Results 681-700 of 10,459 for speaker:Bertie Ahern

Resignation of Member. (23 Nov 2004)

Bertie Ahern: We wish him well.

Order of Business. (23 Nov 2004)

Bertie Ahern: It is proposed to take No. 10, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the amendments to the Convention establishing the European Telecommunications Satellite Organisation (back from committee); No. 11, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the amendments to the Convention for the establishment of the European Radiocommunications Office and the ratification of the...

Order of Business. (23 Nov 2004)

Bertie Ahern: The Government published its health reform programme 18 months ago. The changes of the Health Service Executive have been in the public domain since then.

Order of Business. (23 Nov 2004)

Bertie Ahern: I will try to answer the questions put by Deputies Rabbitte and Sargent. May I do so without interruption? Over the past 18 months, however, the Government has indicated that it is a major priority to implement the health service reform programme. Therefore, it intends that, on 1 January 2005, the Health Service Executive will take over the management of the health service from the health...

Order of Business. (23 Nov 2004)

Bertie Ahern: I understand you got a copy of it last Tuesday.

Order of Business. (23 Nov 2004)

Bertie Ahern: Deputy McManus is the spokesperson so I presume she briefed her party's Deputies.

Order of Business. (23 Nov 2004)

Bertie Ahern: I thought the last thing I would have to do is defend starting discussion on the Bill today, so that we would deal with it today, tomorrow and Friday.

Order of Business. (23 Nov 2004)

Bertie Ahern: Do people want less time to debate the Bill?

Order of Business. (23 Nov 2004)

Bertie Ahern: That is why we are having it today, tomorrow and Friday.

Order of Business. (23 Nov 2004)

Bertie Ahern: The Whips were informed.

Order of Business. (23 Nov 2004)

Bertie Ahern: They were informed yesterday.

Order of Business. (23 Nov 2004)

Bertie Ahern: It is our responsibility——

Order of Business. (23 Nov 2004)

Bertie Ahern: If giving more time to a Bill is dictatorship, that is a new type of dictatorship.

Order of Business. (23 Nov 2004)

Bertie Ahern: I am not much in possession as this is the third time Deputy McManus has interrupted me. However, at least it is giving me an opportunity to state that the Deputy has had the Bill for over a week and she has had the proposals for 18 months. If Deputies are asking me to withdraw the Bill today and to take it only tomorrow and Friday, we can look at that.

Order of Business. (23 Nov 2004)

Bertie Ahern: If, however, Deputies want to have it debated today, tomorrow and Friday, we will go on to Committee Stage next week and Report and Final Stages the following week, and it will be in the Seanad right up to the Christmas recess. I have repeatedly explained to the House that this is an urgent Bill and, so that it would not be complex, we took out the entire section on the information and...

Order of Business. (23 Nov 2004)

Bertie Ahern: I thank the Deputy for his comments on the talks. I still cannot be certain how this will move into a debate. As the Deputy has said, our difficulty is that we are in different levels of the debate. However, I have tried to brief all the parties over the weekend. I had a long meeting yesterday with the SDLP and we have also talked to the other parties. While we have not given them the...

Order of Business. (23 Nov 2004)

Bertie Ahern: We will put it on the website as soon as possible and then issue the documents, if we have any documents on the matter. We made a commitment on the traffic corps in An Agreed Programme for Government. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform set out the time-table from the strategic review today, pointing out the changes that will lead to the enforcement of traffic law. The number of...

Order of Business. (23 Nov 2004)

Bertie Ahern: The substantial increase in medical cards above the increase in the limit for those currently on medical cards will require legislation.

Order of Business. (23 Nov 2004)

Bertie Ahern: I made no statements at the weekend about Aer Lingus. Last week I thanked the management, the board and the workers in Aer Lingus.

Order of Business. (23 Nov 2004)

Bertie Ahern: I will bring that matter to the attention of the Minister for Foreign Affairs.