Results 9,861-9,880 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (8 Mar 2007)
Bernard Durkan: I was the only one to do so in my constituency.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (8 Mar 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (8 Mar 2007)
Bernard Durkan: The Government is doomed.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (8 Mar 2007)
Bernard Durkan: A change in government would ensure that.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (8 Mar 2007)
Bernard Durkan: It will happen in due course.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (8 Mar 2007)
Bernard Durkan: It is part of the plan.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (8 Mar 2007)
Bernard Durkan: I am glad of the opportunity to say a couple of words on this legislation, most of which the Minister sitting opposite is anticipating with a certain amount of relish, glee and welcome. However, I do not take the line that many other speakers have taken on this issue. I will start with the Minister's explanation, which is correct, as to how the legislation came about and the decision taken...
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (8 Mar 2007)
Bernard Durkan: I am afraid that in recent times he has started to behave in the same slick, smart alec way as his colleague, the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, who regularly answers such questions by referring to a question he answered six months previously. I remind Ministers that the answering of parliamentary questions should be taken seriously. Many officials in each...
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (8 Mar 2007)
Bernard Durkan: It is getting worse.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (8 Mar 2007)
Bernard Durkan: For bombast, the Minister holds the record.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (8 Mar 2007)
Bernard Durkan: I have been listening to the Minister for 20 years.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (8 Mar 2007)
Bernard Durkan: That is the Minister's problem.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (8 Mar 2007)
Bernard Durkan: The Minister should come to my constituency.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (8 Mar 2007)
Bernard Durkan: The Minister need not wonder in our case.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (8 Mar 2007)
Bernard Durkan: The Minister should not go there.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (8 Mar 2007)
Bernard Durkan: The Minister should deal with them.
- Food Safety Standards. (8 Mar 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied that all beef, lamb or pig meat imported into Ireland is compliant with the standards of hygiene, husbandry and traceability applicable here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9133/07]
- Written Answers — National Bovine Herd: National Bovine Herd (8 Mar 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the strength of the bovine herd; the extent to which the numbers have increased or decreased in the past 10 years on a yearly basis; if the current number is adequate to meet the requirements of the beef and dairy industry without curtailment of either; if herd reduction is deemed to be a wise tactic in the context of the World Trade...
- Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (8 Mar 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status in the application for family reunification in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9327/07]
- Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (8 Mar 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects conclusion of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9328/07]