Results 601-620 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Bernard Durkan: We have been listening to the Minister of State for too long.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Bernard Durkan: That is the problem.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Bernard Durkan: I am weary.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Bernard Durkan: I pity the poor people out there who are listening to the Minister of State.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Bernard Durkan: The confusion is still there.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Bernard Durkan: Why?
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Bernard Durkan: There was more of them.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Bernard Durkan: There are no houses.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Bernard Durkan: Everyone is on the wrong side of the Minister of State.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Bernard Durkan: We will get there in the next century.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Bernard Durkan: It is one minute to midnight.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Bernard Durkan: That will only happen in the Minister of State's dreams.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Bernard Durkan: There is not much time available to me tonight, unfortunately.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Bernard Durkan: It is sad that is the case.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Bernard Durkan: The Government has failed the young people of Ireland.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Bernard Durkan: That failure can be seen at its most spectacular in the housing area.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Bernard Durkan: The Minister of State has told what he believes to be the truth.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Bernard Durkan: From whom has the Minister of State received his information? Does he go out on the ground himself? I thought he was a decent guy. I asked him to do something about this matter when I brought it to his attention at least four years ago and I repeated that call several times. I was told at first that there was no housing crisis and then I was told that something would be done about it after...
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Bernard Durkan: I always thought that the Minister of State was a nice guy and a caring and considerate person, but it is obvious that he was bound, gagged and manacled by his ministerial colleagues, who are pulling rank every other day. They want to keep house prices high because the Government is getting a big take from housing. It receives 40% of the cost of every house in this country.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Bernard Durkan: The Minister of State omitted to mention that in his speech, but he knows full well that it is the case. The Government also decided to pile on a levy this year to ensure that it can clobber any first-time buyer fortunate enough to be able to put down a deposit on a house.