Results 301-320 of 72,225 for speaker:Bernard Durkan
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)
Bernard Durkan: It is only five years since the Good Friday Agreement. Can the Government not be consistent about anything?
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)
Bernard Durkan: Lawyers know a lot about chasing ambulances.
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)
Bernard Durkan: One needs to be careful with experiments given that they can go wrong.
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)
Bernard Durkan: That is correct.
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)
Bernard Durkan: I like that.
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)
Bernard Durkan: That is true.
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)
Bernard Durkan: There were one or two outbursts in the House.
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)
Bernard Durkan: If the Minister of State went deep into Munster, he might run into difficulties in that regard.
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)
Bernard Durkan: On a point of order, it was the Minister who in his opening speech introduced that issue when he said that if one is a racist, then one would vote "No."
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)
Bernard Durkan: The Minister was the first speaker.
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)
Bernard Durkan: The Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources is getting very red in the face.
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)
Bernard Durkan: The Deputy should not presume for a moment that the Opposition is losing the argument. He should remember Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War.
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)
Bernard Durkan: The constitutional amendment did that.
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)
Bernard Durkan: All the legal eagles gave their approval to the Good Friday Agreement
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)
Bernard Durkan: That is the one sure statement the Deputy made which is absolutely accurate.
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)
Bernard Durkan: It is because of the lies the Government told.
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)
Bernard Durkan: I have read Deputy Peter Power's meandering writing.
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)
Bernard Durkan: I regret to have to refer to the Deputy's meandering writing.
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)
Bernard Durkan: He denied that.
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)
Bernard Durkan: That is correct.