Results 781-800 of 2,137 for speaker:Jerry Cowley

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I will not make an issue out of it. I strongly support this amendment. The NRA, the HSA and the Garda Síochána are not in a position to co-ordinate post-accident investigations properly. Somebody must be responsible for doing so. What is the point of making regulations if they are not implemented?

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Jerry Cowley: That had to happen because of the death of Aisling Gallagher.

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Jerry Cowley: This is true, Minister, and I hope it will be enforced now.

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I wonder.

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Jerry Cowley: It takes so much to get action.

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I can give the Minister more names if he wants.

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I move amendment No. 47: In page 12, line 36, after "learner" to insert "and exempted older persons". I am referring again to older people who deserve some consideration. I ask the Minister to examine the possibility of mandatory retraining or some type of limited test for older people who have been driving for years. Older people do not want to evade their responsibilities but to do the...

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I thank the Minister for that commitment.

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I support Deputy Shortall's amendment. It is a good one. There was a slogan some years ago, "Just two will do", which was unfortunate as people would then get the idea that, provided they were below the limit, they could still drive. That is correct. The difficulty is that people do not improve with alcohol. Alcohol is a depressant on the central nervous system. A person who is completely...

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I have sympathy with Deputy Shortall's amendment and I agree that many people refuse to take the test. However, I feel consideration for older people should be entered into the equation. I asked a parliamentary question about the number of people over 65 years of age who are on provisional licences, and the reply was a couple of thousand. Many of them have been driving for years and have...

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I am putting the kibosh on it because I must speak for my constituents——

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Jerry Cowley: ——and my older constituents in particular who deserve consideration.

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I am talking about areas with no public transport. Those people deserve special consideration and I ask the Minister to take that into account.

Offshore Exploration. (5 Jul 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on whether a long-term strategic plan for the oil and gas industry operating here, and a repayment of at least 20 per cent on gross profits, should be enforced by statute on these speculator companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26681/06]

Offshore Exploration. (5 Jul 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I thank the Minister for his detailed reply. I welcome the review of the fiscal terms and I am glad the Private Members' motion tabled by the Technical Group was instrumental in this happening. However, it will only be when 50% of the Corrib gas field has been exploited that the company will have to pay 1 cent in tax. Given the 100% capital write off, it will be light years before tax is...

Offshore Exploration. (5 Jul 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I agree that unless the Corrib gas does come ashore we can never profit from it. The difficulty is that a material deviation has taken place in the development plan under the 1992 terms. This deviation takes the form of transporting material several kilometres instead of putting it behind concrete dams at the site in Ballinaboy, and the Advantica report suggests major changes in pressure and...

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (5 Jul 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Why is the amendment out of order?

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (5 Jul 2006)

Jerry Cowley: What is the charge on people's lives? Car accidents are not being properly investigated and people have died as a result. I am calling for a special unit to investigate road traffic accidents.

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (5 Jul 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I do not know why the issue cannot be debated. Something is wrong and I protest.

Leaders' Questions. (5 Jul 2006)

Jerry Cowley: What about——