Results 21,521-21,540 of 21,588 for speaker:Denis Naughten

Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)

Denis Naughten: Electronic houses.

Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)

Denis Naughten: The Taoiseach should keep digging.

Constitutional Amendments. (4 May 2004)

Denis Naughten: Aer Lingus might make use of them.

Constitutional Amendments. (4 May 2004)

Denis Naughten: In all probability it will be held.

Public Transport Regulation. (4 May 2004)

Denis Naughten: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Transport when he intends to update the Road Transport Act 1932; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12728/04]

Public Transport Regulation. (4 May 2004)

Denis Naughten: I wish to ask the Minister two separate specific questions. The first question is about the timetable for the legislation. This time two years ago in An Agreed Programme for Government, the Government promised reform of this legislation. The Minister has made numerous announcements to this effect since he came to office. The House is now being informed that it will happen during 2004. I ask...

Public Transport Regulation. (4 May 2004)

Denis Naughten: I figured that out.

Public Transport Regulation. (4 May 2004)

Denis Naughten: Will the Minister agree that if he had commenced the discussions when he came into office, we would not now be in this situation? My understanding and that of the Minister's Department as a result of legal advice is that there will be grandfather rights involved. What impact will this have on the franchising of routes? Has the Department any estimate of the financial loss to the State? The...

Public Transport Regulation. (4 May 2004)

Denis Naughten: Nobody knows where the Minister is coming from.

Light Rail Project. (4 May 2004)

Denis Naughten: As Johhny Logan said, "What's another year?"

Rail Safety. (4 May 2004)

Denis Naughten: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Transport when the railway safety commission will be established; if he has satisfied himself with the current arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12732/04]

Rail Safety. (4 May 2004)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for his response. However, it is now 12 months since we dealt with Committee Stage of this legislation and we still do not now when it will be progressed further. The Minister has established an interim commission. Will he outline the legal authority this commission possesses? I understand it has none. If this is the case, does it not make a farce of rail safety? The...

Rail Safety. (4 May 2004)

Denis Naughten: It was brought in the day before.

Rail Safety. (4 May 2004)

Denis Naughten: On a point of information, a Dáil reply I received last week states there is an interim railway safety commission which is supervising the RPA investigation.

Rail Safety. (4 May 2004)

Denis Naughten: Exactly. There is no legal basis for it.

Rail Safety. (4 May 2004)

Denis Naughten: Is it not unacceptable that the RPA is investigating itself? The former Minister, Senator O'Rourke, was very critical of CIE and Iarnród Éireann investigating themselves some years ago. That is why the legislation was brought forward. One cannot have an organisation taking an À la carte approach to what issues it will investigate. For example, the RPA has decided not to investigate the...

Rail Safety. (4 May 2004)

Denis Naughten: The legislation is inadequate, which the Minister has admitted.

Rail Safety. (4 May 2004)

Denis Naughten: We now have an organisation with no statutory power.

Rail Safety. (4 May 2004)

Denis Naughten: When?

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Denis Naughten: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. The phrase "I am not a racist but..." is what I and everyone else in this House hear in our clinics and in our constituencies. By means of the amendment before us, the Government will fuel this attitude in the run-up to and during the local election campaign right up to polling day. That is the sad aspect of this issue. If the Government came to...