Results 161-180 of 1,714 for speaker:John Dardis
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: People submit a freedom of information request, get the information handed to them on a plate and do what they will with it.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: That is bad journalism and there is a lot of it about. It has been suggested that those of us who are in public life do not want our salaries or expenses disclosed. Those are matters in the public domain. The information is available in the Institute of Public Administration yearbook so it is not even necessary to use freedom of information but one should be allowed to do so. It is of course...
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: âinformation that is held about them. If the State holds information about me as a citizen, I should have the absolute right to that information. That is a different issue from the other issue which is getting a lot of attention. Certain rights have attendant responsibilities. Section 25 of the Bill deals with records relating to the costing by a public body of a proposal of a political...
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: Nobody on this side has said that freedom of information should be abolished. We are saying that it should be delimitedâ
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: I have dealt with the guillotine and I will deal with it again if the Senator wishes.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: We do not have a guillotine. If we had a guillotine we would be out of this House at half past nine and we could resolve the issue with a question to the House. We do not have guillotines in the Seanad. When I was on the other side of the House I resisted them. We have not used them in this Government or the previous one. Matters are concluded by agreement of the House and not by a guillotine...
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: On the basis of that diversion, I will conclude. I intend to vote for the Bill.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: And half the House.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: The Senator is being anticipatory.
- Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (5 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: On behalf of the Progressive Democrats, I join with the other groupings in the House to express sympathy to the family of the late former Senator, Patrick O'Reilly. His achievements have been enumerated by the Leader, as has his remarkable 25 years of continuous service in this House. It is significant that he volunteered to leave early and at a relatively young age. He was elected when he...
- Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (5 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: He also served at VEC and other local authority level. His history of public service was significant and ought to be saluted by the House. The Progressive Democrats express their sympathy to his family, his party colleagues and his friends.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: I am conscious of the fact that we are subject to a sessional order and that we must conclude the Order of Business within a specified period. In that context, all of us need to be aware of the fact that some people may wish to speak and if we keep speaking on the Order of Business, they will not have an opportunity to do so. I congratulate the Taoiseach and the British Prime Minister on the...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: I did not suggestâ
- Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: There were heated words.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: I did not suggest that.
- Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: One might be prompted to say, "There are none so deaf as those who will not hear." The Fine Gael contribution could be described as a waste of time, or more accurately, a time of waste. It is important that this side of the House should register its support for the Minister and that there is no equivocation about it. The Minister was described as "arrogant" in a phrase which has been...
- Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: Everything I have heard so far in this debate is a contradiction of the need for society as a whole to protect our environment or the need for the polluter to pay. The standards we are attempting to apply are ones which have been applied on the Continent. We must apply them here as we have no discretion about the matter. Even if we did have discretion we should still apply the standards.
- Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: I did not refer to any Senator in particular.
- Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: The other matter was on the Order of Business this morning and if that is the Senator's interpretation I can do nothing about it.
- Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: He said it in public.