Results 1,281-1,300 of 1,714 for speaker:John Dardis
- Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 May 2006)
John Dardis: Those who have been appointed to the board will do the job very well. I endorse Senator Feeney's point about excluding public representatives. Two Bills were amended, including one while Deputy Michael D. Higgins was Minister, to allow local public representatives to be included on such boards. They should not be excluded, although Members of the Oireachtas should be. Local public...
- Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 May 2006)
John Dardis: They are not. Senator Ross is wrong again.
- Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (16 May 2006)
John Dardis: Senator Ross stated that road safety is not a matter for political approval. The Minister will not be involved in approving road safety issues. Members of the Joint Committee on European Affairs visited Tallinn in Estonia recently. If one has an accident in Estonia and has alcohol in one's system, one is presumed to be culpable. That is the way it should be. The State can improve signs in...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (17 May 2006)
John Dardis: The independent republic of North Great Georges Street.
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (17 May 2006)
John Dardis: They do not want to make silage, so they put plastic on top of it.
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (17 May 2006)
John Dardis: If they could not bring it in from Northern Ireland, they would be whinging.
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (17 May 2006)
John Dardis: I am not.
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (17 May 2006)
John Dardis: Oh my goodness.
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (17 May 2006)
John Dardis: Fine Gael will have talked them out of business well before that ever happens.
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (17 May 2006)
John Dardis: Deputy Hayes got his answer in the Dáil from the Commissioner.
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (17 May 2006)
John Dardis: With the Green Party and the Independents.
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (17 May 2006)
John Dardis: How does Senator Bannon propose to stop that?
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (17 May 2006)
John Dardis: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (17 May 2006)
John Dardis: The polluter pays.
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (17 May 2006)
John Dardis: I propose to share my time with Senator Brennan.
- Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (17 May 2006)
John Dardis: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, to the House to debate what is obviously an important matter. When we look back on this period 20 years hence, we will wonder how society allowed our environment to be damaged to such an extent. We have remembered other times where people suffered physical and sexual violence, major sources of anger, controversy and pain. In 20 years, we...
- Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (23 May 2006)
John Dardis: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?
- Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (23 May 2006)
John Dardis: When is it proposed to sit again?
- Seanad: Local Authority Operations: Motion. (24 May 2006)
John Dardis: I move: That Seanad Eireann, noting public concern about: âthe role of management companies in new housing estates, and charges being imposed on residents; âconflicts of interest which can arise when senior planning officials take up employment with development companies operating in the same local area; âthe imposition of large development levies, and special development levies by...
- Seanad: Local Authority Operations: Motion. (24 May 2006)
John Dardis: I am fascinated that the intensity of the thunder emanating from the Opposition benches on the Order of Business on certain issues is only matched by the silence from Opposition Senators when the matters in question are debated in detail. I thank those Senators who contributed to the debate and I am sure the Minister will take on board the useful proposals they made. I am encouraged also by...