Results 3,421-3,440 of 4,915 for speaker:Jim O'Keeffe
- Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Feb 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: Deputy Eamon Ryan was in favour of the administrative penalties.
- Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Feb 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: This is what the argument is about. We seek the introduction of administrative sanctions for minor and technical offences. The amendment seeks to achieve that.
- Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Feb 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: I want to address my remarks to the House and to the Minister in particular in the most compelling manner I can. I want to speak not just on behalf of the Fine Gael Party or the fishermen in my coastal constituency but on what is virtually an all-party basis. I assure the Minister that what I have to say comes not just from me but from many conversations I have had with fisheries...
- Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Feb 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: There is no danger of that. The amendments produced show that all those Opposition Deputies who are pushing this issue have honestly attempted to grapple with the complexities involved. Despite his interest in sustainable fishing stocks, which we all share, Deputy Eamon Ryan has stated that he does not see a problem with administrative sanctions for minor and technical offences. He...
- Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Feb 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: There is a majority in this House because this coalition includes virtually every Deputy in Fianna Fáil with an interest in fisheries. I have spoken to many of them who encouraged us to proceed with these amendments. Above all, our approach has the support of people along our coast line, from north Donegal to my constituency of Cork South-West and along the south and east coasts. The...
- Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Feb 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: Hear, hear. The Deputy is not suggesting a guillotine for the Minister?
- Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Feb 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: We will not speak bad of the Deputy.
- Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Feb 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: We had better do that before the election.
- Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Feb 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: No.
- Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Feb 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: That is right. Give them a chance.
- Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Feb 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: It was black propaganda.
- Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Feb 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: We do not condone this.
- Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Feb 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: We are all out of step except the Minister.
- Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Feb 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: Has a single Member come in to support the Minister in this House?
- Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Feb 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: It was very hard on the Minister.
- Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Feb 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: The Minister should get out of his political box.
- Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Feb 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: Big deal.
- Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Feb 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: What has that got to do with the amendment?
- Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Feb 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: That is very nice of the Minister.
- Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Feb 2006)
Jim O'Keeffe: The Minister did not.