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- Seanad: Order of Business. (10 May 2006)
John Dardis: Not the Garda SÃochána.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (10 May 2006)
John Dardis: It is a speech.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (10 May 2006)
John Dardis: Money is not the problem.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (10 May 2006)
John Dardis: Who gave the money in the first place?
- Seanad: Order of Business. (10 May 2006)
John Dardis: Those groups got none when the Senator's party was in Government.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (10 May 2006)
John Dardis: Politically speaking, of course.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (10 May 2006)
John Dardis: Get her to manage Ireland as well.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (10 May 2006)
John Dardis: Did she go to Senator Hayes's house as well?
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 May 2006)
John Dardis: There is no chance of that with Senator Ryan.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 May 2006)
John Dardis: It is a virus.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 May 2006)
John Dardis: The next time Senator Coghlan meets a Minister in a bar, he should bring notepaper with him.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 May 2006)
John Dardis: The Senator is well over par.
- Seanad: Migration Report: Statements. (11 May 2006)
John Dardis: I join with other Members in welcoming the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Killeen, to the House. I, along with Senators Quinn and McDowell, am a member of the joint committee that produced the report. The report represents consensus but inevitably with consensus there are nuances and some Members may take a different approach to aspects of the...
- Seanad: Deaths of Former Members: Expressions of Sympathy. (16 May 2006)
John Dardis: On behalf of the Progressive Democrats, I join the other groups in extending our sympathy to the family, friends and party colleagues of the late Senators John M. Mannion and Pat Codd. Like Senator O'Toole, I would have met the late Senator Mannion with Maurice Manning when he was Leader of the House. Both Senators Mannion and Codd came from distinguished families in their respective parts of...
- Seanad: Deaths of Former Members: Expressions of Sympathy. (16 May 2006)
John Dardis: The Deputy is making up for that now.
- Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 May 2006)
John Dardis: Like Independent Newspapers.
- Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 May 2006)
John Dardis: Not for the first time, Senator Ross has drawn himself up to his full 5 ft 7 in. of indignation and is completely wrong.
- Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 May 2006)
John Dardis: The chairperson of the board is Mr. Gay Byrne, whom we all know to be an estimable man, well capable of doing this job. Other members include Ms Ãine Cornally, director of customer support services, Bank of Ireland; an employee of a firm of solicitors, a former Secretary General at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; an employee of Dublin Institute of Technology; and a RoSPA...
- Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 May 2006)
John Dardis: I thank the Acting Chairman for her protection. I tend to provoke the worst in Senator Ross. Other members include the former county manager of Westmeath County Council; a rally driver; the general manager at Cork University Hospital; and a former assistant director general of FÃS. Surely all of these people are well qualified. The Minister will take political responsibility if things go wrong.
- Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 May 2006)
John Dardis: It is a feature of our democratic system that politicians take responsibility when things go wrong.