Results 6,441-6,460 of 10,459 for speaker:Bertie Ahern

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: I accept that it is necessary.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: They are all due in this session. Priority was given to the nursing homes Bill.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: The Bill is due this year. Strong legislation to deal with child pornography has been on the Statute Book for a number of years. This country was well advanced in dealing with this matter as the legislation was passed several years ago.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: I am not sure which Act deals with this.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: The Minister is preparing proposals but I cannot recall the relevant Act.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: Which legislation?

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: It will be later this year, in the autumn.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: No. The medical practitioners Bill will be ready in the autumn.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: There is no human tissue legislation listed.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: I believe I answered the Deputy's question. Legislation is being prepared on tenant purchase.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: I am not sure.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: I believe my office contacted the Deputy regarding this matter.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: There is no truth in that view about the payments; they will be made when they are due.

Leaders' Questions. (8 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: I answered this question and I have sent correspondence to Deputies on this case. Marie Therese O'Loughlin is a fine person. Most Members of the House at one stage or another have spoken to her. Many officials have also spoken to her and to me regarding this case over many months. I answered questions on the detail of the case. There is no point in going over old ground to confuse the issue...

Leaders' Questions. (8 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: I have every sympathy for Marie Therese McLoughlin——

Leaders' Questions. (8 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: Marie Therese O'Loughlin. I am duty bound to comply with the procedures. I cannot make up laws or switch laws on my feet to suit cases. I made this point several times to several Deputies and Senators to convey the message. The position is that the two Departments have extensively examined all of their records, files and archives to see whether inspections were carried out at the Regina Coeli...

Leaders' Questions. (8 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: If the Deputy listens to what I was about to state——

Leaders' Questions. (8 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: The Deputy did not listen. He heard the first word.

Leaders' Questions. (8 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: I said there were no inspections in the home that was part of the hostel, and there were not. The records were extensively checked through an enormous amount of effort by officials in both Departments to see whether inspections were carried out in the mother and baby home that was part of the hostel. Approximately 30 Deputies have asked me questions on this matter and I asked the Departments...

Leaders' Questions. (8 Feb 2006)

Bertie Ahern: I am giving the Deputy the position. Apart from that, hostels are specifically excluded from the legislation passed by this House. It is unfair and unreasonable for Deputies to go out to Marie Therese and suggest something can happen when it cannot. The point I have made, and of which I think the Deputies are aware, is that I cannot say what applications have been made or mention other...