Results 51,841-51,860 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Order of Business (5 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Departmental Expenditure (5 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 49: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which aspirations and objectives set by him at the launch of Transport 21 have been achieved to date or are on course; the extent to which the required capital for the programme remains available, likely to become available or is likely to be curtailed; if the stakeholders or service providers will choose the priorities for the...

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Bernard Durkan: They can hug trees to keep warm.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Bernard Durkan: That is not true.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Ducking and diving from it all.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Bernard Durkan: When? On Saturday or Sunday?

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I refer to none of the above.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I am delighted the Minister for Transport is so anxious to answer questions in the House this morning. It is not his usual post.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Bernard Durkan: He has them all lined up. That will be very useful for next week. I refer to the legal costs Bill. I have asked the Tánaiste previously about it in the House. There is much concern among the community in general about legal costs. Is there any indication from Government as to whether it intends to bring it into the House as a matter of urgency or maybe next year or maybe never? I have...

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Bernard Durkan: There has been painful progress of the Multi-Units Developments Bill which my colleague has also repeatedly raised in the House. My colleagues on all sides of the House have raised this matter.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Bernard Durkan: No, I am not asking about the Seanad.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Bernard Durkan: One never refers to the Seanad in this House, as the Ceann Comhairle is aware. That is the practice.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Bernard Durkan: This is in order and the Ceann Comhairle knows it as well as I do. Will the Tánaiste indicate when that Bill might appear in this House? Many people are concerned about it and wonder about the answer to the question. Will the Tánaiste give some indication? She is getting advice.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Bernard Durkan: No, it is not a matter for the other House. It is a matter for this House.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Bernard Durkan: It is promised in this House and it had been amended before it came here.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Will the Tánaiste indicate if it is possible to find out when we might expect to find it in this House? It might not come before the House before the summer.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Bernard Durkan: This is a serious matter.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Bernard Durkan: If this Bill does not come before the House before the summer recess, then a serious problem exists.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Will it come before the House before the summer recess?

Order of Business (29 Apr 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Someone should know.