Results 941-960 of 4,092 for speaker:Michael D Higgins
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: An unaccountable power.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: He was the super optimist.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: I never liked that one.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: That is not what the gospel says.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: We could take a sos at 6 p.m.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: On a point of order, we should thank Deputy Morgan for being willing to do what we have done already today, which was to use the time effectively in such a way that we will touch off the major issues that can be grouped. I suggest that, should the Minister appear in the next hour, before 7 p.m., we will return to this issue and repeat our proposal. I understood there was a consensus in the...
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: I appreciate that. I just wanted to make the point.
- Order of Business (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: It is about the timing.
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Transport if the new chairperson and chief executive officer designates of the Dublin Transport Authority will become the chair and CEO of the new National Transport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39535/09]
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason regarding the establishment of the Dublin Transport Authority; the way the new proposals to transform the DTA into a National Transport Authority will affect progress on making the DTA operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39534/09]
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: On a point of order, as the Minister is now in the House, we had almost achieved consensus that amendments Nos. 82 to 87, which deal with valuation, would be taken with amendment No. 16. This would provide the Minister with an opportunity to reply on the strategy in respect of valuation. I make this proposal to be of assistance and to ensure that we have the maximum amount of information....
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: I can assure the Ceann Comhairle that it is not my intention to delay the House. If it assists the Ceann Comhairle, I will withdraw my proposal. If the Minister is adopting that attitude towards the valuation chapter and believes he cannot waste time on it, he might want to spend a great deal of time on the transparency sections, in other words, the gagging section. Perhaps we can group...
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: We were not interested in stringing out the debate. We knew what we were doing. There remains one big group of amendments that deal with attempts to gag those appearing before any committee.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: We can proceed.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: If the Minister does not agree with my proposal we cannot deal with them.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: That is not the point.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: If that is the Minister's attitude to the proposal, that is fine.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: The House has just listened to a very lengthy contribution, which did my head in.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Yes.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: I spent all day trying to see where it is in the Minister's guarantee.