Results 761-780 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Order of Business. (30 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: It does. Have they applied——

Order of Business. (30 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: ——to make a statement on misleading the House over the National Aquatic Centre?

Order of Business. (30 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: Deputy Gallagher said the other night that the damage was——

Order of Business. (30 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: ——caused by wind. It was not caused by wind.

Order of Business. (30 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: We want——

Order of Business. (30 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: ——in accordance with——

Order of Business. (30 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: I have asked about this 20 times and they have consistently misinformed the House.

Order of Business. (30 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: You are the Ceann Comhairle. It is your job to ensure that the Ministers do not tell untruths——

Order of Business. (30 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: ——or mislead the House.

Order of Business. (30 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: I asked if the Taoiseach——

Order of Business. (30 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: ——and the Minister of State made a request to make a statement to the House.

Order of Business. (30 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: Have they made a request to the Ceann Comhairle to make a statement to the House?

Order of Business. (30 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: Have they made a request?

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (30 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: My colleague, Deputy Howlin, had hoped to be here but with the change in timing due to the debate on risk equalisation in health insurance, he has another meeting. The Minister of State should clarify what discussions he has had with the Oireachtas Commission and if the commission has been fully consulted on the amendments being introduced. There was confusion on the last occasion and the...

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (30 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: I find this puzzling. In the event of a crisis, if the Clerk of the Dáil was dismissed, which has never happened, it would constitute a grave crisis in the administration of the Dáil. If it was done by the Taoiseach, it would inevitably be seen as a heavily politicised decision by the Government of the day. The Houses of the Oireachtas Commission has been established with some degree of...

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (30 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: We are asking the Minister of State for an explanation.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (30 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: We are not getting an explanation. It is coming up to the holidays and all Members are anxious to have a break. Consequently, although the Minister of State and I have sparred on many occasions, I do not wish to reopen it now because for the most part it is lost.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (30 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: The Minister of State's briefing note mentioned appointments made by the British Prime Minister. I am not a lawyer, but as I understand it, the critical difference between our Houses of the Oireachtas and the situation in the United Kingdom where powers of appointment rest with the British Prime Minister, is that the United Kingdom does not have a written constitution. We have a Constitution...

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (30 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: Yes. They are all part of the Commonwealth and the old British empire. We however, are not and I have not heard the Minister refer to republican countries like ours. Has the Minister of State seen the written advice of the Attorney General? Has he had an opportunity to examine and discuss it? The reason he has given to the House does not stand up, from my limited conversations with lawyers...

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (30 Jun 2005)

Joan Burton: I asked the Minister of State a simple question. Has he seen the Attorney General's advice?