Results 51,461-51,480 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Order of Business. (20 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Countless constituents of all Members of this House-----

Order of Business. (20 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: While I will tell the Ceann Comhairle the legislation to which I refer, I would not want to give let him know too soon. Many people outside this House are wondering at present-----

Order of Business. (20 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: -----what is the answer to this question. I once again ask the Ceann Comhairle to help me.

Order of Business. (20 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I ask the Tánaiste, through the Ceann Comhairle, whether the health information Bill could be introduced, even secretly, into the House in order that Members could examine it and perhaps have a debate on it. Perhaps the Minister might follow on, along with the Bill, in an effort to provide some explanation.

Order of Business. (20 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Does the Ceann Comhairle realise the seriousness of the predicament I am in?

Order of Business. (20 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Must Members then wait until later this year before the people who are suffering while awaiting hip operations and all the other things such as the processing of medical cards, appeals of all descriptions, rent supports and mortgage supports-----

Order of Business. (20 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Must Members wait-----

Order of Business. (20 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: So, the answer is "No" and Members will not see it in this session.

Order of Business. (20 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: It is not going to happen this session.

Order of Business. (20 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: My last question on promised legislation concerns the national vetting bureau Bill, which also is urgently required legislation. It has been promised to me several times, as well as to many other Members on all sides of the House. Can the Tánaiste provides Members with a hint as to what progress might be?

Order of Business. (20 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Does that mean the Bill will be before the House next week?

Order of Business. (20 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Order of Business. (20 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: The Tánaiste must check Senator Boyle's Twitter.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (20 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: That surely merits adjournment.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (20 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (20 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: That is typical.

Order of Business. (20 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Which comes first?

Order of Business. (20 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Order of Business. (20 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: That sounds extraordinary.

Order of Business. (20 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I fully support the reservations expressed by a number of colleagues on this side of the House. This is a matter I have brought to the Ceann Comhairle's attention many times. We need to revert to the situation that used to prevail in the House. Ministers used to answer questions, reply to Adjournment matters and appear in the House without taking the long absences that some current...