Results 8,081-8,100 of 10,459 for speaker:Bertie Ahern

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: As I said recently, the Bill will not be taken during this session. As we are now into the period of discussion, it is unlikely to be taken before the end of the year.

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The interdepartmental working group has reported to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform on the register of persons who are considered unsafe to work with children and on proposals for the reform of vetting of employees by the Garda. The Minister has appointed an implementation group to advise on implementation and the necessity for legislation. The Departments of Health and...

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The Bill is not proceeding as a Supreme Court decision has been made which has implications for it. Officials have not finished working through the legislation following the decision.

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I understand there are a number of policy issues and other aspects of the proposed legislation which are being re-examined. Some aspects of the Bill are being dealt with within the civil law (miscellaneous provisions) Bill while the others are being reviewed.

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The original Bill on the list was the greater Dublin land use and transport authority Bill. The Government is not proceeding with that legislation and the Minister last week announced his intention to re-examine another Bill. It is not the same Bill.

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: All the various aspects of the legislation are being examined by the Minister and it is his intention to bring forward a Bill to tidy up the outstanding matters.

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: As soon as possible.

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: Next year.

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: No, the first Bill is not listed.

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: It is not listed so I cannot tell when it will come forward.

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: It is not listed so I cannot tell the Deputy when it will be ready. Deputy McManus should table a question to the Tánaiste because it is not on the list.

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: It is not listed.

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I will ask the Tánaiste to give Deputy McManus an answer, but it is not listed.

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I was advised last week by all the NGOs, who are the experts in this area, that the United States would not state a target. In my meeting with many of the G8 leaders last Friday, they told me that the United States has no target. If it has a target then I am wrong, but it was displayed on an excellent chart and clearly put to me that Condoleezza Rice had refused to quote a target. That was...

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: In the autumn session.

Leaders' Questions. (29 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The Government was very glad to receive the NESC report and also the PricewaterhouseCoopers report and the other work done on housing. As the Deputy knows, the Government rate of building social and affordable housing and housing is higher than anywhere else in the modern world. It stands at 20 houses per 1,000 people as against a rate of three houses per 1,000 people in Britain and five in...

Leaders' Questions. (29 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: Some 30% of all houses in the State are new houses which is an enormous achievement. The Government is delivering strongly on social and affordable housing programmes with 13,000 benefiting under the broad range of social and affordable housing programmes in operation since 2004. Record levels of funding are being allocated to local authorities for their housing programmes this year. The...

Leaders' Questions. (29 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The only reason I outlined to the Deputy the transparency in the system is that he said he wanted to ask me two specific questions, and that was one of them. In that respect, I am sorry if I answered his question. On the issue of social and affordable housing, we are acutely aware of the need for such housing. That is why we are putting approximately €2 billion a year into building the...

Leaders' Questions. (29 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: We are doing that in Cherry Orchard, Ballymun, Oliver Bond flats and estates throughout the inner city. We are providing new homes and housing under major programmes.

Leaders' Questions. (29 Jun 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The Deputy mentioned the inner city. Part V of the legislation enables local authorities to provide houses in areas where they would not have been able to provide them previously, and that arrangement is working. In most of the new schemes being built the local authorities have successfully negotiated that a portion of the units will be allocated to tenants on the list. This is very helpful...