Results 7,561-7,580 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- Written Answers — Meat Exports: Meat Exports (17 Oct 2006)
Bernard Durkan: Question 492: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the extent to which Irish lamb exports have maintained their position on European or World markets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33049/06]
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (17 Oct 2006)
Bernard Durkan: Question 495: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if and when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will qualify for installation aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33206/06]
- Written Answers — Third Level Grants: Third Level Grants (17 Oct 2006)
Bernard Durkan: Question 514: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a review will be undertaken in the application for educational grant in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32668/06]
- Written Answers — Third Level Grants: Third Level Grants (17 Oct 2006)
Bernard Durkan: Question 558: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made regarding an appeal against the decision to refuse educational grants for year ending 2005 in the case of a persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33207/06]
- Written Answers — Third Level Grants: Third Level Grants (17 Oct 2006)
Bernard Durkan: Question 559: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when an education grant will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33208/06]
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (17 Oct 2006)
Bernard Durkan: Question 600: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of once off housing units in respect of which planning permission has been granted throughout County Kildare in the years 2000 to date in 2006; the number refused in the same period; the extent to which such applications have been affected by the revised statutory guidelines issued by his...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2006)
Bernard Durkan: It gets worse.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2006)
Bernard Durkan: Deputy Rabbitte is the Minister responsible for everything.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2006)
Bernard Durkan: Why? It was free last week.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2006)
Bernard Durkan: This sounds like bluster.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2006)
Bernard Durkan: Why is the Taoiseach reading this out?
- Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2006)
Bernard Durkan: It was bought for nothing last year.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2006)
Bernard Durkan: The Government receives an annual dividend of â¬70 million from ESB and that money goes straight into its coffers.
- Standards in Public Office. (18 Oct 2006)
Bernard Durkan: Of course it is.
- Standards in Public Office. (18 Oct 2006)
Bernard Durkan: Disgraceful. It is of deep concern.
- Order of Business (18 Oct 2006)
Bernard Durkan: The Chair cannot go on like that.
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Instruction to Committee (18 Oct 2006)
Bernard Durkan: We have learned the degree to which Bills are subject to change on various Stages. The practice that has grown up in the past several years is accommodating for the Government but not for the Opposition or the public. In future, Ministers should bear in mind that it is not for their convenience alone that legislative procedures are put in place. I hope this is the last time we see this...
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Instruction to Committee (18 Oct 2006)
Bernard Durkan: The motion before the House is "an instruction to the Committee to which the Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006 may be recommitted in respect of certain amendments". In other words, part of the Bill is on Report Stage while other parts will be recommitted so that changes can be retrospectively applied on Committee Stage. This is not and never has been the correct approach to take....
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Instruction to Committee (18 Oct 2006)
Bernard Durkan: It could be called the "Obfuscated Energy Bill". The rehabilitation of lands affected by mines is a laudable and long overdue measure that will be of great importance to the people who live in the affected areas. The fourth amendment relates to the continued validity of planning or other consents for electricity, gas and other infrastructure developments upon commencement of the Planning and...
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (18 Oct 2006)
Bernard Durkan: I agree to proceed with the recommittal but I wish to put down a marker that in any such situation in the future I would like to see the whole Bill redrafted and returned for a Second Stage debate. It is highly unsatisfactory that a Bill comes in truncated versions and the final version bears no resemblance to theoriginal. I support the notions contained in amendment No. 97. It improves,...