Results 3,381-3,400 of 9,147 for speaker:Pat Breen
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Dec 2009)
Pat Breen: Like my colleague, Deputy Clune, I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. The recent flooding crisis has made it extremely important. We have witnessed the worst flooding in the history of the State. It is a timely reminder of the importance of proper planning. Lessons must be learned about the impact of past decisions. Deputies will have seen pictures of many areas affected by...
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (2 Dec 2009)
Pat Breen: Question 266: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with grant assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44715/09]
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (3 Dec 2009)
Pat Breen: Question 233: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45070/09]
- Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (8 Dec 2009)
Pat Breen: Question 255: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide emergency funding to restore county roads which have been damaged as a result of the recent flooding in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45380/09]
- Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (8 Dec 2009)
Pat Breen: Question 256: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide emergency funding to repair county roads in County Clare which have been damaged as a result of the recent flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45381/09]
- Financial Resolution No. 3: Value-Added Tax (9 Dec 2009)
Pat Breen: I welcome the reduction in VAT. Visiting retail stores on Friday and Saturday last, most of the proprietors complained about slow business as we approach Christmas. Why will the VAT reduction not apply immediately? This would have given retail outlets a badly needed boost through increased sales before Christmas. Given that many small and medium size enterprises will close after...
- Financial Resolution No. 3: Value-Added Tax (9 Dec 2009)
Pat Breen: Are they real or simply symbolic changes?
- Financial Resolution No. 3: Value-Added Tax (9 Dec 2009)
Pat Breen: Our budget is costed.
- Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (9 Dec 2009)
Pat Breen: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has received a submission from a local authority (details supplied); his views regarding same; if he will make funding available for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46326/09]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Dec 2009)
Pat Breen: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an application for domiciliary allowance will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46357/09]
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Pat Breen: The Government ignored FÃS for long enough.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Pat Breen: Deputy Mattie McGrath is coming. He will sort it out.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Pat Breen: Yesterday morning I listened to "Today with Pat Kenny" and I heard the Minister for Finance say that the people hit by the cuts should live in the real world. That is a very strange statement for a Minister to make because the Minister and his colleagues in Government have no idea what it is like to live in the real world. The cuts they announced are savage. They are an attack on our...
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Pat Breen: There are many pot holes that must be filled.
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Pat Breen: Is the Deputy under pressure?
- Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)
Pat Breen: What a disappointment.
- Order of Business (15 Dec 2009)
Pat Breen: We want more of them coming through.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Dec 2009)
Pat Breen: Deputy Richard Bruton said it.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Dec 2009)
Pat Breen: I welcome the opportunity to speak. Public sector employees and welfare recipients have become the latest victims of the Government's blame game. There is a saying that a good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit. The kernel of the problem in this country is that we do not have leadership. The Government is bereft of ideas...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (15 Dec 2009)
Pat Breen: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children following the signing of contracts for a new endoscopy unit at Nenagh General Hospital, County Tipperary, the reason the contract for the endoscopy unit at Ennis General Hospital, County Clare, has not yet been signed; when she expects this contract to be signed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47000/09]