Results 2,461-2,480 of 2,770 for speaker:Bernard Allen

EU Constitution. (8 Mar 2005)

Bernard Allen: I remind the Minister that there was a cock-up on a previous occasion and it must not happen again. The Minister should not think that people will be influenced by tomes of paper coming through their letter boxes. They will be influenced by leading political figures in this country debating the issue——

EU Constitution. (8 Mar 2005)

Bernard Allen: ——in the open but also by the misguided views of some of the British tabloid press which has a total bias against Europe and all it stands for.

EU Constitution. (8 Mar 2005)

Bernard Allen: I suggest the Minister is extremely foolish if he does not think that a fair percentage of the electorate will be influenced by some of the bias that emanates from the British media.

EU Constitution. (8 Mar 2005)

Bernard Allen: I have a fair few there.

Diplomatic Representation. (8 Mar 2005)

Bernard Allen: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position with regard to diplomatic relations between Ireland and Burma; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8064/05]

Diplomatic Representation. (8 Mar 2005)

Bernard Allen: Does the Minister agree that the decision in early 2004 to open diplomatic relations with both Burma and North Korea was the most bizarre and ill-judged? It gave an air of respectability to those two areas of repression, that have been described as outposts of tyranny. In the case of Burma, does the Minister agree that this decision, based on assumption that the opposition leader was to be...

Diplomatic Representation. (8 Mar 2005)

Bernard Allen: If it is better to engage, what engagements has the Minister had with these two countries since the end of Ireland's term in the EU Presidency?

Diplomatic Representation. (8 Mar 2005)

Bernard Allen: I am talking about Burma.

Nuclear Weapons Programme. (8 Mar 2005)

Bernard Allen: In view of the Minister's statement that the North Korean Government expelled the nuclear inspectorate in 2002, is it not strange that he decided to set up diplomatic relations with that country? How can he justify the decision to set up diplomatic relations with North Korea in those circumstances? I do not understand the Minister's defence of his decision, which was that Ireland had the...

Nuclear Weapons Programme. (8 Mar 2005)

Bernard Allen: It is the Minister who has his head in the sand.

Nuclear Weapons Programme. (8 Mar 2005)

Bernard Allen: The Minister should not hold his breath.

Nuclear Weapons Programme. (8 Mar 2005)

Bernard Allen: I do not understand the Minister's schizophrenic attitude to foreign policy. On the one hand he states we must have diplomatic relations in order to discuss issues on which we differ. On the other, the Minister has broken off relations by not proceeding to set up diplomatic links. The Minister cannot have it both ways. I do not understand his line of reasoning. The Government made rash...

Nuclear Weapons Programme. (8 Mar 2005)

Bernard Allen: The Minister asked me a question. May I answer it?

Nuclear Weapons Programme. (8 Mar 2005)

Bernard Allen: I would not concede anything to such countries until they carried out their promises. The Minister was sold a sucker. It is not the first time the Minister made a bad error.

Leaders' Questions. (8 Mar 2005)

Bernard Allen: The Chair has authority under Standing Order 31 in this regard.

Leaders' Questions. (8 Mar 2005)

Bernard Allen: Are you a slow reader?

Leaders' Questions. (8 Mar 2005)

Bernard Allen: The Chair has authority under Standing Order 31 in this regard.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (3 Mar 2005)

Bernard Allen: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself with regard to the numbers of persons from within State agencies who have indicated a willingness to decentralise with their agencies; and his views on the assessments from some of the agencies of the risk of damage to delivery of services. [7131/05]

Order of Business. (3 Mar 2005)

Bernard Allen: There was a nice shot of the Tánaiste on television.

Order of Business. (3 Mar 2005)

Bernard Allen: It was maladministration by Ministers.