Results 2,801-2,820 of 4,404 for speaker:Liz McManus
- Written Answers — Prison Searches: Prison Searches (28 May 2008)
Liz McManus: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if nine plasma screen televisions were confiscated from prisoners during a search of cells in Portlaoise Prison in 2007; if his attention has been drawn to the claims made at the recent annual conference of the Irish Prison Officers Association that these televisions had been allowed in with the support of the prison...
- Order of Business (29 May 2008)
Liz McManus: All parties in this House agree we must significantly reduce our carbon emissions to tackle climate change. The Chairman of the Committee on Climate Change and Energy Security secured agreement from the Government that we would have a debate in this House. It is long overdue but there is still no sign of it. Could I get a guarantee from the Minister that we will have this debate before the...
- Fuel Prices. (29 May 2008)
Liz McManus: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the average price of petrol and diesel in May 2004 and in May 2008; the proposed increases in ESB and gas prices planned for 2008-09; the action he will take to ameliorate the hardship for those on low incomes and senior citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21610/08]
- Fuel Prices. (29 May 2008)
Liz McManus: The Minister must recognise that this is a grossly inadequate response to what is a real and extensive problem. I ask him to recognise that the impact of fuel poverty is very severe. It can and does take human life. On this island, it is reckoned that approximately 2,500 lives are lost in winter. A fuel poverty strategy is in place in Northern Ireland. Does the Minister not accept that he...
- Fuel Prices. (29 May 2008)
Liz McManus: That is sheer hypocrisy.
- Fuel Prices. (29 May 2008)
Liz McManus: As we speak, the Minister's colleague is putting oil-fired central heating into council houses across the country so the Minister should not lecture us about fossil fuels.
- Fuel Prices. (29 May 2008)
Liz McManus: The Minister's colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, is putting oil-fired central heating into low-income households. That is unsustainable and they will not be able to afford to pay for anyââ
- Fuel Prices. (29 May 2008)
Liz McManus: The Minister should not talk to me about the problem.
- Fuel Prices. (29 May 2008)
Liz McManus: These people know what the problem is.
- Fuel Prices. (29 May 2008)
Liz McManus: The Minister should show me how.
- Telecommunications Services. (29 May 2008)
Liz McManus: That was such a panoramic view of public policy, I was disappointed the Minister had to stop. Last Friday the Minister stated he would not give â¬150 million in finance for Eircom's proposal, Fibre Ireland. Yesterday industry representatives attended the Joint Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and their understanding is that there is engagement between the...
- Telecommunications Services. (29 May 2008)
Liz McManus: Is the proposal dead?
- Telecommunications Services. (29 May 2008)
Liz McManus: What is the Minister talking about then?
- Telecommunications Services. (29 May 2008)
Liz McManus: The Minister is saying the Eircom Fibre Ireland proposal is over and not over.
- Telecommunications Services. (29 May 2008)
Liz McManus: The Jesuits reared the Minister well.
- Energy Resources. (29 May 2008)
Liz McManus: On the last point, I support the Minister in his call for honesty. I do not have a problem with that and I know it is difficult but I ask the Minister to consider that it is not honesty that the poor and the elderly of this country need but rather support. The Minister cannot expect them to bear the burden he is asking of them this coming winter. It has to be a fair burden and we all must...
- Energy Resources. (29 May 2008)
Liz McManus: Putting in oil-fired central heating.
- Price Supports. (29 May 2008)
Liz McManus: Has the Minister done everything he was supposed to have done in regard to offshore wind? I think it was last year he announced the tariff scheme for offshore. I welcomed it at the time and I thought the industry indicated that there was the possibility of an investment of â¬4 billion in offshore, but we have seen no developments. When I raised this matter with the industry at a committee...
- Price Supports. (29 May 2008)
Liz McManus: I am only asking about the Minister's role.
- Price Supports. (29 May 2008)
Liz McManus: Why did the Minister announce it then if he had not got clearance?