Results 9,321-9,340 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- National Oil Reserves Agency Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State and his officials. This is an important aspect of our democracy, the opportunity to go through legislation on Committee and Report Stages on a line by line basis. Scant regard is often paid to democracy in its truest form so I compliment all concerned for their contributions.
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: He has undergone a late conversion.
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: That is correct.
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: That is right.
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: They would have to go for kindling wood.
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Come home to Parlon country.
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: What about the sugarbeet industry?
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: It has progressed much more than the Government's thinking on the matter.
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: At least we are in the arena.
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: We read it and it was not unambiguous.
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: I read the Green Paper. The Government read our proposals before it published it.
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: The Minister is sheltering behind a wall of bureaucracy.
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: The sugarbeet industry disappeared because of bureaucracy and compliance with EU law.
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: We wondered why it was announced yesterday.
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: They will import the bio-fuels.
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: It will defeat the whole purpose of having our own bio-fuels industry.
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: The Minister knows much about the farming sector.
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: We know that supporting one's own industry starts at home.
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: The Minister has been in one long enough and he has not stopped.