Results 1-20 of 9,994 for speaker:John Gormley
- Advice to Dissolve Dáil: Announcement (1 Feb 2011)
John Gormley: I join other speakers in wishing the Taoiseach, Deputy Brian Cowen, the very best for the future. I wish his wife Mary and his family all the best. I also wish good health to him and all retiring Members. Far too many Members are suffering from ill health and this is often overlooked. The recognition the Taoiseach gave to politicians is one we all must face up to. Politics have been...
- Advice to Dissolve Dáil: Announcement (1 Feb 2011)
John Gormley: We reduced ministerial salaries. We stopped ministerial pensions going to sitting Deputies. We reduced expenses and the number of civil servants working in Ministers' offices. These are all necessary and such a programme of reform should continue. As we leave this House to participate in a general election, we must ask ourselves the fundamental question, "What more must be done in terms of...
- Advice to Dissolve Dáil: Announcement (1 Feb 2011)
John Gormley: -----that we will get change in the next Dáil.
- Advice to Dissolve Dáil: Announcement (1 Feb 2011)
John Gormley: It seems we will have a Dáil and a new Government consisting of Fine Gael and the Labour Party. Deputy Kenny in likelihood will be Taoiseach and Deputy Gilmore will be Tánaiste.
- Advice to Dissolve Dáil: Announcement (1 Feb 2011)
John Gormley: Do people really believe that will deliver change?
- Advice to Dissolve Dáil: Announcement (1 Feb 2011)
John Gormley: I do not believe that will deliver change. I do not believe for one moment that such a Government would reverse the cuts that have had to be introduced. I believe we will get an election full of false promises and false hope, and that is wrong.
- Advice to Dissolve Dáil: Announcement (1 Feb 2011)
John Gormley: We need honesty in this election.
- Advice to Dissolve Dáil: Announcement (1 Feb 2011)
John Gormley: If that is not going to happen, we will revert to the old politics that so many here are decrying.
- Advice to Dissolve Dáil: Announcement (1 Feb 2011)
John Gormley: It is vitally important-----
- Advice to Dissolve Dáil: Announcement (1 Feb 2011)
John Gormley: -----that we have strong representation of the Green Party in the next Dail.
- Advice to Dissolve Dáil: Announcement (1 Feb 2011)
John Gormley: As I said earlier, I have always found the Taoiseach to be a decent person. We have had our strong disagreements but I hope he will agree with me that there is a great regret that we did not get to some of the important legislation, including the ban on corporate donations-----
- Advice to Dissolve Dáil: Announcement (1 Feb 2011)
John Gormley: -----to break the link between big business and political parties. Are the Members opposite prepared to do that? Are they prepared to put through a climate change Bill-----
- Advice to Dissolve Dáil: Announcement (1 Feb 2011)
John Gormley: -----which recognises that peak oil and dwindling resources are a reality, that we now have a population on the planet of 7 billion which will increase to 9 billion in 2050? The Members opposite can smile about this but that is a reality.
- Advice to Dissolve Dáil: Announcement (1 Feb 2011)
John Gormley: If they do not have the imagination or the courage to face up to that, then I am afraid it will be the politics of old-----
- Advice to Dissolve Dáil: Announcement (1 Feb 2011)
John Gormley: -----tweedle dum and tweedle dummer. That is what we will get, unfortunately.
- Advice to Dissolve Dáil: Announcement (1 Feb 2011)
John Gormley: Let us face up to that reality.
- Advice to Dissolve Dáil: Announcement (1 Feb 2011)
John Gormley: Let us have an honest debate and let us ensure that in the next Dáil we have a strong Green Party presence to hold the Fine Gael Party and the Labour Party to account.
- Advice to Dissolve Dáil: Announcement (1 Feb 2011)
John Gormley: I wish all Deputies well in the forthcoming election. Let us have a fair competition.
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (20 Jan 2011)
John Gormley: There are some 20 bodies under the aegis of my Department, mainly non-commercial, undertaking quasi-judicial/ regulatory, advisory and developmental functions. These bodies are of varying size, with some having a particular governing structure differing from the conventional Board structure of State agencies, for example the Building Regulations Advisory Board, Designated Appeals Advisory...
- Written Answers — Wildlife Protection: Wildlife Protection (20 Jan 2011)
John Gormley: Moore Hall is a country house of substantial size located south of Ballinrobe and is regarded as an important component of the late eighteenth-century domestic built heritage of County Mayo. Mayo County Council designated the building as a Protected Structure in 2003 under the Planning and Development Act 2000. Moore Hall is also a candidate Special Area of Conservation because it is an...