Results 2,741-2,760 of 7,278 for speaker:Dick Roche
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)
Dick Roche: That is not true.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)
Dick Roche: I will return to it. The Deputy can be assured it is wrong.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)
Dick Roche: I just said I would return to it.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)
Dick Roche: There is a campaign.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)
Dick Roche: Is the Deputy serious?
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)
Dick Roche: I was thinking of doing so.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)
Dick Roche: The UK has not acted yet. It is consulting; we are acting. It is one of the occasions when we are to the fore.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)
Dick Roche: It would be a business to business arrangement.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)
Dick Roche: I did not think the Deputy's party had that difficulty with its voters.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)
Dick Roche: That will give me a sleepless night.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Order for Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)
Dick Roche: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)
Dick Roche: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The main purpose of the Bill is to provide specific arrangements for voting by prisoners. In Ireland, there is no legal prohibition on voting by prisoners, once they meet the standard qualifying criteria under electoral law which apply on a general basis. While a person in legal custody may be registered as an elector under section 11(5) of...
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)
Dick Roche: The Deputy is always well informed, focused and to the point.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)
Dick Roche: The Deputy still does not deserve to be over here.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)
Dick Roche: There were hanging chads.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (5 Oct 2006)
Dick Roche: Or recycled.
- Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (4 Oct 2006)
Dick Roche: To date, all implementation deadlines set by the Water Framework Directive have been achieved on time by Ireland. In fact, by any objective standard, there has been remarkable progress over the lifetime of this Government in relation to the protection and improvement of water quality. This includes: an increase in waste water treatment capacity since 2000 equivalent to the needs of a...
- Written Answers — Regional Development: Regional Development (4 Oct 2006)
Dick Roche: I launched the Atlantic Gateways Initiative in Galway on 14 September as an important development in the continuing implementation of the National Spatial Strategy. The report explores how the four gateways can become an increasingly interconnected and developed network of co-operating and complementary cities. This can, in turn, enhance the development potential of all four gateways and...
- Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (4 Oct 2006)
Dick Roche: The Waste Shipment Regulation (EEC) No. 259/93 of 1 February 1993 sets out the controls applicable to shipments of waste within, into, and exported out of the European Union and has direct application in Ireland. All shipments of waste must follow various procedures and control regimes, which are determined by the type of waste shipped and the type of treatment that will be applied to the...
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (4 Oct 2006)
Dick Roche: A number of issues have arisen recently in relation to the regulation of entertainment and other late night venues such as licensed premises, adult entertainment venues and casinos. Careful consideration is needed of whether the planning code is an appropriate mechanism to regulate these activities either alone or in conjunction with other regulatory regimes. Entertainment venues and shops,...