Results 341-360 of 1,934 for speaker:Tom Shehan

Order of Business (25 Sep 2008)

Tom Sheahan: The Social Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill was on the B list for last year. Is that the same Bill as the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill currently going through the Seanad and will it deal with family break-up?

Order of Business (25 Sep 2008)

Tom Sheahan: Family break-up has become very prevalent and unless a family home is sold neither party will qualify for social housing. Will that issue be dealt with in the Bill?

Order of Business (25 Sep 2008)

Tom Sheahan: I thank the Tánaiste. I also wish to raise the matter of the merchant shipping safety convention Bill which would provide the Minister with power to implement amendments to the safety of life at sea convention, SOLAS, which I believe would provide for the retention of Malin Head and Valentia coastguard stations. When can we expect that Bill?

Order of Business (25 Sep 2008)

Tom Sheahan: Would amendments be included in that Bill to maintain the services at Valentia and Malin Head?

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Oct 2008)

Tom Sheahan: Question 259: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the timeframe regarding payment of single farm payments. [33103/08]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Oct 2008)

Tom Sheahan: Question 260: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive payment of a grant in respect of a slatted unit. [33104/08]

Order of Business (7 Oct 2008)

Tom Sheahan: I wish to raise the matter of marine safety in the context of promised legislation under the International Convention for the Safety of Lives at Sea, SOLAS. Will the Taoiseach intervene in respect of the Irish Coast Guard station at Valentia? On 17 July 2003 the then Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Dermot Ahern, decided to close down operations in Dublin...

Order of Business (7 Oct 2008)

Tom Sheahan: On 21 October 2003 the then Minister, Deputy Dermot Ahern, announced, for which he must receive credit, the closure of operations in Dublin and the expansion of those at Valentia and Malin Head.

Order of Business (7 Oct 2008)

Tom Sheahan: On 1 June 2004 an article in The Irish Times stated Irish Coast Guard staff in Dublin——

Order of Business (7 Oct 2008)

Tom Sheahan: ——had launched a petition in respect of the proposed closure plan.

Order of Business (7 Oct 2008)

Tom Sheahan: I tried to raise it by way of a private notice question but was not allowed to do so.

Order of Business (7 Oct 2008)

Tom Sheahan: The people of Valentia deserve——

Order of Business (7 Oct 2008)

Tom Sheahan: I appreciate that the Ceann Comhairle wants to deal with this matter but that he cannot do so.

Order of Business (7 Oct 2008)

Tom Sheahan: We have a colleague who can deal with the matter but he will not do so.

Order of Business (7 Oct 2008)

Tom Sheahan: I ask the Taoiseach to please intervene in respect of the Valentia Island Coast Guard station——

Order of Business (7 Oct 2008)

Tom Sheahan: The people there deserve——

Order of Business (7 Oct 2008)

Tom Sheahan: A Cheann Comhairle, I have——

Order of Business (7 Oct 2008)

Tom Sheahan: I must do this. I know the Ceann Comhairle wants to raise the matter and deal with it, but because of his position he cannot. I am the only one here from Kerry South who can raise it.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (7 Oct 2008)

Tom Sheahan: Question 287: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) will receive stamp four. [33439/08]

Written Answers — Coastal Erosion: Coastal Erosion (7 Oct 2008)

Tom Sheahan: Question 430: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the funding available from his Department for coastal erosion. [33590/08]