Results 11,861-11,880 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)
Bernard Durkan: We do understand. We remember the Minister of State being out on the plinth criticising the Government not so long ago. Does he remember it?
- Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)
Bernard Durkan: We understand it. We remember the Minister of State, not so long ago, out on the plinth criticising the Government.
- Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Nobody but a bunch of clowns would try to defend electronic voting.
- Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)
Bernard Durkan: I thought the Minister of State had a modicum of intelligence but I now know that he is trying to defend the indefensible.
- Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)
Bernard Durkan: If his defence of electronic voting is like the rest of his speech, God help Ireland.
- Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Perhaps the other Members to whom Deputy Finian McGrath refers have not had the same experience as him.
- Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)
Bernard Durkan: That is co-location. The sell-out of the State.
- Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)
Bernard Durkan: He is a recent convert to privatisation.
- Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)
Bernard Durkan: I am sorry, but I just get upset about that.
- Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Which will result in the scaling down of the public health service. The Deputy should be ashamed of himself.
- Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Will it take the pressure off the newly built hospital?
- Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)
Bernard Durkan: If that animated action is going on in the Deputy's constituency, I would check it out tomorrow before it stops. I apologise to the Leas-Cheann Comhairle.
- Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)
Bernard Durkan: There is reform of a kind.
- Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Do not encourage me.
- Written Answers — Aer Lingus: Aer Lingus (6 Dec 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which the States shareholding in Aer Lingus has been or can be used for the benefit of the company and its international operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32828/07]
- Written Answers — Transport Policy: Transport Policy (6 Dec 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Transport the input he or his Department have retained in respect of policy making in the transport sector; if his Department envisages changes in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32829/07]
- Written Answers — Transport Policy: Transport Policy (6 Dec 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which he has direct or indirect influence on transport policy; the extent to which this influence has manifested itself to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33177/07]
- Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (6 Dec 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Transport the policy influence retained by his Department in Aer Lingus through the 25% shareholding in the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33157/07]
- Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (6 Dec 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which he anticipates Aer Lingus to operate in accordance with the Government's policy; if Government policy has yet to be determined in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33178/07]
- Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (6 Dec 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Question 131: To ask the Minister for Transport if he anticipates further executive decisions affecting policies to be pursued by Aer Lingus which might not be in accordance with the Government policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33179/07]