Results 7,201-7,220 of 10,459 for speaker:Bertie Ahern

Order of Business. (16 Nov 2005)

Bertie Ahern: No legislation is listed.

Order of Business. (16 Nov 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The Deputy should pursue it with the Minister in question form.

Order of Business. (16 Nov 2005)

Bertie Ahern: No legislation is promised.

Order of Business. (16 Nov 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I will raise the issue of circulation with the Minister for Finance and the Opposition's finance spokespersons. It is a matter for the——

Order of Business. (16 Nov 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I will raise the first matter. On the second issue of the House wishing a debate, it usually does.

Order of Business. (16 Nov 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I will raise the matter with the Minister.

Order of Business. (16 Nov 2005)

Bertie Ahern: It is published now.

Order of Business. (16 Nov 2005)

Bertie Ahern: There is an electricity Bill. I am not sure if it is exactly the same one but there is one listed.

Leaders' Questions. (16 Nov 2005)

Bertie Ahern: These measures were agreed in the summer of 2004. They included the creation of the post of chief science adviser to the Government and the appointment of Barry McSweeney to that post. A number of initiatives were announced such as setting up a Cabinet sub-committee, building on the major resources put into the programme for research in third level institutions, PRTLI, and into Science...

Leaders' Questions. (16 Nov 2005)

Bertie Ahern: ——was head of the EU research institute and had 2,500 people under him. He had already been responsible for the Marie Curie EU fellowship programme for some years in the 1990s. He set up BioResearch Ireland before that. For all these reasons, he was an eminent person for the post. However, a controversy about a qualification which Mr. McSweeney did not require has damaged the organisation.

Leaders' Questions. (16 Nov 2005)

Bertie Ahern: In the past year, an examination of the strategic plan for science identified a need to have someone working in the areas of marine and energy.

Leaders' Questions. (16 Nov 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The Department had identified a requirement to fill this position. As Barry McSweeney is moving from his current post, it makes eminent sense to use his considerable expertise in this area.

Leaders' Questions. (16 Nov 2005)

Bertie Ahern: Neil Kinnock was head of staffing matters in the Commission. Ireland has been competent in having people appointed to the highest positions in the European institutions, as was the case with Mr. Barry McSweeney, a former head of the EU's Joint Research Centre. Not only did he have 2,600 people working under him, he also ran a highly structured organisation with a budget of €340 million. He...

Leaders' Questions. (16 Nov 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The Deputy's remarks are not acceptable.

Leaders' Questions. (16 Nov 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I will not listen to Deputy Sargent talk about the credibility of science research. This Government set up Science Foundation Ireland and the PRTLI and has invested more than €1 billion in that area.

Leaders' Questions. (16 Nov 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The controversy which has developed about one issue does not detract from the credibility of a senior public official.

Leaders' Questions. (16 Nov 2005)

Bertie Ahern: When Mr. David O'Sullivan was appointed to one of the most important briefs in trade last week, it was another case of Ireland having an official competent to take up a senior position in Europe.

Leaders' Questions. (16 Nov 2005)

Bertie Ahern: They are people of the highest quality. If the name of the game is just to dump people on the street because of a bit of controversy, it will be a bad day for this country and one I do not like.

Leaders' Questions. (16 Nov 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The reason a person with high qualifications who has become involved in controversy can move into another position is that work already under way had identified the need to have somebody——

Leaders' Questions. (16 Nov 2005)

Bertie Ahern: It is not rubbish. What would the Deputy know about science or anything else for that matter?