Results 901-920 of 6,407 for speaker:Emmet Stagg

Order of Business. (24 Nov 2005)

Emmet Stagg: The Ceann Comhairle is not correct.

Order of Business. (24 Nov 2005)

Emmet Stagg: On the point that is causing the problem, it is not that the Standing Orders are wrong, it is the Ceann Comhairle's inflexible interpretation of Standing Orders. We ask, in a situation where a precedent has been set for a long time, that he is flexible. Then we would not waste Dáil time because I dare say the Tánaiste would answer in approximately five seconds.

Order of Business. (24 Nov 2005)

Emmet Stagg: I am sure she has an answer one way or another. I am not saying she does not have an answer.

Order of Business. (24 Nov 2005)

Emmet Stagg: That would solve the matter and would prevent this unnecessary time being used on procedure.

Order of Business. (24 Nov 2005)

Emmet Stagg: I have not finished my point. The Ceann Comhairle is not always right about Standing Orders. He is regularly wrong as was proved yesterday.

Order of Business. (24 Nov 2005)

Emmet Stagg: Why does she not do something about it?

Order of Business. (24 Nov 2005)

Emmet Stagg: Pontius Pilate.

Rail Services. (24 Nov 2005)

Emmet Stagg: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Transport if he proposes to reverse his policy in respect of the subsidisation of rail freight business in Ireland. [35892/05]

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (24 Nov 2005)

Emmet Stagg: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Transport the cost benefit analysis he has completed in respect of individual projects mentioned in Transport 21. [35970/05]

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (24 Nov 2005)

Emmet Stagg: Question 210: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of house burglaries and car thefts in the Kill area of County Kildare in the past five years; the detection rate for each; the number of gardaí allocated to duties in the Kill area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36147/05]

Nuclear Plants. (29 Nov 2005)

Emmet Stagg: Question 107: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to the assurances he received at his meeting with UK Secretary of State, Mr. Alan Johnson MP, on 19 October 2005, his views on whether the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland should be given the fullest information on the assessment of the threat of a terrorist attack at Sellafield and other...

Nuclear Plants. (29 Nov 2005)

Emmet Stagg: The very long-winded response of the Minister is a far cry from "Roche launches nuclear war on Blair". His spin doctor obviously got a different hand regarding the matter than the one he is presenting to us. A large section of the nuclear industry in Britain has been privatised. At a recent meeting of the committee, it emerged that while the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority that has been set...

Nuclear Plants. (29 Nov 2005)

Emmet Stagg: In a reply to my parliamentary question on 25 October, the Minister said that the Secretary of State had confirmed to him that the UK Government is undertaking a new review of the THORP plant with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, which assumed responsibility for the Sellafield site and operations in April 2005, following this year's serious incident. Is that review completed? Has the...

Nuclear Plants. (29 Nov 2005)

Emmet Stagg: There is a very definite proposal. It is not just an energy review. The British Government's energy review will report next summer and will look in detail at the development of a new generation of nuclear power stations. That is quite specific. Those stations will create waste and risk for Ireland. There will be no gain for Ireland. Has the Minister dealt with this in any way before it is a...

Nuclear Plants. (29 Nov 2005)

Emmet Stagg: A new anti-nuke club.

Election Management System. (29 Nov 2005)

Emmet Stagg: They do not have Fianna Fáil over there.

Litter Pollution. (29 Nov 2005)

Emmet Stagg: He was talking out of both sides of his mouth.

Political Donations. (29 Nov 2005)

Emmet Stagg: That must be what the focus groups are for. They tell the Minister which doors to knock on.

Political Donations. (29 Nov 2005)

Emmet Stagg: I must bring the Minister to Galway sometime. It is near where I come from. I will show him where the tent is.

Leaders' Questions. (29 Nov 2005)

Emmet Stagg: The Government has done nothing.