Results 5,261-5,280 of 7,278 for speaker:Dick Roche

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: The Deputy wants to close businesses.

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: That is nonsense.

International Agreements: Motions (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the terms of an agreement between Ireland and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the World Bank) on participation in the Carbon Fund for Europe, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 8th December 2006.

International Agreements: Motions (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the terms of an agreement between Ireland and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the World Bank) on participation in the second tranche of the BioCarbon Fund, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 8th December 2006.

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Government is committed to meeting Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for the purpose of the Kyoto Protocol and we will do so in a manner which is logical and structured but without interfering in the growth and development of the nation. The fundamental elements of our strategy for meeting our target involve domestic...

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: A good case could be made for conserving bogs because they are important to biodiversity and act as carbon sinks. This Government has done more than any previous one to designate bogs for protection. However, Deputy Gilmore's proposal could be very expensive. Who would explain to the workers in the two newly constructed peat power stations in the midlands why they are losing their jobs?...

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: Any balanced judgment would suggest that such a ban is not a good idea.

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: Deputy Cuffe suggested at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Environment and Local Government that we should reduce the significant level of investment we are making in motorways and invest those moneys in public transport. He made the valid point that public transport is important if we are to cut our emissions. I remind him that the Government is investing a great deal of money in...

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: A great deal has been said about the transport sector, which is a very heavy producer of emissions. A key point that is often overlooked in debates of this nature is that the UN's greenhouse gas accounting rules mean that fuel — petrol and diesel — that is purchased by motorists and hauliers in this State, but consumed elsewhere, must be recorded in Ireland's greenhouse gas inventory. I...

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: Nobody is taking a negative view of it.

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: The notion that purchasing carbon credits is somehow dubious was further contradicted in a joint press release that was issued yesterday by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the European Investment Bank. Announcing the fund in which Ireland has invested, the president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development stated: The region [in which the fund is to be...

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: The Deputy is right. If that happened, there would be a higher level of emissions.

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: On a point of order——

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: In their SUVs.

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: I do not order the business around here.

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: If the Deputy does his sums he will find that is a grotesque exaggeration.

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: As a courtesy he was on the official delegation.

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: Just to be helpful to the Deputy, he is quite right in saying that the €20 million that is being spent is in eastern Europe.

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: Just to correct the Deputy——

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: The Deputy should send me the details. He should have gone to an SEI-registered contractor.