Results 441-460 of 1,310 for speaker:Shane McEntee
- Road Safety. (6 Dec 2007)
Shane McEntee: In respect of our question, I am a bit like a dog with a bone, as the Minister knows. If I had not seen the recommendation that the blood alcohol limit be lowered from 80 mg to 50 mg given to the Government in a document on 17 May 2007 by the Road Safety Authority, only to find it omitted when we went into our briefing, I would not be that dog with a bone. It is in everyone's interest....
- Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (6 Dec 2007)
Shane McEntee: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will commission a study of environmental costs caused by the transport sector with a view to introducing possible measures to reduce carbon emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32924/07]
- Schools Building Projects. (11 Dec 2007)
Shane McEntee: The Department is paying â¬60,000 per month in rent on it.
- Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (11 Dec 2007)
Shane McEntee: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the purchase has been completed for the site of a new national school in Laytown, County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33825/07]
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (11 Dec 2007)
Shane McEntee: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when planning permission will be submitted for the building of a new national school in Laytown, County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33826/07]
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (11 Dec 2007)
Shane McEntee: Question 713: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the anticipated completion date for the new national school in Laytown, County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33824/07]
- Motor Taxation. (18 Dec 2007)
Shane McEntee: Question 102: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the projected costs of operating a dual motor tax system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35253/07]
- Schools Building Projects. (18 Dec 2007)
Shane McEntee: I am pleased to have the opportunity to raise this matter. The Minister is probably sick of hearing of Laytown at this stage, but I have no option but to try to bring this matter to a satisfactory conclusion. It is ten years since it was accepted that a new school was needed in Laytown. I was not a councillor prior to being elected to this House and my introduction to politics was a...
- Schools Building Projects. (18 Dec 2007)
Shane McEntee: No application for planning permission was submitted. The children are being accommodated in a school for which â¬60,000 per month is being paid in rent, but the 90 children there do not have an adequate play area and another 150 children will be enrolled next September. Then we wonder why there are problems such as bullying and drugs in our schools. The most important issue is young...
- Schools Building Projects. (18 Dec 2007)
Shane McEntee: That has nothing to do with what I am talking about. What I am talking about is what happenedââ
- Schools Building Projects. (18 Dec 2007)
Shane McEntee: ââon 29 March.
- Schools Building Projects. (18 Dec 2007)
Shane McEntee: What we were told was rubbish.
- Schools Building Projects. (18 Dec 2007)
Shane McEntee: We are being told more rubbish here.
- Schools Building Projects. (18 Dec 2007)
Shane McEntee: I have not missed any answer.
- Schools Building Projects. (18 Dec 2007)
Shane McEntee: May I reply?
- Schools Building Projects. (18 Dec 2007)
Shane McEntee: Why not?
- Schools Building Projects. (18 Dec 2007)
Shane McEntee: If that is all the Minister can offer the people of Laytown, so be it. It is a poor day for this country when the Minister can bring people here on 29 March and tell themââ
- Schools Building Projects. (18 Dec 2007)
Shane McEntee: It is a poor day when the Minister sneers at the people of Laytown.
- Schools Building Projects. (18 Dec 2007)
Shane McEntee: The Minister should tell them the truth.
- Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (18 Dec 2007)
Shane McEntee: Question 109: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason â¬10 million for Kyoto credits was in the voted budget of the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government and â¬50 million was in the non-voted capital expenditure in the White Paper; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35252/07]