Results 1,141-1,160 of 7,278 for speaker:Dick Roche
- Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)
Dick Roche: We are learning at the feet of the masters.
- Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)
Dick Roche: How much money did they provide for it?
- Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)
Dick Roche: How much money was provided for it?
- Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)
Dick Roche: How much money did the Deputy's party provide for public transport?
- Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)
Dick Roche: The rainbow Government provided zilch for public transport.
- Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)
Dick Roche: The Deputy was asked a question but could not answer it.
- Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)
Dick Roche: Deputy O'Connor can do it.
- Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)
Dick Roche: It is a Lexus.
- Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)
Dick Roche: That is why the European Commissioner is changing to one.
- Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)
Dick Roche: We could catch Deputy Durkan unawares.
- Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)
Dick Roche: The Deputy is in the presence of the master.
- Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)
Dick Roche: Mirrors.
- Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)
Dick Roche: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Ãireann" and substitute the following: "commends the National Climate Change Strategy 2007-2012 and the Energy White Paper, Delivering a Sustainable Energy Future for Ireland". I thank the Deputies for raising this issue. In recent months this issue has received more attention than most and it is welcome that we have a debate on...
- Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)
Dick Roche: Our targets are based on 1990 levels. We can quibble about it but Deputy O'Dowd is not the only one to make this point. I wish to correct the record on this aspect. Our emissions in 2005 were 25% above the 1990 levels. During the Kyoto Protocol period, 2008 to 2012 we should be at 113% so we are 12% above where we should be. It is a technical but important point. Deputy O'Dowd may have...
- Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)
Dick Roche: I am not going to start trading lines with the Deputy.
- Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)
Dick Roche: The Taoiseach's entire speech on the first night was on environmental issues and if we are going to trade line for line, I would appreciate a copy of the Deputy's leader's speech.
- Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)
Dick Roche: Let us keep this discussion straight. Five major myths have been peddled, the first of which is that we have missed our targets in the first national climate change strategy. This is utter nonsense. The commitment period for the Kyoto agreement runs from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2012 so it is nonsense to suggest that targets in the future have been missed today. It is equivalent to...
- Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)
Dick Roche: The 17 million tonne reduction set out in the new strategy shows that we are well on course to meeting our Kyoto Protocol targets. Ireland's emissions without the measures introduced or being put in place would be 79.8 million tonnes whereas the figure we will reach will be 63 million tonnes, slightly below the figure set in our Kyoto requirement. It is more important for public morale than...
- Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)
Dick Roche: I will not be talked down tonight because this is an important issue. Deputies will have to be a little patient with me. Since 2000 we have implemented measures that are taking almost 9 million tonnes of carbon out of the atmosphere each year, which is a significant change, and we have now set out exactly what we will do to reduce emissions by a further 5 million tonnes. Domestic measures...
- Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)
Dick Roche: The Deputy did it several times.