Results 241-260 of 10,459 for speaker:Bertie Ahern
- Order of Business. (30 Mar 2004)
Bertie Ahern: No decision has been made on this issue yet and, therefore, no referendum will be fixed until then. It was to be discussed at Cabinet today, but the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform was on EU Presidency business. It will be discussed next week. The Minister is available but I understood that he discussed the matter with the Opposition spokespersons. I will relay Deputy Kenny's...
- Order of Business. (30 Mar 2004)
Bertie Ahern: I will repeat myself. Deputy Kenny stated that there has been no consultation with him. All I said is that I understand that there has been consultation with the spokespersons.
- Order of Business. (30 Mar 2004)
Bertie Ahern: There is no going around the place on the issue. I will point that out to the Minister.
- Order of Business. (30 Mar 2004)
Bertie Ahern: The Government is considering the constitutional Bill, the final proposal and the date. The date on which the Bill will be taken will not be agreed until the Government makes a decision on these matters.
- Order of Business. (30 Mar 2004)
Bertie Ahern: We must decide next week if we agree on a Bill. At this stage, the answer to the Deputy's question is "No" because we have not agreed on it.
- Order of Business. (30 Mar 2004)
Bertie Ahern: We have not agreed it; that is the point.
- Order of Business. (30 Mar 2004)
Bertie Ahern: If we must make more time for legislation, we will do so. We must make those decisions first.
- Order of Business. (30 Mar 2004)
Bertie Ahern: The Bill is being drafted.
- Order of Business. (30 Mar 2004)
Bertie Ahern: Consultations are ongoing in respect of the strategic plans on the Bill. We are trying to complete it as soon as possible.
- Order of Business. (30 Mar 2004)
Bertie Ahern: I understand that we are ready to proceed with Report Stage of the Bill. It is a matter of scheduling adequate time for it.
- Order of Business. (30 Mar 2004)
Bertie Ahern: Some useful work has been done at the relevant EU Council since I made the comment to which the Deputy referred. The Minister of State, Deputy Fahey, will answer any questions asked of him in that regard.
- Order of Business. (30 Mar 2004)
Bertie Ahern: The dormant accounts (amendment) Bill and the charities Bill will be separate. The Deputy referred to the Law Reform Commission's report, which was published today.
- Order of Business. (30 Mar 2004)
Bertie Ahern: Legislation is due after Easter. I answered the first part of the Deputy's question when I said that information will be exchanged with the workers and the unions.
- Order of Business. (30 Mar 2004)
Bertie Ahern: I have just answered a question about the infrastructure Bill. The dormant financial assets Bill will be brought forward next year and the building control Bill will be brought forward in mid-2004.
- Order of Business. (30 Mar 2004)
Bertie Ahern: A new health Bill will be brought forward. If the Deputy wants me to check S.I. No. 90 of 2004, I will do so.
- Order of Business. (30 Mar 2004)
Bertie Ahern: Work on the heads of the Bill is under way. This includes consideration of submissions received as part of a public consultation process on immigration and the International Organisation for Migration study of migration legislation practice.
- Order of Business. (30 Mar 2004)
Bertie Ahern: The Bill is due this year.
- Order of Business. (30 Mar 2004)
Bertie Ahern: I am not sure about the second issue. As I recall, the shares of that company are held by Aer Rianta so I assume the matter will be dealt with in the same Bill. The company is a subsidiary of Aer Rianta.
- Order of Business. (30 Mar 2004)
Bertie Ahern: There are no proposals to sell them off. The shares are held by Aer Rianta, which is a State company.
- Order of Business. (30 Mar 2004)
Bertie Ahern: That decision will have to be made. The shares must be given to one of the companies. The Whistleblowers Protection Bill was introduced in 1999. Considerable drafting work was done with a view to advancing the legislation. On reflection, however, it was considered that a more focused approach would be to deal with this issue through the Protection of Persons Reporting Child Abuse Act 1998 and...