Results 101-120 of 12,487 for speaker:John O'Donoghue
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (17 Feb 2004)
John O'Donoghue: The national lottery funded sports capital programme administered by my Department allocates funding to sporting and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country. The programme is advertised on an annual basis. The 2004 sports capital programme was advertised in the national newspapers on 30 November and 1 December 2003. The closing date for receipt of...
- Written Answers — Sports Funding: Sports Funding (17 Feb 2004)
John O'Donoghue: A request has been received by my Department from Ennis Town Council for approval for that local authority to seek to raise a loan of â¬6 million for the project in question. This request is being examined in consultation with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (17 Feb 2004)
John O'Donoghue: The national lottery funded sports capital programme administered by my Department allocates funding to sporting and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country. The programme is advertised on an annual basis. The 2004 sports capital programme was advertised in the national newspapers on 30 November and 1 December 2003. The closing date for receipt of...
- Order of Business. (30 Mar 2004)
John O'Donoghue: It is a bit like waiting for Godot.
- Written Answers — Sports Funding: Sports Funding (30 Mar 2004)
John O'Donoghue: The national lottery funded sports capital programme, which is administered by my Department, allocates funding to sporting and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country. The programme is advertised on an annual basis. The 2004 sports capital programme was advertised in the national newspapers on 30 November and 1 December 2003. The closing date for...
- Written Answers — Performing Arts: Performing Arts (30 Mar 2004)
John O'Donoghue: The cultural relations committee, an independent voluntary body operating under the aegis of my Department, makes recommendations to me in respect of financial assistance for Irish artists who want to perform or show their work abroad. The organisation in question should, therefore, contact the secretary to the cultural relations committee, c/o the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism, South...
- Written Answers — Swimming Pool Projects: Swimming Pool Projects (30 Mar 2004)
John O'Donoghue: As the Deputy will be aware, there are four stages leading to the provision of a pool, namely, preliminary report, contract documents, tender approval and construction. Each stage of the process is subject to the approval of the Department. The locations and current status of the applications in question are set out in the following statement. The list refers to applications that were...
- Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (30 Mar 2004)
John O'Donoghue: The national lottery funded sports capital programme, which is administered by my Department, allocates funding to sporting and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country. The programme is advertised on an annual basis. The 2004 sports capital programme was advertised in the national newspapers on 30 November and 1 December 2003. The closing date for...
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)
John O'Donoghue: It has already been agreed.
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)
John O'Donoghue: We will be talking about cutting turf next.
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)
John O'Donoghue: He did not refer to the President.
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)
John O'Donoghue: No debate on the proposed referendum on citizenship would be complete without an examination of the historical record. In this respect I wish to refer to the laws enacted, measures adopted and structures put in place when I was Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform from 1997 to 2002. When I became Minister in 1997 I inherited an immigration and asylum service which was completely...
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)
John O'Donoghue: Additionally, the administrative structures were in a state of chaos. A mere handful of staff was working on thousands of applications which had built up over previous years. During its period in Government, the rainbow coalition produced the Refugee Act 1996. The 1996 Act was woefully inadequate and hopelessly flawed. The result was that the backlogââ
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)
John O'Donoghue: ââof applications for asylum continued to rise. There should be no surprise about this. The rainbow coalition did not know what to do about the asylum problem and accordingly did what it did best, nothing. I proceeded to put in place a modern, up-to-date legislative and administrative framework ââ
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)
John O'Donoghue: ââfor the procession of asylum applications. This included the Immigration Act 1999, which introduced provisions for the effective processing of applications for refugee status; the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner, a new independent statutory agency to decide on asylum applications; the Office of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal, a second independent statutory agency to decide...
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)
John O'Donoghue: On numerous occasions I explained in this House and elsewhere that an open door policy on immigration would be catastrophic for Ireland. Arguments about the Irish emigrating to Australia, America, etc. were thrown back at me from every quarter. When I explained that there was no comparison, few were willing to support me. When I opposed calls for an amnesty because it would attract more...
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)
John O'Donoghue: When I explained that fewer than 10% of asylum seekers were refugees, I was excoriated. The whispered and unspoken charge among many of my critics was the basest allegation of all â that the policies which I was pursuing were racist. It mattered little that nothing could have been further from the truth but the truth had become the enemy. Let it not become the enemy again. In a fog of...
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)
John O'Donoghue: In summary, it argued against the protection of Ireland's social and economic condition and the preservation of its security. If I had relented, listened to the Opposition's nonsense, succumbed to the temptation of short-term populismââ
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)
John O'Donoghue: ââand opted for short-term political advantage rather than the longer-term interests of the State, there is no doubt that, within a very short periodââ
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)
John O'Donoghue: ââwe would have experienced a level of uncontrolled illegal immigration with which we simply could not have coped. The consequences for this country would have been catastrophic. The Members opposite know now that this would not have been in the interests of persons with a well-founded case for refugee status or in the interests of economically disadvantaged persons. They know it would...