Results 481-500 of 11,065 for speaker:Damien English
- Leaders' Questions. (7 Mar 2006)
Damien English: The Garda has no arms of its own.
- Leaders' Questions. (7 Mar 2006)
Damien English: Is the Taoiseach happy with 13 years?
- Leaders' Questions. (7 Mar 2006)
Damien English: It should be 20 years.
- Leaders' Questions. (7 Mar 2006)
Damien English: Ten-year sentences for drugs are not handed down.
- Leaders' Questions. (7 Mar 2006)
Damien English: Does the Taoiseach want an abacus?
- Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (7 Mar 2006)
Damien English: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Transport when he intends to introduce compulsory motorcycling training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9119/06]
- Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (7 Mar 2006)
Damien English: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Transport if legislation to allow for open road tolling will be published before the summer recess; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9120/06]
- Lourdes Hospital Inquiry: Statements (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)
Damien English: I welcome this opportunity to say a few words on the Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital inquiry. As a Deputy from County Meath, it would be remiss of me not to speak on the issue of the inquiry report compiled by Judge Maureen Harding Clark. Since the closing of the maternity unit in Trim, County Meath, long before I was born, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital was and still remains the core maternity...
- Lourdes Hospital Inquiry: Statements (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)
Damien English: Was he incompetent or did he practise the wrong specialty? Is he sick or evil? For the sake of the women involved this question needs to be answered. This report does not address the reasons Dr. Neary acted in this way. The women and their families have a right to know these reasons. According to some media reports he is Dr. Death with a master plan to sterilise the world. Others hail him as...
- Written Answers — Recycling Facilities: Recycling Facilities (8 Mar 2006)
Damien English: Question 16: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the level of recycling facilities broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9506/06]
- Written Answers — Recycling Policy: Recycling Policy (8 Mar 2006)
Damien English: Question 111: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the level of household recycling broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9505/06]
- Departmental Programmes. (21 Mar 2006)
Damien English: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he is satisfied with the amount spent on the RAPID scheme to date; his views on whether this programme will end on completion of the national development plan in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11081/06]
- Departmental Programmes. (21 Mar 2006)
Damien English: I thank the Minister for the reply. I am conscious that we discussed this a few months ago but I am still trying to comprehend the RAPID programme, the commitments made under it and exactly how one will measure the achievements arising from it. While it is probably the right way to proceed, what can the Department do to measure the benefits of the programme and how good RAPID is? The Minister...
- Departmental Programmes. (21 Mar 2006)
Damien English: It might have been the Taoiseach, not the Minister, who announced it. From where exactly will the rest of this money come? Is the â¬2 billion figure to be reviewed or what is the target of spend under the RAPID programme? If it is not â¬2 billion, is it â¬1 billion or â¬800 million? What exactly is the figure and what does the Minister hope to achieve from it? The RAPID programme was...
- Departmental Programmes. (21 Mar 2006)
Damien English: What are the spending plans?
- Departmental Programmes. (21 Mar 2006)
Damien English: I accept the Minister's comment on performance indicators but I have also received bad reports on the ground from people involved.
- National Drugs Strategy. (21 Mar 2006)
Damien English: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the main aspects of the national drugs strategy where considerable progress remains to be achieved; the way in which he intends to ensure that all the 100 recommendations contained in the strategy and those amended through the mid-term review of the strategy are implemented in full by the strategy's end; and if he...
- National Drugs Strategy. (21 Mar 2006)
Damien English: I thank the Minister of State for his reply, although I do not agree that there are encouraging signs of progress. The report he refers to was published almost a year ago and those who wrote it might change their minds in the current climate, with people being shot and drug usage increasing. We are going backwards in terms of the availability of drugs. Drugs are widespread and readily...
- National Drugs Strategy. (21 Mar 2006)
Damien English: How will we improve community policing if the numbers of gardaà are down? Will the Minister of State lobby the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to increase the level of community policing, given that it is highlighted in most task force plans as a successful way to tackle the drug problem?
- National Drugs Strategy. (21 Mar 2006)
Damien English: Nothing is happening.