Results 57,301-57,320 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- Irish Economy: Motion (17 Feb 2009)
Bernard Durkan: That is debatable.
- Irish Economy: Motion (17 Feb 2009)
Bernard Durkan: That is debatable.
- Irish Economy: Motion (17 Feb 2009)
Bernard Durkan: What sort of cap?
- Irish Economy: Motion (17 Feb 2009)
Bernard Durkan: It has nothing to do with competitiveness.
- Irish Economy: Motion (17 Feb 2009)
Bernard Durkan: The Minister was evicted also.
- Irish Economy: Motion (17 Feb 2009)
Bernard Durkan: What about five or six years ago? Why did the Minister not extend that invitation then?
- Irish Economy: Motion (17 Feb 2009)
Bernard Durkan: The Minister has a funny way of showing it.
- Order of Business (17 Feb 2009)
Bernard Durkan: I have three questions. Last week, the Taoiseach mentioned that preparation of the estate management legislation was imminent. Was it discussed in Cabinet since then and is it likely to appear before the House in the next couple of weeks?
- Order of Business (17 Feb 2009)
Bernard Durkan: I would like to get three answers so I will do my best. Apropos issues raised today and happenings over the past couple of weeks, I refer to promised legislation and existing legislation, namely, the company law Acts and the Companies Act 1990, which is the important legislation. In view of the obvious strains, or the failure in certain quarters over recent weeks to interpret how the Act is...
- Order of Business (17 Feb 2009)
Bernard Durkan: Was it discussed at Cabinet today?
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2009)
Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2009)
Bernard Durkan: There are many unanswered questions.
- Requests to Move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (17 Feb 2009)
Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.
- Order of Business (17 Feb 2009)
Bernard Durkan: They are out hugging trees.
- Order of Business (17 Feb 2009)
Bernard Durkan: Maybe he is trying to push the waves back like King Canute.
- Social Welfare Benefits. (12 Feb 2009)
Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State for coming into the House to reply to these Adjournment debates. However, it is the duty of the relevant line Minister or Minister of State to come before the House to answer the questions that are pertinent to their Departments. The Minister of State before us today should not be asked to double up for people who are absent. It is regarded as an insult to the...
- Social Welfare Benefits. (12 Feb 2009)
Bernard Durkan: We know.
- Social Welfare Benefits. (12 Feb 2009)
Bernard Durkan: No.
- Social Welfare Benefits. (12 Feb 2009)
Bernard Durkan: The Minister of State knows as well as I do that deciding officers used to treat firefighters differently.
- Social Welfare Benefits. (12 Feb 2009)
Bernard Durkan: The first paragraph of the Minister of State's reply was rubbish. Deciding officers are not independent â they are under the control of the Minister who decides on the policy to be followed in this area.