Results 4,541-4,560 of 7,278 for speaker:Dick Roche

Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: It is still there.

Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: I am smiling because I expect the Deputy to canvass for a "Yes" vote during the next EU referendum campaign.

Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: The Deputy should persuade some of her friends to vote "Yes".

Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: The Deputy is right.

Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: I apologise. I was just agreeing with the Deputy.

Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: The Deputy is somewhat like Chemical Ali, he is some man to talk.

Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: The Deputy is a craven hypocrite.

Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: I certainly will. It is an accurate reflection on the Deputy but I will withdraw it.

Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: I certainly will.

Building Control Bill 2005: Order for Second Stage. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." It gives me great pleasure to address this House on the occasion of the Second Reading of the Building Control Bill 2005. I regard this Bill as a major consumer protection measure. It is undeniable that building or buying a house is the biggest single investment made by most citizens. It is also true that the standard of investment in the...

Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: Given my years of training.

Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: Almost as long as Deputy Kenny. I hope the Bill will win cross-party support, and am aware certain aspects will do so. The Bill achieves good consumer protection on a number of levels. It will assure the public that people calling themselves architects, building surveyors and quantity surveyors are properly qualified. It also strengthens the enforcement of building control law to ensure that...

Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: The local authorities bear some responsibility for this.

Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: The local councils are not doing their jobs if that is what is happening.

Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: It will be published next Thursday.

Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: Yes, but there has been argument as to whether there are enough. I will provide the Deputy with the figures

EU Directives. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: The Deputies know the reason. At that time there was not the degree of agreement on it. In this process I have listened carefully to what farmers and my advisers have said about how to protect the environment and reach a balance. I do not want to apply the regulation and finally bring this hiatus to an end in a way that damages farmers, nor would the Deputy or his party wish that either. One...

EU Directives. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: I do not want to continue to focus on this issue because it is not helpful — so much has been said by different persons from Teagasc that it is not helpful because we have had different statements from time to time in the recent past——

EU Directives. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: I am simply telling the truth and telling it as it is.