Results 181-200 of 1,714 for speaker:John Dardis
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Dec 2006)
John Dardis: It is.
- Seanad: European Communities Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)
John Dardis: There is a message in that for the people who draw up EU regulations. I thank the Minister of State for his remarks about the Sub-Committee on European Scrutiny. It is noticeable that many of the documents which are referred to the sub-committee are extremely difficult to understand. I do not refer to the complexity of the issues, but to the nature of the language that is used. Given that...
- Seanad: European Communities Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)
John Dardis: Next Tuesday. Committee Stage ordered for Tuesday, 12 December 2006.
- Seanad: European Communities Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)
John Dardis: At 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday next.
- Seanad: Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)
John Dardis: My sums indicate that the Senator's time is up.
- Seanad: European Communities Bill 2006: Order for Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)
John Dardis: I move: "That Second Stage be taken today."
- Seanad: European Communities Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)
John Dardis: They just adopt them, but do not implement them. There is a difference.
- Seanad: European Communities Bill 2006: Second Stage (7 Dec 2006)
John Dardis: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Treacy, and his officials to the House. I readily accept the need for this Bill. I do not have a problem with that, as the matter needs to be regularised. Some important court judgments are relevant in this regard. I would like to ask some questions which are similar to those which were posed by Senator Quinn, although I will not go as far as he did...
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
John Dardis: If I were examining the budget beforehand and was worried about inflation, I would be looking for splurge but where is it? I do not see any splurge. I believe it was Oscar Wilde who said he could give into everything except temptation. The Minister is an unusual political animal. He is to be congratulated on resisting the temptation to throw money in all directions.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
John Dardis: I am sure the Acting Chairman will protect me from unwarranted attacks from the other side. I am one of those who asked what impact providing stamp duty relief for first-time buyers would have on house prices.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
John Dardis: The Minister will confirm that I raised the question at a meeting in Malahide. The problem is that those seeking to buy a new house have a certain amount of money to pay for the house and pay the stamp duty owing. When they place a bid they subtract the stamp duty they would incur, leaving the amount they are willing to pay.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
John Dardis: The mechanism chosen by the Minister to address the problem, increasing mortgage interest relief, is a good one. I hope my comments have not caused my party colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Parlon, to leave the House, although I am pleased my constituency colleague, the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Seán Power, has arrived to protect me. The cost...
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
John Dardis: I am prepared to defend the measure on that basis. The outcome of the study on vehicle registration tax and taxation on CO2 emissions will be interesting. I bet some of the sports utility vehicles, SUVs, will emerge well from the review because most of them are diesel vehicles. We keep comparing them with five litre and six litre petrol vehicles used in the United States.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
John Dardis: I must put up with an expert engineer who does not know what he is talking about.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
John Dardis: The measures on the business expansion scheme are appropriate, as is ensuring alternative energy production is supported through agriculture. The amount of money per hectare the European Union gives farmers was not sufficient to encourage farmers to grow alternative energy crops but the introduction of an additional payment of â¬80 per hectare will deliver significant progress in this area....
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
John Dardis: Where did the Senator get the information that people are paying capital gains tax on their principal private residence?
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
John Dardis: The Senator should read yesterday's The Wall Street Journal.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
John Dardis: The beginning, middle and end is a good story.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
John Dardis: It is in the Estimates.
- Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)
John Dardis: They received more than â¬70 per month.