Results 15,001-15,020 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: I would not like the Ceann Comhairle to be in a difficult position.
- Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: I have come to the conclusion that the Ceann Comhairle knows it is in order.
- Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: I would like to raise two other issues. In recent times, there has been an increase in the use of pipe bombs and other explosives in Dublin. It is proposed to replace the Explosives Act 1875 with a modern statutory legislative framework for the control, manufacture, storage, importation and supply of explosives. The text of the Bill has been drafted and agreed. In view of the urgency of...
- Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: Perhaps there should be a value for money audit of all the stupid decisions the Government has made.
- Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: What about electronic voting?
- Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: We need to look at the Minister's area as well.
- Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.
- Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.
- Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.
- Establishment of Sub-Committee: Motion (2 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: I endorse the comments made by my colleagues in welcoming the establishment of the sub-committee. As other speakers have observed, we are faced with a tall task in the aftermath of the rejection of the Lisbon treaty referendum. Nevertheless, it is a task that is winnable and which can be undertaken satisfactorily. Interestingly, when the Joint Committee on European Affairs had its first...
- Establishment of Sub-Committee: Motion (2 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: A good question.
- Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: Wow.
- Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: For better or worse.
- Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: Some of them are tall stories.
- Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: I apologise for the absence of my colleague, Deputy Simon Coveney, who is attending the funeral of a family friend. I welcome the introduction of the Bill. It is important legislation in terms of the role and influence which broadcasting has in our society. The Minister is correct to state that we are at a crossroads and we are examining new ground and moving into a new era. Over the...
- Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: That is correct. Thursday would not be a great day for it.
- Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: Absolutely. At the same time, this is an important issue that must be borne in mind. Broadcasting of every form reflects society and on what we do. Particularly, it affects what we do in this House. I know one of the proposals is for an Oireachtas channel and I supported this from the outset. It is a great idea and would be of great importance because it would bring to the public the...
- Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: The Minister is probably correct. The public broadcaster has responsibilities to the public. It also has responsibilities to the State. The balance achieved between these is of obvious importance. I would love to have been a fly on the wall during the recent discourse between the director general of the national broadcaster and the Minister for Finance about a recent edition of...
- Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: That is the point I wanted to make. I would be aggrieved by some of the things the broadcasters would say, but I am not sure that it would be of benefit to remonstrate with them. What was happening in the programme was probably not in the financial interest, but it may well have been in the public interest. The issues raised were issues that everybody was concerned about at the same time....
- Written Answers — Organised Crime: Organised Crime (2 Oct 2008)
Bernard Durkan: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of organised crime gangs operating here; his proposals to bring their activities to an immediate stop; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32955/08]