Results 11,341-11,360 of 12,487 for speaker:John O'Donoghue

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

John O'Donoghue: The immigration and residence Bill will be published this year. I must take issue with Deputy Costello. Legislation does not derive its authority from the Government but from the Legislature.

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

John O'Donoghue: The legal costs Bill is expected in 2007.

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

John O'Donoghue: If the Deputy can specify the health Bill he means we can discuss it. There are several on the order paper.

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

John O'Donoghue: The roads miscellaneous provisions Bill is expected this year. It is nice to see Deputy Ring coming closer to the front again.

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

John O'Donoghue: That is a matter for the committee.

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

John O'Donoghue: I accept the genuineness of Deputy Lynch's case but as she knows, this is a matter for the committee.

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

John O'Donoghue: The text of the Bill was approved by the Government approximately two weeks ago and it is anticipated that the Bill will be published in a matter of days.

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

John O'Donoghue: The best we can do is to ask the Minister to reply directly to the Deputy.

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

John O'Donoghue: There is no difficulty about the Whips discussing that. On a point raised earlier by Deputy Stagg, regarding faxes, I have a broadcast report which shows that they were sent last night between 6.02 p.m and 6.10 p.m.

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

John O'Donoghue: They were sent to the Fine Gael Whip, the Labour Whip, Deputy Kehoe, the PD Whip, the Green Party Whip, Sinn Féin and Deputies Gregory and Boyle.

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

John O'Donoghue: I am just trying to be fair to the staff in the Whip's office who are most co-operative, helpful and very efficient.

Presentation of Estimates: Motion. (23 Feb 2006)

John O'Donoghue: I move: That notwithstanding Standing Order 152(1) or (2) of the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to public business, Revised Estimates for the Public Services for the year ending 31 December 2006, be presented to the Dáil and circulated to members on 23 February 2006, being a date later than that prescribed for the presentation of Estimates and that the Revised Estimates be...

Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2006: Referral to Select Committee. (23 Feb 2006)

John O'Donoghue: I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approve the following Order in draft: Finance Act (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2006, copies of which have been laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 22 February 2006, be referred to the Select Committee on Finance and the Public Service, in accordance with paragraph (1) of the Orders of Reference of that...

EU Regulations: Referral to Joint Committee. (23 Feb 2006)

John O'Donoghue: I move: That the proposals that Dáil Éireann approve, in accordance with Article 29.4.6° of Bunreacht na hÉireann, the exercise by the State of the option, provided by Article 3 of the fourth Protocol set out in the Treaty of Amsterdam, to notify the President of the Council of the European Union that it wishes to take part in the adoption and application of the following proposed...

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

John O'Donoghue: It is proposed to take No. 10, motion re presentation and circulation of Revised Estimates 2006; No. 10a, motion re referral to Select Committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2006; No. 10b, motion re referral to joint committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of proposals for a regulation of...

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

John O'Donoghue: I understand from the Government Chief Whip that communication was made by fax with the Whips of the various parties to explain to them why there could not be a debate on these motions today.

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

John O'Donoghue: A fax was sent to explain the position to the Whips. No. 10 is a standard motion put before the Dáil each year. Before Revised Estimates can be presented and circulated to Members, the agreement of the Dáil must first be obtained by way of a motion. There is no great mystery about it.

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

John O'Donoghue: With regard to 10a, the motion to allow for the carryover of unspent capital included in the Appropriation Act 2005, to be spent in 2006, the Minister for Finance is required to make an order no later than 31 March. Clearly the carryover sum of unspent capital from the previous year could not be spent on the particular capital purposes until the order is approved by Dáil Éireann and signed...

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

John O'Donoghue: The Department of Health and Children has subsequently indicated the definitive position on capital spending in 2005 in the HSE area will not be known until the end of March when the HSE's appropriation accounts will be finalised.

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

John O'Donoghue: Accordingly, no provision for capital carryover is being made in respect of the HSE. This is a simple and straightforward explanation.