Results 1,041-1,060 of 9,994 for speaker:John Gormley
- Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2010)
John Gormley: The Deputy does not know.
- Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2010)
John Gormley: I am afraid the party in the corner on this one is the Labour Party. The Labour Party has come out unequivocally against blood sports.
- Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2010)
John Gormley: The Labour Party leader put down a question to me in this House in 2007 and asked me specifically to ban the Ward Union Hunt. The party has an entirely different position tonight. That is what I call a U-turn.
- Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2010)
John Gormley: Can I have some protection here?
- Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2010)
John Gormley: Labour Party councillors in Dún Laoighire Rathdown-----
- Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2010)
John Gormley: The Labour Party Members do not allow freedom of speech either. They just want to shout me down on each and every issue.
- Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2010)
John Gormley: Labour Party councillors in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council passed a motion calling on me to ban the Ward Union Hunt. That is a fact.
- Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2010)
John Gormley: I have looked at the commitments given by individual members of the Labour Party, including Deputies McManus, Costello, Quinn and others who have stated clearly that they want the Ward Union Hunt banned.
- Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2010)
John Gormley: I will tell you what it has to do with the Bill. This Bill is doing exactly that.
- Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2010)
John Gormley: With all due respect, I would like the protection of the Chair.
- Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2010)
John Gormley: What we have had here is non-stop interruptions from colleagues across the floor.
- Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2010)
John Gormley: I find what is going on here unacceptable in the extreme. We have people shouting me down at every opportunity.
- Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2010)
John Gormley: Thank you, a Chaithoirligh. The misrepresentation that has taken place this evening has come again from the Deputies opposite. We have heard the phrase "the thin end of the wedge" used time and time again.
- Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2010)
John Gormley: Everybody who uses that phrase has misrepresented things. Chairperson, you will have to do something here because it is impossible to speak in this Chamber. I ask you for protection, if you do not mind.
- Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2010)
John Gormley: The idea that this Bill will somehow lead to the erosion of rural pursuits such as angling and shooting is entirely false.
- Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2010)
John Gormley: That is nonsense. I can only take from the totally defensive position of the-----
- Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2010)
John Gormley: The fact is that there are people in my own party who shoot and fish.
- Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2010)
John Gormley: One of them was on the radio today. It is entirely disingenuous of the Deputies opposite to conflate all of these issues. We are trying to bring in a fairly minor Bill that is only a few paragraphs long.
- Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2010)
John Gormley: We are trying to deal with this because not only are there animal welfare issues at stake here - it is clear that this is a domesticated animal that is being hunted - but there are also public safety issues.
- Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2010)
John Gormley: Of course I have every piece of advice that is available to me.