out his time. He is confused.
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: I think we are getting through to the Minister.
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: The wine shops that are all over the country do not need planning permission. That is the point.
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: One has to go to court to make an objection.
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am not shouting the Minister down. I am giving him an answer.