Results 361-380 of 6,407 for speaker:Emmet Stagg

Order of Business. (21 Apr 2005)

Emmet Stagg: Regardless of who they are or what they do.

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (21 Apr 2005)

Emmet Stagg: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance when a tax rebate will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12564/05]

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (26 Apr 2005)

Emmet Stagg: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the call made by the Irish Language Commissioner, Mr. Seán Ó Cuireán, for a review of Irish language education in primary and secondary schools; her views on this call; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13027/05]

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (26 Apr 2005)

Emmet Stagg: Question 151: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the serious concern expressed by teachers at a number of incidents in which gardaí are reported to have entered school premises in search of pupils who were the subject of deportation orders; if she has had a response to representations she made to the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform...

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (26 Apr 2005)

Emmet Stagg: Question 422: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the new national school for Naas, County Kildare, will open in September 2005; if parents of pupils in existing primary schools in Naas will be advised in good time of the option to transfer to the new school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13037/05]

Leaders' Questions. (27 Apr 2005)

Emmet Stagg: Naas hospital is open with no staff.

Leaders' Questions. (27 Apr 2005)

Emmet Stagg: The home help service has been cut in half and there are no disabled person's grants.

Class Sizes: Motion (Resumed). (27 Apr 2005)

Emmet Stagg: I wish to share time with Deputies Sean Ryan, Burton and Enright.

Class Sizes: Motion (Resumed). (27 Apr 2005)

Emmet Stagg: I thank our spokesperson, Deputy O'Sullivan, for focusing on this important issue and for presenting us with an opportunity to debate it in the House. What could be more important than the education and future of our children? The higher pupil-teacher ratio in this State arises directly from a shameful neglect by the Fianna Fáil-Progressive Democrats Government of this most basic aspect of...

Class Sizes: Motion (Resumed). (27 Apr 2005)

Emmet Stagg: She did so during the by-election. The Minister saw the pupil-teacher ratios. Scoil na Mainistreach in Celbridge has a ratio of 27.7:1, Scoil Bríd in Celbridge is 26.5:1, Scoil Bhríde in Leixlip is 27:1, Scoil Choca Naofa in Kilcock is 29:1, Scoil Mochua in Celbridge is 28.5:1 and the Holy Child national school in Naas is 30:1. All these schools have yards full of prefabs and waiting lists...

Care of the Elderly. (27 Apr 2005)

Emmet Stagg: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this important matter. A society can be judged by how it treats its older and infirm members. On that basis this Government stands condemned for its cruel, callous and uncaring actions and attitudes towards our elderly and infirm citizens and particularly by its withdrawal of home help workers. The home help scheme was intended for and used...

Care of the Elderly. (27 Apr 2005)

Emmet Stagg: On a point of order, the Minister of State may be inadvertently misleading the House because what he is saying is not true.

Care of the Elderly. (27 Apr 2005)

Emmet Stagg: I was given the figures by the Minister of State's Department.

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (27 Apr 2005)

Emmet Stagg: Question 187: To ask the Minister for Finance the position with a claim for a refund of tax for medical expenses in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13719/05]

Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Emmet Stagg: He kept interrupting very rudely.

Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Emmet Stagg: If the Ceann Comhairle were quiet this would have been over long ago.

Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Emmet Stagg: The Ceann Comhairle should speak to his own Whip.

Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Emmet Stagg: On a point of order, the ordering of debates in this House is not a matter for the Whips in the first instance but is a matter for the Government and the Government Whip get instructions——

Written Answers — Emigrant Support Services: Emigrant Support Services (28 Apr 2005)

Emmet Stagg: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the Luton Irish Forum which provides services to the Irish community in the Luton area; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the premises from which it operates and which is owned by the local council is in the process of being removed from it and that it is not in a position to...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Apr 2005)

Emmet Stagg: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his examination of the proposal of this Deputy to provide free travel to Irish pensioners who live abroad while they are visiting Ireland has been completed; and when he expects to make a decision on the matter. [13763/05]