Results 7,321-7,340 of 14,706 for speaker:Phil Hogan
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (15 Mar 2012)
Phil Hogan: Perception.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (15 Mar 2012)
Phil Hogan: That would not be up to SIPO.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (15 Mar 2012)
Phil Hogan: I will give the Senator a note on it.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (15 Mar 2012)
Phil Hogan: I will do the same for Senator Norris.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (15 Mar 2012)
Phil Hogan: No.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (15 Mar 2012)
Phil Hogan: It is part of the Ard-Fheis motion on gender.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (15 Mar 2012)
Phil Hogan: I read about it.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (15 Mar 2012)
Phil Hogan: That is why the Senator opposed it at the Ard-Fheis.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (15 Mar 2012)
Phil Hogan: Slightly democratic and slightly constitutional.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (15 Mar 2012)
Phil Hogan: The amendment is similar to the one put forward on Committee Stage. However, it is now proposed to insert it in a different part of the Bill. The amendment seeks to introduce a provision for the disclosure of all donations once a general election is called. It is proposed for inclusion in the new Part IX of the Electoral Act 1997, which is being inserted by section 27 of this Bill. This...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (15 Mar 2012)
Phil Hogan: That is no problem.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (15 Mar 2012)
Phil Hogan: As a practising politician of long standing, I can assure Members this will not be an easy target to achieve, even if it is supported by legislation. There are various reasons which prevent the participation of women in politics, which do not apply to men. In the Bill we have adopted an ambitious but also a pragmatic approach to double the level of female participation. We must phrase it...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (15 Mar 2012)
Phil Hogan: I am the same.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (15 Mar 2012)
Phil Hogan: No, I am sorry I did not have an opportunity to address that issue. The latest date by which the quota of 40% of candidates being women must be reached is 2020. That is a reasonable period for political parties to prepare properly to reach in an ambitious and pragmatic way the participation level by both sexes we want to reach in elections. For the next election the gender quota is 30% and...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (15 Mar 2012)
Phil Hogan: She joined every party but Senator O'Brien's.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (15 Mar 2012)
Phil Hogan: Senator Mac Conghail is quite correct. There are a number of technical issues.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (15 Mar 2012)
Phil Hogan: When I explain I am sure the Senator will accept my bona fides. The language he used suggests that it would not be a binding requirement. I note the provision proposed is for political parties to, "endeavour to reach the quota of at least 50% men and 50% women in local elections by 2019". Unwittingly, the use of the word "endeavour" means that we do not have to do it, or even to reach the...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (15 Mar 2012)
Phil Hogan: The fundamental issue is to link the provisions in the Bill to local election candidate selections. I do not rule out reviewing the legislation after the 2014 local elections to see what has happened among political parties during the course of that election, but I do not want to be too prescriptive. People in all political parties, or none, should be trying to embrace what we are trying to...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (15 Mar 2012)
Phil Hogan: I also expect that the new provisions of the Bill will provide the necessary catalyst for improvements at local elections. Practical experience suggests that if a target is set, with a number of years to achieve it, incremental moves will be made along the way in order to achieve the objective. In this case, there will be a legally binding provision on political parties. There is nothing...
- Written Answers — Foreshore Licences: Foreshore Licences (14 Mar 2012)
Phil Hogan: The application concerned was lodged by Donegal County Council with the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in March 2009. In April 2009 that Department requested from the applicant certain additional information without which it would not be possible to progress the application. The additional information was only received by my Department last week. My Department has also...