Results 13,681-13,700 of 16,849 for speaker:Dermot Ahern

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Dermot Ahern: Opportunism.

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Dermot Ahern: Deputy Kenny is not in a county council chamber. He should not let himself down.

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Dermot Ahern: Following in the footsteps of gutter Fine Gael.

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Dermot Ahern: The people judged him on 24 May, which Fine Gael keep forgetting.

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Dermot Ahern: It was a different gospel.

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Dermot Ahern: Deputy Creed should not be so bitter.

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Dermot Ahern: He was always a bitter pill.

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Dermot Ahern: Deputy Crawford is not a bitter pill.

Confidence in Taoiseach: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Dermot Ahern: She must have learned in a hedge school.

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2007)

Dermot Ahern: There was the Workers Party and——

Written Answers — Diplomatic Relations: Diplomatic Relations (5 Jul 2007)

Dermot Ahern: The European Union's 1996 Common Position on Cuba and all subsequent Council Conclusions reviewing the Common Position have been adopted by consensus, including those at the General Affairs and External Relations Council meeting on 18 June 2007, at which I participated. In these Council Conclusions, we deplored the fact that the human rights situation in Cuba has not fundamentally changed,...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (5 Jul 2007)

Dermot Ahern: Under the Government's decentralisation programme, the Development Cooperation Directorate of the Department of Foreign Affairs, which is Irish Aid's Headquarters, will decentralise to Limerick. This is scheduled to be completed in early 2008, when the new premises will be ready for occupation. It will involve the relocation to Limerick of 124 Dublin-based posts. Good progress has been...

Written Answers — Coastal Zone Management: Coastal Zone Management (4 Jul 2007)

Dermot Ahern: The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea provides that a coastal state exercises sovereignty over its territorial sea, which is the belt of water located immediately adjacent to its land territory. Every state has the right to establish the breadth of its territorial sea up to a limit not exceeding 12 nautical miles. Sovereignty extends to the bed and subsoil of the...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (4 Jul 2007)

Dermot Ahern: The Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs has advised that given the constitutional status of Irish as the national language and first official language of the State, the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages of the Council of Europe is not considered to be a suitable mechanism for its promotion and protection. Consequently, there are no plans to sign or ratify...

Written Answers — Democratisation Process: Democratisation Process (3 Jul 2007)

Dermot Ahern: Together with our EU partners, Ireland has consistently expressed strong support for the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy, the former Finnish President, Martti Ahtisaari, and his team since they commenced work over a year ago on the challenging and complex issue of Kosovo's final status. Ireland believes that the comprehensive proposal of Special Envoy Ahtisaari provides the most...

Written Answers — Nuclear Disarmament Initiative: Nuclear Disarmament Initiative (3 Jul 2007)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 93 and 147 together. The recent statements from Russia that it may aim missiles at targets in Europe were part of its reaction to the news that the US intends to deploy elements of a missile defence system in Poland and the Czech Republic. The European Union does not have an agreed position on missile defence, a matter on which it has no competence. This is a...

Written Answers — Diplomatic Representations: Diplomatic Representations (3 Jul 2007)

Dermot Ahern: The Minister deeply regrets the decision of the Burmese regime to renew the detention order on Aung San Suu Kyi for a further year on 26 May. The Government would again call on the Burmese government to rescind this order immediately. Not only would this be a humanitarian gesture to a woman who has spent almost 12 of the last 18 years in detention without charge, it would provide real...

Written Answers — International Criminal Court: International Criminal Court (3 Jul 2007)

Dermot Ahern: The United States maintains what it regards as fundamental concerns in relation to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Although the US signed the Rome Statute in December 2000, in May 2002, it informed the Secretary General of the United Nations that it did not intend to become a party to the Statute, and that accordingly it had no obligations arising from its signature. The...

Written Answers — EU Treaty: EU Treaty (3 Jul 2007)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 96, 100, 120, 158, 274 and 294 together. Ratification proceedings with regard to the new Reform Treaty are a matter for individual Member States in every case. As far as Ireland is concerned, we will as always in such matters examine in detail the constitutional implications for us of the Reform Treaty. The Government will proceed by consulting the Attorney...

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (3 Jul 2007)

Dermot Ahern: On 18 December 2002, the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Draft Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment. Ireland, along with other EU partners, fully supported the draft Optional Protocol and worked for its adoption at the UN General Assembly and the Commission on Human Rights. The Optional Protocol...