Results 21-40 of 4,132 for speaker:Donie Cassidy

Disability Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (22 Feb 2005)

Donie Cassidy: I was born into the Fianna Fáil Party. Colleagues who were in the party for a time are now enjoying the pleasures of the Opposition benches. I fully respect everyone's view and the democratic rights of constituents who have proven loyal and faithful to Deputies. In its submission to me, the Disability Federation of Ireland described the recent announcement of funding as an "unprecedented and...

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (2 Mar 2005)

Donie Cassidy: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on her recent trade mission to China. [6866/05]

Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (2 Mar 2005)

Donie Cassidy: Question 123: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress on tree plantings; the value of the forestry sector; and the number of jobs involved. [6867/05]

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (24 Mar 2005)

Donie Cassidy: Where is the one who does not love the land where he was born?

Class Sizes: Motion. (26 Apr 2005)

Donie Cassidy: Hear, hear.

Alternative Farm Enterprises. (4 May 2005)

Donie Cassidy: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the expected tree plantings in 2005. [14134/05]

Written Answers — Ministerial Visit: Ministerial Visit (4 May 2005)

Donie Cassidy: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on her recent visit to the US with Enterprise Ireland. [14138/05]

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Donie Cassidy: After the Deputy.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Donie Cassidy: The Deputy's constituency got an extra seat.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Donie Cassidy: The Deputy is a happy man.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Donie Cassidy: In the words of a good Kildare man, the Deputy is a happy man.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Donie Cassidy: Hear, hear.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Donie Cassidy: Pseudo-intellectuals.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Donie Cassidy: They are the most generous of all. They always knew the next morning what they had said.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Donie Cassidy: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill whose main purpose is revise the Dáil constituencies in the light of the 2002 census and to implement the recommendations contained in the constituency boundary commission's report of 2004. While it is relatively short legislation, it is very important. It will significantly enhance or damage sitting Deputies and candidates in the next general...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Donie Cassidy: Speaking as one who has risen the hard way, working for 45 years to get where I am, making a success of being a businessperson and then entering public life and being able to assist the people of my native county and, like the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, having the great honour of wearing the county jersey for a few years, I hope at the end of my five-year term as a Deputy for Westmeath, I will be...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Donie Cassidy: Why did the commission not consider taking a little part up at Clonee, a high-density area where 6,000 voters might mean only two or three streets, instead of affecting an entire third of a county? It baffles me that any fair-minded person aware of the geographical divide should fail to see that, if Meath needs to gain 6,000 voters, one can take some areas in Dublin that may not have...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Donie Cassidy: When the Senator was in her Ministry in Athlone, she did her best for our county.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Donie Cassidy: The most important issue for the people of County Westmeath at the next general election is that our county should elect Government Deputies.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Donie Cassidy: My party has been in Opposition in the past and I am aware of what we can do for the people of Westmeath when we are in Government. The recommendations of the constituency boundary commission mean I have lost 24% of my first preference vote, or 1,907 votes. My colleague, Deputy Penrose, has lost 608 votes, Deputy Paul McGrath has lost 807 votes and Senator O'Rourke has lost 104 votes. The...