Results 3,141-3,160 of 3,200 for speaker:Pádraic McCormack
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 May 2004)
Pádraic McCormack: While I join other Deputies in thanking the commission for its report, unfortunately I do not share their optimism in believing we can stand back because the Government intends to give people space and re-examine the issue. What occurred during the Order of Business only reinforces my suspicion that the Government intends or wants to proceed, irrespective of the views of the Opposition. The...
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 May 2004)
Pádraic McCormack: I did not interrupt the Minister during his contributions.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 May 2004)
Pádraic McCormack: If the Minister continues with that attitude, I despair of him doing anything to correct the mess he is in. He has displayed arrogance throughout the debates on this issue. It was evident at the committee meeting on 18 December when experts from both sides, departmental officials and representatives of the manufacturers of the equipment appeared before the committee to discuss the issue and...
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 May 2004)
Pádraic McCormack: This concerns its essence. If there is a statutory commission to deal with this and remove it from the Minister's hands, there might be an opportunity to generate a consensus which would permit the introduction of electronic voting. Nobody has a difficulty with electronic voting per se. The â¬5 million spent by the public relations company showing people how to switch off electric lights and...
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 May 2004)
Pádraic McCormack: Who am I to advise the Minister? Perhaps he knows better. I might not have the Minister's expertise in other matters but I have enough common sense to know that when one is in a hole, one should stop digging and be careful about what one says.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 May 2004)
Pádraic McCormack: The Minister is entitled to his opinion and I am entitled to mine.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 May 2004)
Pádraic McCormack: My opinion is clear. I have listened to members of the public at meetings and other places. They wonder how one can trust, after the exposure of what happened in political circles over the last ten years, any Fianna Fáil Minister or Government to introduce electronic voting without believing â I am only quoting the general opinion â that there is some fiddle attached to it. That is what...
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 May 2004)
Pádraic McCormack: Why then is the system not being used?
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 May 2004)
Pádraic McCormack: That is fine.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Order for Report Stage. (4 May 2004)
Pádraic McCormack: The Minister saw no need for a Bill a month ago.
- Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)
Pádraic McCormack: The Minister should have listened.
- Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)
Pádraic McCormack: The Government is trying to get away with it.
- Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)
Pádraic McCormack: It is a fiddle.
- Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)
Pádraic McCormack: There is a limit on the Minister, Deputy Cullen.
- Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)
Pádraic McCormack: There is something wrong with the Government.
- Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)
Pádraic McCormack: The Taoiseach should check the minutes of the Committee on the Environment and Local Government.
- Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)
Pádraic McCormack: A great deal of time has been wasted.
- Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)
Pádraic McCormack: That is hard on me.
- Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)
Pádraic McCormack: The system can never again be trusted.
- Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)
Pádraic McCormack: So the commission was wrong?