Results 921-940 of 2,770 for speaker:Bernard Allen
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Bernard Allen: This amendment concerns the supremacy of the Oireachtas and its right to make or retain laws without being bypassed on the whim of a Minister. The Minister was given a way out on Committee Stage when reasonable proposals were made by Opposition spokespersons. He had the opportunity to redeem himself and retrieve the situation but he chose to ignore it. I will not try to misrepresent the...
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Bernard Allen: He is ruining the wheel.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Bernard Allen: Were we relegated last year?
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Bernard Allen: No. we did not.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Bernard Allen: The Minister of State is acting like a little boy now with his reply.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Bernard Allen: Although I do not like repeating myself, I stated on Second Stage that this Bill is dangerous. I will set out my reasons. From the start my party has been pro-European. We have seen our country and our people gain considerable benefits from our membership of the European Union. A large number of problems arising from our membership hit some of our traditional industries hard in the early...
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Bernard Allen: We cannot have a full debate because the Bill is being guillotined.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Bernard Allen: We all agree with that.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Bernard Allen: Used correctly.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Bernard Allen: The Government got unstuck in that regard with the nitrates directive.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Bernard Allen: We just want to educate the Minister of State. This is Report Stage so we should be allowed a bit of interaction.
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (28 Mar 2007)
Bernard Allen: I stand corrected.
- Order of Business (28 Mar 2007)
Bernard Allen: It does, charges are increasing.
- Order of Business (28 Mar 2007)
Bernard Allen: I indicated that I was offering.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2007)
Bernard Allen: Weasel words.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2007)
Bernard Allen: Is it all about money?
- Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2007)
Bernard Allen: What about the victims?
- Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2007)
Bernard Allen: A cop out.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2007)
Bernard Allen: It is not operational.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2007)
Bernard Allen: People are waiting two years.