Results 681-700 of 9,994 for speaker:John Gormley
- Order of Business. (29 Sep 2005)
John Gormley: That is not extraordinary at all.
- Order of Business. (29 Sep 2005)
John Gormley: Why has the alcohol products Bill been scrapped? If the voluntary code about which the Taoiseach spoke yesterday does not work, and I suspect it will not work, will it be re-introduced? As I said yesterday, it is the biggest problem we face in terms of a drugs problem.
- Order of Business. (29 Sep 2005)
John Gormley: If the voluntary codes do not workââ
- Order of Business. (29 Sep 2005)
John Gormley: That is disgraceful. The Minister has sold out to the alcohol industry in this case. It is disgraceful for the Minister for Health and Children to operate in that way.
- Overseas Missions. (29 Sep 2005)
John Gormley: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Defence the legislative or constitutional changes which are being considered by the Government to facilitate members of the Defence Forces to participate in European Union battle groups; if any of these measures will affect the triple lock method of authorising Irish troop deployments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26051/05]
- Overseas Missions. (29 Sep 2005)
John Gormley: I thank the Minister for his reply. He said recently during a visit to Haulbowline that he intends to bring the report to Cabinet at the end of September. Has the report not yet been considered or brought to Cabinet? I assume from his utterances and from the quotations in the article that the view he expressed previously in the House that he supports the triple lock method is no longer valid...
- Overseas Missions. (29 Sep 2005)
John Gormley: The Minister said that his impression is it can be done by way of legislative change. He said that there will be certain elements in the Dáil that will fight that legislative change tooth and nail. I wonder who these certain elements are and why would we want to change it if there is no real change?
- Overseas Missions. (29 Sep 2005)
John Gormley: Assuming the Minister obtains the report next week, when will the legislation be introduced, given that this involves a relatively small change? Does he agree that all these small changes are chipping away at the last vestiges of neutrality?
- Peacekeeping Missions. (29 Sep 2005)
John Gormley: Is it not the case that when General Meyers visited here the Minister went off sick but visited a barracks? The indication was that he had been instructed because of a possible embarrassment and unfavourable optics to go missing. Does he agree that the meetings outlined in his response reveal that we are hand in glove with the United States in military matters? This is confirmed almost every...
- Peacekeeping Missions. (29 Sep 2005)
John Gormley: That is how it was reported.
- Peacekeeping Missions. (29 Sep 2005)
John Gormley: Does the Minister not even take such instructions from the Taoiseach?
- Peacekeeping Missions. (29 Sep 2005)
John Gormley: That is not true.
- Peacekeeping Missions. (29 Sep 2005)
John Gormley: I would like to correct the record.
- Peacekeeping Missions. (29 Sep 2005)
John Gormley: I wish to correct the record.
- Peacekeeping Missions. (29 Sep 2005)
John Gormley: I will.
- Peacekeeping Missions. (29 Sep 2005)
John Gormley: The neutral states to which the Minister refers do not afford landing facilities to theââ
- Peacekeeping Missions. (29 Sep 2005)
John Gormley: Will the Minister confirm that all the other neutral states do not allow American troops to land on their soil to participate in the war in Iraq? Are we not being complicit by allowing them to do so? That is the case. Will the Minister also correct the record to say that this arrangement has not been in place for 50 years? A case was brought to the High Court and the judge found this...
- Peacekeeping Missions. (29 Sep 2005)
John Gormley: That is because it is not in the Constitution.
- Peacekeeping Missions. (29 Sep 2005)
John Gormley: The Minister should correct the record.
- Written Answers — National Emergency Plan: National Emergency Plan (29 Sep 2005)
John Gormley: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the July 2005 meeting of the national task force on emergency planning; if he will further report on the assessment made of suspected Islamic terrorist activities in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25787/05]