Results 2,401-2,420 of 4,404 for speaker:Liz McManus
- Transport 21: Statements (Resumed) (14 Nov 2007)
Liz McManus: I am very glad to have the opportunity to speak in this debate as today saw the first meeting of a new Oireachtas Committee on Climate Change and Energy Security. I welcome the establishment of the committee, of which I am a member. I note in the committee terms of reference that we are to consider the projected energy demand from transport and the implications for energy security and...
- Transport 21: Statements (Resumed) (14 Nov 2007)
Liz McManus: It is an unholy mess.
- Transport 21: Statements (Resumed) (14 Nov 2007)
Liz McManus: The result of this is I do not get answers to the questions I raise, which I must do as a public representative paid a fairly decent salary to come into the House to scrutinise what the Government is doing.
- Transport 21: Statements (Resumed) (14 Nov 2007)
Liz McManus: The issue I raised is serious. This is frustrating but it is not within my power to resolve the problem. I ask the Ceann Comhairle and the Leas-Cheann Comhairle to consider this issue. Today, I found I was ruled out of order in putting down a priority question relating to An Post, being told the Minister had no responsibility for postal services. The question I asked was about policy and...
- Fire Services. (14 Nov 2007)
Liz McManus: I acknowledge the truly horrific tragedy suffered by the McElhill family in Omagh yesterday. I regret the fact that I am again compelled to raise in the House the issue of a full-time fire service in Bray. On 26 September in Bray, two brave firefighters lost their lives. Last Friday, another fire occurred on the same site. It is reported that the fire brigade arrived 28 minutes later and...
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (14 Nov 2007)
Liz McManus: Question 57: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he plans to introduce legislation on foot of the recommendations of the All Party Committee on the Constitution on property rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28690/07]
- Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (14 Nov 2007)
Liz McManus: Question 70: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons on local authority housing lists at the latest date for which figures are available; the steps he will take to reduce waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28691/07]
- Cross-Border Projects. (15 Nov 2007)
Liz McManus: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will put in place a programme of cross-Border training and accreditation system for installers of renewable energy technologies; the current level of interaction between Action Renewables in Northern Ireland and Sustainable Energy Ireland; the timeframe for development of cross-Border involvement on this...
- Cross-Border Projects. (15 Nov 2007)
Liz McManus: I want to ask two questions. The Minister is aware that my priority question is not the one on today's Order Paper. Yesterday, at 4.21 p.m., I received confirmation from his Secretary General that a different question would be accepted as a priority question today. Afterwards, the Minister told me that was not possible. I checked and found that the General Office, which processes...
- Cross-Border Projects. (15 Nov 2007)
Liz McManus: I have written to the Ceann Comhairle, but I want to give the Minister an opportunity to reply. It is a bewildering matter. Is the Minister aware of an accreditation problem? No progress has been made to have common accreditation North and South. Civil servants carried out a significant cross-Border study of the blockage, which is on the Republic's side, in agreeing accreditation. What...
- Cross-Border Projects. (15 Nov 2007)
Liz McManus: That is not what the Secretary General told me.
- Cross-Border Projects. (15 Nov 2007)
Liz McManus: The Minister is misleading the House.
- Cross-Border Projects. (15 Nov 2007)
Liz McManus: I am sure the Minister is not.
- Cross-Border Projects. (15 Nov 2007)
Liz McManus: I must set the record straight. The Minister does not mean to mislead the House, but the e-mail I received from the Secretary General when I presented my new wording contained only one line to the effect that, having spoken to the Minister, the question would be answered as a priority question.
- Cross-Border Projects. (15 Nov 2007)
Liz McManus: I appreciate that it is Question Time, but I would like to be able to ask appropriate questions.
- Cross-Border Projects. (15 Nov 2007)
Liz McManus: The Minister is not deliberately misleading the House, but I have been misled.
- Cross-Border Projects. (15 Nov 2007)
Liz McManus: It should concern the Minister that this is not good enough. He would be concerned had it occurred to him when he was in opposition.
- Cross-Border Projects. (15 Nov 2007)
Liz McManus: It was accepted by the Minister.
- Cross-Border Projects. (15 Nov 2007)
Liz McManus: This is rubbish.
- Cross-Border Projects. (15 Nov 2007)
Liz McManus: The Minister accepted it. It is not right for a Minister to continue in this way.