Results 18,341-18,360 of 18,851 for speaker:Fergus O'Dowd
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: That is what Deputy Mitchell referred to.
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister is headless. He should go out to the bog and dig.
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: That is the programme for Government.
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: I would like the Minister to be a man of his word. In a recent reply to a parliamentary question by Deputy Olivia Mitchell, he stated he would, in a very short period, introduce changes to the Planning and Development Regulations 2005. One of the commitments he made in the reply â I do not know whether he or his Department officials wrote it â was that he would address the need for a...
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister will turn us into a nation of winos.
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am reading the recommendations. I am not finished and I will not let the Minister off lightly.
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister should not open his mouth too soon. I will not suggest that he will turn the country into a nation of winos. Alcohol is a very serious issue and the people who spoke up at the commission against this proposal should be listened to. The members of the commission considered that the acquisition of a full off-licence for any premises involved a change of use of which the public...
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister has taken one side and we have taken the other. This regulation is heavy-handed and does not make sense. I agree with proper regulation. Perhaps the Minister should have considered the sale of beer, but he did not take that option. In America, low-alcohol beers are available in convenience stores, but not those with a higher alcohol content. The availability of spirits and...
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: No.
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: I have the document here. I can show it to the Minister.
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: I will allude to it line by line as soon as the Minister sits down.
- Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: I wish to share time with Deputy Naughten.
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (28 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 53: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the draft action plan on the implementation of the nitrates directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22294/05]
- Written Answers — Archaeological Sites: Archaeological Sites (28 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 75: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if media reports that the decision to roll over the Woodstown Viking site in Waterford for the city's N25 bypass on the basis that it would be the most cost effective option is accurate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22295/05]
- Written Answers — Community Care: Community Care (28 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 276: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding will be provided for the construction of a day care centre (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22814/05]
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: There are two issues of importance, the first of which is the fact that a report has been produced. It is an independent report commissioned by the Government but with the consent of everybody. When one sets up an independent commission to do a job, one cannot really disagree with its results because it cannot be argued that it acted impartially or did not follow its terms of reference. It is...
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: He is more like Batman.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: That is a very long time indeed.
- Planning Issues. (28 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: To take up the last point made by the Minister, is it not the case that his predecessor, Deputy Cullen, met Indaver Ireland at the end of the planning process regarding an incinerator for Carranstown? The company made submissions to the then Minister and he agreed to change the decision of An Bord Pleanála. Is that not a fact? At the same time, the process relating to the waste licensing...
- Planning Issues. (28 Jun 2005)
Fergus O'Dowd: Deputy McCormack is correct, the Minister objected to incinerators in the past. Where does he stand on the issue now?