Results 9,701-9,720 of 10,459 for speaker:Bertie Ahern

Order of Business. (26 Jan 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The Medicines Board Bill will be ready this session. Work is under way on drafting the heads of the pharmacy Bill and it will be ready later this year.

Order of Business. (26 Jan 2005)

Bertie Ahern: That Bill will be ready later this year.

Order of Business. (26 Jan 2005)

Bertie Ahern: It will be ready later this year.

Order of Business. (26 Jan 2005)

Bertie Ahern: To the best of my knowledge, that Bill is not proceeding at present. The Supreme Court decision may have implications in this regard.

Order of Business. (26 Jan 2005)

Bertie Ahern: We are awaiting the Supreme Court's decision.

Order of Business. (26 Jan 2005)

Bertie Ahern: Is the Deputy referring to the ground rent Bill?

Order of Business. (26 Jan 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The legislation is listed for 2005. I do not have information on the heads of the Bill. Perhaps the Deputy would raise this matter with the Minister responsible.

Order of Business. (26 Jan 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The electronic communications (miscellaneous provisions) Bill is due for 2005. It is to provide access to broadcasting networks and to deliver content.

Order of Business. (26 Jan 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The cross-departmental working group reports to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform on the proposals for reform of the vetting of employees by the Garda Síochána. The Minister has now appointed an implementation group to advise on the implementation and the necessity for the legislation. While I do not have a date for this, that work is continuing.

Tsunami Disaster: Statements. (26 Jan 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I welcome this opportunity to make a statement to the House. Words cannot adequately describe the tragic events that unfolded one month ago on the morning of 26 December last. I, for one, cannot think of an occurrence in living memory that has touched the lives of so many people in so many countries and regions throughout the world. That morning and in the hours that followed the sheer power...

Leaders' Questions. (26 Jan 2005)

Bertie Ahern: In reply to Deputy Rabbitte I reiterate what I said to the parties yesterday. I am not in favour of the politics of exclusion because that would create vacuums that would not help. We have a commitment to implement the Good Friday Agreement and we are determined to continue going down that road. Obviously, if we are to get trust and confidence we then have to get clear answers and commitments...

Leaders' Questions. (26 Jan 2005)

Bertie Ahern: That is a fair question. During all of last year security intelligence in the Republic and in the North was that significant moves were being made to make progress as per paragraph 13 on paramilitary activity, training, targeting and such like. At the same time, some large raids took place. Apart from the transparency of decommissioning, which we did not finalise in the comprehensive talks,...

Leaders' Questions. (26 Jan 2005)

Bertie Ahern: Deputy Ó Caoláin and all other Members can be certain that all of us will continue to do all the positive actions he has mentioned. We will do our very best because the people voted for the Good Friday Agreement. It is the policy of everybody in this House to continue to do that. I understand why Deputy Ó Caoláin is looking around for an angle, which in this case is that the reasons are...

Leaders' Questions. (26 Jan 2005)

Bertie Ahern: We have done so because of our history. The Deputy must understand that things must be equal. I refer to the kind of tactics in which some of his friends engage. In recent days a man was taken to a lay-by, shot in both hands and suffered a broken jaw. The reason for this assault is not known but it was carried out by the Provisional IRA. An 18 year old received gunshot wounds in both hands in...

Leaders' Questions. (26 Jan 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I will fight Deputy Kenny's party. We will fight tough and hard politically. I will fight Deputy Rabbitte's party. However, it is very hard to fight that to which I have referred. The Deputy refers to evidence.

Leaders' Questions. (26 Jan 2005)

Bertie Ahern: Does the Deputy want me to name the individual? What would happen to him?

Leaders' Questions. (26 Jan 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I will defend the facts. I will not go on about this every day but neither will I take it. The Deputy asked where is the evidence. Before I said anything — I did not say much by the way——

Leaders' Questions. (26 Jan 2005)

Bertie Ahern: That is not the position. I spoke to Prime Minister Blair, I got a report on what British intelligence was, I got a report from Hugh Orde——

Leaders' Questions. (26 Jan 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I am answerable to something with which the Deputy's party has a difficulty. This is the difficulty. When I come into this House, I have to listen to what the Garda Síochána of this country says. Sometimes what it says is not suitable but I have to accept it. In this case, it said that its professional assessment is that it shares the view that the Northern Bank robbery was carried out by...

Leaders' Questions. (26 Jan 2005)

Bertie Ahern: Yes, because I have to listen to it.