Results 9,441-9,460 of 9,994 for speaker:John Gormley
- Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (14 Jun 2005)
John Gormley: Question 639: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if this case needs to be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19516/05]
- Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (14 Jun 2005)
John Gormley: Question 662: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider his decision to apply a three-year residency requirement, as part of an internal change in guidelines after 22 May 2003, for convention refugees who wish to apply for citizenship in the interests of fairness (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19862/05]
- Written Answers — EU Constitution: EU Constitution (2 Jun 2005)
John Gormley: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland is eligible to join the EU constitution's new permanent structured co-operation in view of the fact that the states involved must have military capabilities which fulfil high criteria and have made binding commitments to one another in the military area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17555/05]
- Written Answers — EU Constitution: EU Constitution (2 Jun 2005)
John Gormley: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent EU referendums in France and the Netherlands; the implications for the future of the EU constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18640/05]
- Overseas Development Aid. (2 Jun 2005)
John Gormley: The Minister has confirmed that he intends to reach this target by 2015.
- Undocumented Irish Emigrants. (2 Jun 2005)
John Gormley: Will the Minister of State elaborate on the proposed idea for an on-line database for illegal Irish immigrants living in the USA, to gain an accurate picture of how many such persons there are? As the Minister of State knows, the estimates vary. The US Government estimates 3,000 while we estimate between 20,000 and 50,000. What is the exact figure? Could there be potential difficulties with...
- Undocumented Irish Emigrants. (2 Jun 2005)
John Gormley: I asked the Minister of State an additional question about the current estimates for illegal immigrants. What is the Government's present estimate and how did it arrive at this figure?
- Undocumented Irish Emigrants. (2 Jun 2005)
John Gormley: Nobody said that.
- Undocumented Irish Emigrants. (2 Jun 2005)
John Gormley: We supported that decision.
- Undocumented Irish Emigrants. (2 Jun 2005)
John Gormley: The Minister of State should be very careful in what he says. We supported that decision. We supported the Government.
- Undocumented Irish Emigrants. (2 Jun 2005)
John Gormley: I understood there were four minutes remaining.
- Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)
John Gormley: We have an unprecedented crisis in the European Union because of the comprehensive rejection of the EU constitution by the French and Dutch people. We have major problems in our nursing homes and hospitals. We have the exposure of corruption and mismanagement in the second Morris report. The response of the Government to all this is to go on holidays and to take its Cabinet roadshow to Cork....
- Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)
John Gormley: The Dáil will be in recess and we are not being productive in this House.
- Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)
John Gormley: The Members on the other side of the House are detached from the concerns of ordinary people and from reality.
- Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)
John Gormley: It is irresponsible. I wish to move an amendment to the Order of Business that the Dáil meet next Wednesday, 8 June.
- Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)
John Gormley: I join other Members in paying tribute to Mr. Justice Morris on his fine second report, which reveals a litany of negligence, corruption, lies, deceit, cover-ups and appalling mismanagement. It exonerates Mr. McBrearty and Mr. McConnell and indicates that they were ruthlessly and viciously framed by the Garda. Their lives were made a hell. Were it not for the tenacity of Mr. McBrearty, Deputy...
- Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)
John Gormley: That is discrimination. The Ceann Comhairle said I would be called first the next day and I will take him up on that.
- Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)
John Gormley: The Green Party cannot accept this without debate. The report is inadequate, it is one paragraph long. It needs to be debated on the floor of the House. In light of the latest judgment from the European Courts it is clear that, once again, our appalling record on the environment has been exposed. We are the environmental delinquents of Europe and the only response from the Minister for the...
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (1 Jun 2005)
John Gormley: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give the Revenue Commissioners greater powers to monitor tax exiles, or to shift the burden of proof towards these tax exiles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18341/05]
- Written Answers — Rebate Abolition: Rebate Abolition (1 Jun 2005)
John Gormley: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the European Commission's plans to cap the British budgetary rebate in 2007 and reduce it thereafter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18340/05]