Results 601-620 of 11,812 for speaker:Denis O'Donovan

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2011)

Denis O'Donovan: What about this letter?

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2011)

Denis O'Donovan: The Minister should check with his officials. The letters are there.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2011)

Denis O'Donovan: It was neither of us.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2011)

Denis O'Donovan: The Minister got me wrong again.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2011)

Denis O'Donovan: That is the third time the Minister has got me wrong. He should apologise. He is confused.

Seanad: Message from Dáil (6 Jul 2011)

Denis O'Donovan: Dáil Éireann has passed the Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2011, without amendment.

Seanad: Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2011: Motion for Earlier Signature (6 Jul 2011)

Denis O'Donovan: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: National Car Test Centres (6 Jul 2011)

Denis O'Donovan: Has Senator Reilly a supplementary question?

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Jul 2011)

Denis O'Donovan: Not at all.

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Jul 2011)

Denis O'Donovan: I am loth to stop the Senator as he is eminently qualified to speak on this matter all day. Unfortunately, however, his time is up.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2011)

Denis O'Donovan: I move amendment No. 1: In page 4, before section 3, to insert the following new section: 3.—Section 184C of the principal act is amended by deleting the figure "10" and inserting the figure "8".". Maybe instead of going down the road the Minister is suggesting in this Bill, he might consider reducing the required number of years from ten to eight, among other suggestions. As I outlined...

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2011)

Denis O'Donovan: I did not speak on this before, Minister. I had no involvement in it prior to yesterday.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2011)

Denis O'Donovan: The Minister is absolutely incorrect.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2011)

Denis O'Donovan: I knew nothing about this until-----

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2011)

Denis O'Donovan: I am trying to get at the truth.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2011)

Denis O'Donovan: Most of those cases are appeals.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2011)

Denis O'Donovan: I thank the Minister for acknowledging my bona fides and disinterest in this area. I also accept the Minister's bona fides, but somebody is leading somebody up the garden path. Perhaps the Minister has not been shown the full file on the matter either. Whatever about the matter of seven years last year, I was not aware of this Bill. Even if it was there, I had no interest until a few days...

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2011)

Denis O'Donovan: I second the request of Senator Mullen for further debate. With all due respect to the Leader, for whom I have much respect, we have only dealt with three or four of the 15 amendments. Some very important information has emerged today from the Minister regarding a likely legal challenge on this issue. The former Minister, Deputy Killeen, procrastinated because correspondence had been...

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2011)

Denis O'Donovan: That is irrelevant.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2011)

Denis O'Donovan: The Minister is protecting his-----