Results 1,521-1,540 of 1,714 for speaker:John Dardis
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (12 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: I bow to the Senator's greater experience. Amendment put and declared lost.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (12 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: I am surprised you have a script.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (11 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: Can we, please, stick to section 1?
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (11 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: We could get into a detailed philosophical discussion about whether economic data amount to fact or fiction, which could detain us here for some considerable time. It seems to be pretty obvious, however, because the words are quite explicit and easily understood. If there is a dispute as to whether or not a definition is (a) or (b), and we have a debate on that, ultimately it is open to...
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (11 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: I would have thought the words were quite clear and could be easily understood. They should not create a particular problem. We seem to be having two debates: one about the section â I will allow that Senator McDowell has stuck closely to that â and another about the Information Commissioner's report, which does not concern the section.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (11 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: There has been a great deal of discussion on the Opposition side of the House about procedure and the rules of debate but that is a two-way street.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (11 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: I have never suggested that those matters should not be discussed, but I am saying that they should be discussed within the scope of the Bill. Earlier this evening, an Opposition Senator said the Chair was partisan, while another Senator used unparliamentary language with regard to the Internet. When we come to debate these issues, Senators on both sides of the House should watch their language.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (11 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: This is a Second Stage speech.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (11 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: Section 4(1) of the original Act states that a head may delegate in writing to a member of the staff of the public body concerned any of the functions of the head, and so on. If the head is delegating to a member of staff in writing then that is "FOI-able". If I or any member of the public rang the county secretary of Kildare County Council and asked who the FOI officer was, that information...
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (11 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: Which is mad, the Senator or the suggestion?
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (11 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: It is probably available on the Internet.
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (11 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: I want to make a brief point. I keep thinking of the freedom of information officer whom I know in the local authority. It appears, from reading section 4 of the principal Act, that if the freedom of information officer goes on holiday or becomes ill and somebody is appointed to act in his or her place, there will be a legal requirement under the Act to communicate this to Iris Oifigiúil....
- Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (11 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: The Senator seems to have a particular concentration on asking me questions which he knows I cannot answer.
- Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (5 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: On behalf of the Progressive Democrats, I join with the other groupings in the House to express sympathy to the family of the late former Senator, Patrick O'Reilly. His achievements have been enumerated by the Leader, as has his remarkable 25 years of continuous service in this House. It is significant that he volunteered to leave early and at a relatively young age. He was elected when he...
- Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (5 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: He also served at VEC and other local authority level. His history of public service was significant and ought to be saluted by the House. The Progressive Democrats express their sympathy to his family, his party colleagues and his friends.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: I am conscious of the fact that we are subject to a sessional order and that we must conclude the Order of Business within a specified period. In that context, all of us need to be aware of the fact that some people may wish to speak and if we keep speaking on the Order of Business, they will not have an opportunity to do so. I congratulate the Taoiseach and the British Prime Minister on the...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: I did not suggestâ
- Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: There were heated words.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: I did not suggest that.
- Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2003)
John Dardis: One might be prompted to say, "There are none so deaf as those who will not hear." The Fine Gael contribution could be described as a waste of time, or more accurately, a time of waste. It is important that this side of the House should register its support for the Minister and that there is no equivocation about it. The Minister was described as "arrogant" in a phrase which has been...