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Topical Issue Debate: Road Traffic Legislation (15 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: ...way around roundabouts. Some of them also do significant damage to public parks, making them places of fear for other residents rather than places where they can go for leisure, to exercise their dogs and so on. What is happening amounts to an epidemic and something must be done about it. Some of the scrambler racers have put videos of their activities on the Internet. I will send...

Northern Ireland: Statements (Resumed) (5 Feb 2014)

Robert Dowds: ...their view, but they have every right to want to maintain a link with Britain. However, they do not, and never did have, a right to treat Nationalists and Catholics as second class citizens. While they are no longer top dog in the way they used to be, they still have a huge amount to learn in terms of treating their Northern Nationalist brethren as equals. I have used that example to...

Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (16 May 2013)

Robert Dowds: ...regulation. One ends up with an unholy free-for-all which serves no one well, neither the customer nor those who operate as taxi drivers. It is a typical example of what happened when the Fianna Fáil dog was being wagged by the Progressive Democrats tail. It controlled so much even though it had so little electoral support. Inevitably, not all taxi drivers will be happy, but the...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (14 Apr 2011)

Robert Dowds: ...collected by citizens and council staff who do their utmost to keep places tidy. Smashed glass is much more difficult for citizens or staff to clean. I receive complaints from people bringing dogs into parks about their pets' feet being cut. Parents have difficulty bringing children into parks because of broken glass. People involved in the management of football teams frequently...