Results 641-660 of 28,255 for speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív
- Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (10 May 2005)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I accept one fair allegation. If we do our job well and we take care of the finances and affairs of the State well as a Government, it will help us get re-elected. Such is the way of matters. I have not heard of a Government or any system of politics that did not expect the electorate to vote on performance and the proposed performance of the Opposition. I have no doubt that if we spend this...
- Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (10 May 2005)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the Deputy.
- Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (10 May 2005)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I agree with the Deputy and will ensure that.
- Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (10 May 2005)
Éamon Ó Cuív: The Deputies are going about doing this the wrong way. I will go about doing this the way that is approved by the Attorney General and the Department of Finance. That is the correct way to do it. The Deputies have the right idea but have proposed the wrong method.
- Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (10 May 2005)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I mentioned my attitude towards freedom of information to reassure the Deputies on the one issue that is of relevance here, namely, whether I will put the wheels in motion to bring this board under the scope of the provisions of the Freedom of Information Acts. As a person who has an open mind on freedom of information, I will certainly do that, but I will do it in the way that is...
- Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (10 May 2005)
Éamon Ó Cuív: It is provided for in the Bill.
- Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (10 May 2005)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Three years.
- Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (10 May 2005)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I would if I could but I cannot.
- Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (10 May 2005)
Éamon Ó Cuív: To explainââ
- Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (10 May 2005)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Could I be allowed one minute?
- Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (10 May 2005)
Éamon Ó Cuív: We will need a majority of 60.
- Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (10 May 2005)
Éamon Ó Cuív: That is a Labour Party tactic.
- Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (10 May 2005)
Éamon Ó Cuív: That is not what I am saying. The Deputy can examine my record. He gets a chance every month to question my decisions. Everybody knows how we spend money on the RAPID and CLÃR programmes and how we decide the allocation for each area. It is based onâ
- Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (10 May 2005)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Is it fair?
- Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (10 May 2005)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Of course, it will.
- Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (10 May 2005)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I remember one night when Deputy Durkan was sitting where Deputy McGinley is now. He raised a question and spoke from his heart. When I replied that the issue related to an independent board and that the Minister could do nothing, he made a long speech. He spoke on how this House had derogated power to others and how this removed accountability from public representatives. I remember noting...
- Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (10 May 2005)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I did not hold it against the Minister concerned. I am probably wrong and should have learned to take a leaf out of the book of the Labour Party. Let us be honest, when announcements are made by the Dormant Accounts Fund Disbursements Board, Members telephone me but I have no say in the matter. They all want to tell their constituents the news. There is not a politician in the House who does...
- Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (10 May 2005)
Éamon Ó Cuív: It does not.
- Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (10 May 2005)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Can the current board do it?
- Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (10 May 2005)
Éamon Ó Cuív: What reasons was the Deputy given for not being able to do this?