Results 49,441-49,460 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- Order of Business. (11 Nov 2010)
Bernard Durkan: I did not get that information.
- Order of Business. (11 Nov 2010)
Bernard Durkan: That is not what was promised and the Tánaiste knows it.
- Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (11 Nov 2010)
Bernard Durkan: On a point of order, with respect I suggest that this is an appropriate occasion on which Standing Orders should be suspended in order to accommodate a debate on an issue which relates to a major industry that was extinguished as a result of-----
- Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (11 Nov 2010)
Bernard Durkan: I am trying to raise a point of order.
- Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (11 Nov 2010)
Bernard Durkan: I have not finished my point of order. The point I am making relates to the suspension of Standing Orders to discuss an issue of major national importance. In fairness, the Ceann Comhairle is stating that Members will be accommodated in some other way. That is not the issue; the issue is that this is the appropriate mechanism to deal with the matter in question.
- Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (11 Nov 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Does the Chair not consider this matter important enough to debate?
- Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (11 Nov 2010)
Bernard Durkan: It is the most important matter with which the House can deal today.
- Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (11 Nov 2010)
Bernard Durkan: I do not want to be disorderly and I know the Ceann Comhairle does not want me to be disorderly. It is not in the interests of any Member to be disorderly in respect of this matter. As Deputies Stagg and Kehoe pointed out, Standing Order 32 is in place to deal with specific situations such as that which has arisen. If it is seen outside the House that the Ceann Comhairle does not believe...
- Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (11 Nov 2010)
Bernard Durkan: No, that will not be the case.
- Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (11 Nov 2010)
Bernard Durkan: With respect-----
- Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (11 Nov 2010)
Bernard Durkan: I will sit down when I have made the following serious point. This is the first opportunity of the day for Members to request a debate on a serious issue relating to a major industry. Is that not correct?
- Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (11 Nov 2010)
Bernard Durkan: No, it is provided for in Standing Orders. I ask the Ceann Comhairle to allow Standing Orders to take their due course and allow the debate to take place under this Standing Order.
- Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (11 Nov 2010)
Bernard Durkan: This is the appropriate Standing Order.
- Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (11 Nov 2010)
Bernard Durkan: This is the only Standing Order------
- Voluntary Housing Associations (10 Nov 2010)
Bernard Durkan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle, the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and the Minister of State for affording me the opportunity to raise this Adjournment matter once again in the House. I sympathise with the Minister of State opposite with whom I had this discussion last July. This matter relates to a voluntary housing scheme that was funded in its entirety by the Irish taxpayer through the capital...
- Written Answers — Economic Forecasts: Economic Forecasts (10 Nov 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible to achieve economic growth over the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42037/10]
- Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (10 Nov 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which his Department continues to monitor the competitiveness of the economy; the way this now compares with other EU member states those within the eurozone and without; the number of corrective measures if any proposed or intended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41654/10]
- Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (10 Nov 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which this economy is competitive in comparison to the most competitive within the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42036/10]
- Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (10 Nov 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of legislative measures already taken to safeguard the economy, the taxpayer and the country's international creditability in the wake of the banking and economic downturn; the number of further legislative proposals currently contemplated in this regard; when such proposals are likely to be passed into law having particular regard to...
- Written Answers — Banking Sector: Banking Sector (10 Nov 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that he has been given all the information regarding the full extent of indebtedness in the banking sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42034/10]