Results 521-540 of 1,934 for speaker:Tom Shehan

Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)

Tom Sheahan: Yesterday the Taoiseach came into the House and, effectively, took between €3,500 and €4,000 per annum from the pockets of public service workers. I was contacted today by members of the public service and it is costing some up to €114 or €116 per week. The public service did not cause the current problems but there was an agenda driven by the media, in coalition with the...

Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)

Tom Sheahan: The Government did not realise until September or October 2008 that there was a problem with the economy but the 2006 census indicated that there were 215,000 unoccupied houses in the country.

Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)

Tom Sheahan: The Government was driving on to build 90,000 units a year, even though there were 215,000 unoccupied houses in the country, yet we are told it did not see it coming. What must be done now? Throughout the country people working for companies are being laid off or put on a three-day week. The Government should create an initiative in employment maintenance whereby people working three days a...

Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)

Tom Sheahan: Correct.

Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)

Tom Sheahan: Hear, hear.

Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)

Tom Sheahan: Hear, hear.

Community Care. (4 Feb 2009)

Tom Sheahan: I welcome the opportunity to raise the issue of the closure of the Rowan male ward in St. Columbanus Home, Killarney. A total of 21 beds have been closed in the community hospital and I cannot understand why this is happening. On a weekly basis I am in contact with St. Columbanus Home trying to secure beds for elderly people in need of long-term care. It has been the case for a while that...

Community Care. (4 Feb 2009)

Tom Sheahan: Despite a large investment in it.

Community Care. (4 Feb 2009)

Tom Sheahan: New beds in Dingle and Tralee will not suit the needs of the people of east Kerry.

Community Care. (4 Feb 2009)

Tom Sheahan: This was all decided without any consultations.

Written Answers — Defence Forces Recruitment: Defence Forces Recruitment (4 Feb 2009)

Tom Sheahan: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Defence if recruitment for general service, apprenticeships and cadetships, respectively, is planned for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3549/09]

Hospital Services: Motion (10 Feb 2009)

Tom Sheahan: Tell that to the people in County Clare.

Hospital Services: Motion (10 Feb 2009)

Tom Sheahan: Carry that out to County Clare.

Hospital Services: Motion (10 Feb 2009)

Tom Sheahan: That is the golden hour. One cannot get from Loop Head to Limerick in an hour.

Hospital Services: Motion (10 Feb 2009)

Tom Sheahan: That is a cheap shot when no member of the party is present.

Hospital Services: Motion (10 Feb 2009)

Tom Sheahan: The Deputy can get his corns and bunions done there.

Hospital Services: Motion (10 Feb 2009)

Tom Sheahan: There is not even car space there, for God's sake.

Hospital Services: Motion (10 Feb 2009)

Tom Sheahan: Let him at it.

Hospital Services: Motion (10 Feb 2009)

Tom Sheahan: The Deputy is in the VHI. He went in a different door.

Hospital Services: Motion (10 Feb 2009)

Tom Sheahan: That is why. He went in a different door.