Results 9,261-9,280 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Fine Gael has always supported the timely transposition of EU directives into Irish law, but that is not simply a matter of good legislative housekeeping. EU directives are the method through which European legislation is enacted in each EU member state, the way in which the Union has a positive impact on the lives of European citizens. That is why the manner in which directives are...
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: That is right, the Minister would present it to himself.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: It is imperialism.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Absolutely.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: The Deputy is right about that.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Yes.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: That is right.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: He is here now.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Fianna Fáil is openly soliciting, which is illegal.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: He will be the man with the rockets.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: The Minister of State is encouraging the House to move off the point.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: He would be in charge of the bazookas.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: There are not as many note-givers on this side of the House as there are on the Government side, both inside and outside the House.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: That is what the Government is proposing to allow Ministers to do.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: It is hard to comply with that.
- Middle East Peace Process. (8 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his recent visit to the Middle East; the topics raised with the Israeli Foreign Minister during his recent meeting with her; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4444/07]
- Middle East Peace Process. (8 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Did the Minister obtain a flavour of the extent to which his remarks and suggestions to the various factions were received? Was there acceptance of the position he put forward? Was there recognition of the need on the part of the Israelis and Palestinians and both Palestinian factions to proceed in a constructive way in the future? Was there a recognition that the present impasse cannot...
- International Agreements. (8 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has discussed the US-India nuclear agreement with his counterpart in the US Administration or the Indian Government; the views of the Government on this agreement and on the way it impacts on nuclear non-proliferation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4445/07]
- International Agreements. (8 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Has the Minister posed questions about the extent to which this deal might impact upon the existing treaty and whether it might encourage breaches of the treaty? Might it be an example to friendly or unfriendly nations to breach or ignore the treaty in view of the fact that this particular deal is in place? Following his discussions with the American and Indian authorities, has the Minister...