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Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)

Bernard Durkan: The Lexus is very environmentally friendly.

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)

Bernard Durkan: I thought Deputy O'Dowd was about to ask the Government to do the decent thing and leave office.

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)

Bernard Durkan: The Minister is the only person who will be caught unawares. I support the motion tabled by the Fine Gael Party. An inhabitant of Mars who had spent the past few months in Ireland would be pardoned for concluding that the Government had led a Rip Van Winkle-like existence because, for some unknown reason, it only became aware of the need to become eco-friendly on energy, heating and...

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)

Bernard Durkan: He can charge up and down the country in his Lexus or Prius and proclaim to all and sundry that he travels in a truly eco-friendly manner and is about to solve our environmental problems. The one positive step the Government has made was to adopt Fine Gael policy on energy, transport and conservation. Although a move in the right direction, it has been obscured by the Government's mad rush...

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Yes, mirrors. Lights on top shine on mirrors below which reflect the light back up — it is as simple as that. It has been done before. I know this technology has not reached the Minister just yet and that it is way above and beyond anything the modern experts in this area might consider, but it is simple and it does not involve rocket science. The Minister might comment on the extent to...

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)

Bernard Durkan: That is correct. It was in 1973 or 1974. No rocket science is involved. I bring this to the Minister's attention to lead him gently into the area where the subconscious is pricked to the extent that he will suddenly become alert to the fact that there are many simple issues he can utilise to the benefit of the economy, the environment and the consumer. The Minister referred in the past few...

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)

Bernard Durkan: The speech contained 57 promises.

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)

Bernard Durkan: On the basis of the Government's current performance, it could be difficult for it to achieve that target.

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)

Bernard Durkan: The Government has been doing that for the past four years.

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Who is arguing with the Minister?

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)

Bernard Durkan: The Minister is hallucinating.

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)

Bernard Durkan: The pressure of elections affects people.

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)

Bernard Durkan: The Minister is arguing with himself.

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)

Bernard Durkan: The Minister is hypothesising and not for the first time.

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Correctly.

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)

Bernard Durkan: They do nothing for the environment.

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Money wasted.

Written Answers — MRSA Incidence: MRSA Incidence (29 Mar 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the results of her efforts and associated costs to date in combating MRSA; the number of hospitals or institutions deemed to be entirely free from such infection; if she has identified the institutions with the greatest incidents and the degree to which the issue has been addressed at such locations; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (29 Mar 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to proposals to close down all of the existing children's hospitals in Dublin in favour of the development of proposed facilities at the Mater Hospital site; if her attention has further been drawn to the strong opposition to such proposal, the serious detrimental impact on the availability and...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (29 Mar 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12191/07]