Results 61-80 of 559 for speaker:Seán Ardagh

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed). (29 Sep 2005)

Seán Ardagh: Drugs are often thrown over the prison wall into the exercise yard but that should not be allowed to continue. I refer to the use of the moneys that will be generated from the sale of Mountjoy Prison. We should get as much as money as possible from the sale of the 20 acre site.

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed). (29 Sep 2005)

Seán Ardagh: Every block of granite should not be designated as a listed building. Many buildings, which are no more than 100 years old, need to be demolished and replaced with exceptionally fine living accommodation for residents of Dublin, including Deputy Costello's constituents.

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed). (29 Sep 2005)

Seán Ardagh: Undermining the amount that could be achieved following the sale of Mountjoy Prison by listing a building which is not worth listing in the first place, to harry and annoy the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform is a deplorable action on the part of the members of Dublin City Council who might try to do so.

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed). (29 Sep 2005)

Seán Ardagh: The archaeological benefits of certain jails should be maintained. Kilmainham Jail, which is located in my constituency, has been maintained but it is much different from Mountjoy Prison. There is no reason to maintain Mountjoy Prison.

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed). (29 Sep 2005)

Seán Ardagh: We are living in the 21st century and prisoners who will inhabit the new building at Thornton Hall deserve the facilities that will be built. They should not be forced to live in the 19th century unsanitary and dilapidated conditions pertaining in Mountjoy Prison.

Irish Ferries: Motion (Resumed). (12 Oct 2005)

Seán Ardagh: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on this issue and I thank the Independent Deputies for putting forward this motion.

Irish Ferries: Motion (Resumed). (12 Oct 2005)

Seán Ardagh: It is an issue deserving of comprehensive discussion in the House, not only in terms of what we can do about the horrific situation at Irish Ferries but in regard to the question of Ireland's future as a maritime nation and what the Government has done to push forward that agenda. The initial action by Irish Ferries unilaterally trying to change the way it is staffed is totally unacceptable....

Irish Ferries: Motion (Resumed). (12 Oct 2005)

Seán Ardagh: Internationally conditions of employment are a matter for the flag state. This is an internationally accepted maritime law and practice. Every ship, whether a ferry or cargo ship, that travels in Europe could have a flag of Panama or Liberia. There are questions to be asked and there are discussions that need to take place at a European level as to what flag can be used on ships that operate...

Irish Ferries: Motion (Resumed). (12 Oct 2005)

Seán Ardagh: I understand why it is in the interests of Irish Ferries to go to the industrial machinery — because of the redundancy it could be €7.3 million out of pocket. That is probably part of the reason it is going.

Irish Ferries: Motion (Resumed). (12 Oct 2005)

Seán Ardagh: I hope that at the end of the day a suitable resolution of the problem will come about.

Social Welfare Consolidation Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (20 Oct 2005)

Seán Ardagh: In accordance with Standing Order 139, the Bill, with the concurrence of both Houses, will be referred to the Standing Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills. I understand that the motions of referral will be moved shortly.

Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (27 Oct 2005)

Seán Ardagh: That matter has already been addressed in a previous response.

Transfer of Execution of Sentences Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (27 Oct 2005)

Seán Ardagh: Deputy Cuffe has the right of reply, as he moved amendment No. 12.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (24 Nov 2005)

Seán Ardagh: Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the residential homes of the religious orders which are under-utilised in the Crumlin, Drimnagh and Walkinstown areas will be acquired for the purposes of providing nursing homes in the community. [36122/05]

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (7 Dec 2005)

Seán Ardagh: I thank Deputy Timmins for bringing forward this Bill. The sentiments are excellent. The Good Samaritan Bill sounds like apple pie, motherhood or the flag. In theory, no one is against the Bill but in its present form it has been drafted deplorably. There are a number of very basic elements within the Bill that demonstrate the difficulties that present to people in drafting Bills. In...

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (7 Dec 2005)

Seán Ardagh: The trouble with Bills is that one must take their contents into account.

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (7 Dec 2005)

Seán Ardagh: The Bill states that a person, other than a health care professional, acting in the course of employment who is liable for damages that result from his or her negligence in acting or failing to act——

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (7 Dec 2005)

Seán Ardagh: The problem is that the wording is deficient. There is no clarity. Having said that, there is a need for some form of liability for good samaritans, particularly for the purpose for which Deputy Timmins originally intended the Bill, that defibrillators would be widely dispersed around GAA clubs and sport clubs and that people would use them on a voluntary basis. Again, one questions the need...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Income Tax. (7 Dec 2005)

Seán Ardagh: I understood this was equivalent to Second Stage.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Income Tax. (7 Dec 2005)

Seán Ardagh: There are usually amendments on Committee Stage but these are merely resolutions.