Results 1,561-1,580 of 9,994 for speaker:John Gormley
- Order of Business. (8 Jun 2006)
John Gormley: There has been a call for an investigation. Is the Government going to bring forward that investigation? It appears there will be no investigation or statement.
- Order of Business. (8 Jun 2006)
John Gormley: The report will exonerate everybody and place responsibility on nobody.
- Graffiti Offences. (8 Jun 2006)
John Gormley: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to raise the issue of graffiti vandalism, a problem which is becoming worse by the day in Dublin city and elsewhere. From previous parliamentary questions I put down on this issue, it appears the Government does not have a coherent strategy to deal with this issue. Local authorities are only now becoming aware that there is a serious...
- Written Answers — Asylum Policy: Asylum Policy (8 Jun 2006)
John Gormley: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the comments contained in Amnesty International's Report 2006, warning that further flashpoints similar to the recent hunger strike by Afghani men will continue to occur under our current asylum system; the plans he has to review the asylum process; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (8 Jun 2006)
John Gormley: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the numbers of Afghani nationals who have been deported in the period end 2001 to 1 June 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22205/06]
- Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (8 Jun 2006)
John Gormley: Question 145: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on exercise Eagle at Shannon Airport on 25 April 2006, which tested the effectiveness of the emergency services if a passenger aircraft with a cargo of chemicals crashed at Shannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22012/06]
- Leaders' Questions. (13 Jun 2006)
John Gormley: That is not the question. The Taoiseach is not answering the question.
- Leaders' Questions. (13 Jun 2006)
John Gormley: The Taoiseach is not answering the question.
- Order of Business. (13 Jun 2006)
John Gormley: A Cheann Comhairle, on the same matterââ
- Order of Business. (13 Jun 2006)
John Gormley: On a point of order, all the Deputies want is a copy of the legislation.
- Order of Business. (13 Jun 2006)
John Gormley: The Taoiseach should ensure we receive a copy of the legislation as a matter of urgency.
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (13 Jun 2006)
John Gormley: Question 89: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the lack of consistency between planning authorities on the question of whether solar panels require planning permission is hindering uptake of the technology and if he will consider issuing planning guidelines setting out the conditions in which the installation of solar panels is exempt from...
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (13 Jun 2006)
John Gormley: Question 100: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of his recent discussions (details supplied) with Environment Commissioner, Mr. Stavros Dimas on the issue of high levels of retrospective planning permissions and Ireland's compliance with the Environmental Impact Assessments Directive; and his plans to introduce legislation that would reduce the...
- Human Rights Issues: Motion (Resumed). (14 Jun 2006)
John Gormley: Last Monday at a debate in Ranelagh about the nature of republicanism my constituency colleague, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, told the audience that a republic was based on the rule of law.
- Human Rights Issues: Motion (Resumed). (14 Jun 2006)
John Gormley: If that is so then the United States which is also a republic has abandoned the rule of law, dispensed with the niceties of international treaties and tramped roughshod over human rights legislation. At the meeting the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform assured the audience that if there was any evidence at all that the United States was acting in bad faith the Irish Government...
- Human Rights Issues: Motion (Resumed). (14 Jun 2006)
John Gormley: We know that planes used for the purposes of extraordinary rendition landed at Shannon Airport. There is absolutely no doubt about this.
- Human Rights Issues: Motion (Resumed). (14 Jun 2006)
John Gormley: There is doubt about whether there were prisoners on board because we have not checked. This is the issue. I say directly to the Minister that these planes landed and refuelled at Shannon. Did the Government facilitate this? I find it difficult to believe it did not. The Government must have known. Amnesty International has a list of CIA plans as long as one's arm. Is the Government saying it...
- Written Answers — Health Strategy: Health Strategy (14 Jun 2006)
John Gormley: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has had collaboration with the Department of Health and Children to address the need for a specific rural health strategy as was recently advocated by the Irish Rural Link. [22789/06]
- Written Answers — Voluntary Sector: Voluntary Sector (14 Jun 2006)
John Gormley: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will expand upon the policy proposals expressed by the Secretary General of his Department at the recent conference of the Wheel. [22790/06]
- Written Answers — Anti-Social Behaviour: Anti-Social Behaviour (14 Jun 2006)
John Gormley: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the proposed anti-graffiti pilot project in the Dublin South East constituency; the measures proposed; the areas in which the project will be undertaken; the date on which the project is to commence; the length of the project; the project's estimated cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23065/06]