Results 6,561-6,580 of 10,459 for speaker:Bertie Ahern
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2006)
Bertie Ahern: The legislation is necessary, I accept that.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2006)
Bertie Ahern: The legislation will be before this House and I hope Members help to get it through.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2006)
Bertie Ahern: It will provide for the first time for a statutory office, an office for the chief inspector of social services with specific responsibilities for registration and inspection in all nursing home places. New standards for long-term residential care facilities for older people have been prepared. I am not saying everything is up to 100% in every single place in the country. If it was, we...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2006)
Bertie Ahern: I am seekingââ
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2006)
Bertie Ahern: I am answering one question and there are 25 Deputies shouting at me. I do not know why they will not let me answer. I listened to Deputy Kenny but the Deputies do not want me to answer because they know we are trying extremely hard to improve these issues. They know there are people in nursing homes today who are working very hard. They know where there are indiscretions and that some...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2006)
Bertie Ahern: It is grand for me to take the blame. Is it all about blaming somebody? Is it not about trying to make matters better for the future?
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2006)
Bertie Ahern: In reply to Deputy Rabbitte, it is correct that the NRA decided at the beginning of this year, with the agreement of the Minister for Transport, to zero rate the West Link toll from mid-2008 and to compensate the NTR in accordance with the West Link agreement, the figures to be worked out in the negotiations as per the agreement. They also decided to terminate discussions with National Toll...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2006)
Bertie Ahern: I said 2035.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2006)
Bertie Ahern: My apologies.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2006)
Bertie Ahern: I think I said the second one, 2035.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2006)
Bertie Ahern: While I gave Deputy Rabbitte a detailed reply, he said that the only clear thing is that there is traffic on the M50. He is right â we all know there is traffic on the M50. I do not want to go into the history of itââ
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2006)
Bertie Ahern: ââbut the big issue at the time the M50 was built was whether it would be viable. The country had a population of 3.4 million which was declining. West Dublin had no new development at that time and questions were asked about whether the new motorway would work. In the first six months the concern was that it would be a financial white elephant. The country has moved on and 800,000...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2006)
Bertie Ahern: If there are 800,000 additional vehicles and 700,000 more people, a large proportion of them in Dublin, there will inevitably be more traffic. Deputy Rabbitte asked me what was the position. The issue of four lanes on a gantry was never accepted by the Minister, his Department or the Government. There was one issue, namely that we would move to barrier free tolling. There are no companies...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2006)
Bertie Ahern: It will take two years to bring this to completion in the ordered way advised by our best engineers.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2006)
Bertie Ahern: Decisions on such matters will be based on all the facts and will not be decided by a "yes" or "no" across the floor of this House.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2006)
Bertie Ahern: The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government is attending the conference in Nairobi this week and will be articulating Ireland's position. Delegates will continue discussions on a possible agreement to succeed the one made at Kyoto and Ireland will play a full part in that. The key focus is on involving countries that do not currently have emission reduction commitments....
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2006)
Bertie Ahern: I have already stated to the Deputy, today and a number of times, that we will introduce a carbon Bill.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2006)
Bertie Ahern: I have already stated that over the last number of years our national emissions have risen and that we must do more. The Minister has said several times that the downward trend cannot be maintained through existing policies so we must do more and there is no issue about that. Our experts have been working under the national climate change strategy to see what more we need to do than what we...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2006)
Bertie Ahern: May I answer? Why does the Deputy interrupt?
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2006)
Bertie Ahern: We will reduce our emissions by 11 million tonnes per annum through measures already in place and I have stated that this includes 3 million tonnes from power plants and large industry, and that this is not enough. Our economy has grown by 150% while our emissions grew by 23 %, but it is not enough. We have examined a range of measures and we will study the Stern report. As the full report...