Results 64,481-64,500 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: That is right.
- Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: That was last year.
- Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: I advise the Minister not to go there.
- Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: I was right the first time. It is "One of ours".
- Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: I thought it was illegal to put out a broadcast without a Minister being on board.
- Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: My microphone was not on.
- Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: It just sounds as if it was on.
- Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: The Minister and the Government have a persecution complex.
- Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: He will be back in the Chamber soon.
- Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: He is trying to inform the Minister.
- Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: It is an Irish solution to an Irish problem.
- Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Will all technology be tested for user-friendliness and durability?
- Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Then or now?
- Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: It could be like the tribunals.
- Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: That is unfair. It is a low blow.
- Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: I welcome this Bill. However, given that it is part of a wider legislative initiative, it would have been more beneficial had we time to pass all the legislation discussed in the e-consultation process. Broadcasting is undergoing major change with the advent of the digital era. The future of free-to-air transmissions is in doubt and legislation will be required in that regard. The needs...
- Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: The measures proposed in this Bill will be useful to that group of Australians. With regard to the Minister's proposals on technology, I intend to bring amendments on Committee Stage because I am not certain that use will be made of the optimum technology. Although this Bill only forms part of the wider broadcasting legislation currently under consideration, the building blocks put in place...
- Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: I am unsure whether that would be good for the consumer.
- Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: I suspect consumers would be taken aback in the era of high definition television. I take Deputy Broughan's point.
- Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2007)
Bernard Durkan: Some of the Minister's colleagues have paid so many visits to television and radio studios recently that so doing in high definition might prove to be a shock for which the public may not be prepared. Although the public has been shocked on numerous occasions, I will not go into specific instances. Although it should not apply to the service that is being introduced, some Ministers tend to...