Results 4,141-4,160 of 4,915 for speaker:Jim O'Keeffe
- Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: Those bills come every month.
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: I wish to outline briefly why the proposal to take Report Stage now is not agreed. I do not accept the proposal to rush the Report Stage debate on the Bill. The Minister expects the Dáil to pass this legislation in the next 36 hours. As I was coming to the Chamber this morning, I was still being given further lists of amendments to be moved on Report Stage. We do not even have a composite...
- Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage. (22 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: We would have been prepared to do so too if we had all the amendments at the time.
- Order of Business. (22 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: They are running away with their tails between their legs.
- Leaders' Questions. (22 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: It is time for the Taoiseach to move over.
- Leaders' Questions. (22 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: That is a very poor excuse.
- Leaders' Questions. (22 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: It is a change from being a bully boy in the school yard.
- Leaders' Questions. (22 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: The Taoiseach knows there are 44 pages of amendments.
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (21 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce the doctor-only medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20922/05]
- Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (21 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: Question 509: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to strengthen the powers of the Criminal Assets Bureau. [21310/05]
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (21 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: Question 510: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether membership of armed gangs should be made a criminal offence; his proposals in this regard, setting out the proposed legislative basis for same. [21311/05]
- Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (21 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: Question 511: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether there is urgent need for reform of tribunal legislation; the costs and legal fees to date over the past ten years; his proposals for reform; and when he will introduce same. [21312/05]
- Morris Tribunal: Motion. (21 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: Deputy O'Donoghue also appointed him.
- Morris Tribunal: Motion. (21 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: The Minister is on the wrong track.
- Morris Tribunal: Motion. (21 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: That was not the basis on which the Minister produced the letter. He tried to blacken the former Minister, Nora Owen.
- Morris Tribunal: Motion. (21 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: He is being interrupted by Fianna Fail backbenchers.
- Morris Tribunal: Motion. (21 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: But promises have been broken.
- Morris Tribunal: Motion. (21 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: This debate should not be about the ego of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy McDowell. The danger is that the overbearing arrogance of the Minister tends to submerge the issues. What are those issues? The Minister tends to question the motivation of Members on this side of the House, particularly of colleagues in the Labour Party, but he fails to accept the genuine...
- Hospital Acquired Infections. (21 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the efforts she is making to curb the spread of MRSA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20881/05]
- Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)
Jim O'Keeffe: Was it not due to the tenacity of Deputies Howlin and Jim Higgins?