Results 561-580 of 587 for speaker:James Breen

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (8 Mar 2007)

James Breen: Tonight in Shannon a large meeting will be held on the matter of the pupil-teacher ratio. At another meeting a year and a half ago a representative of the Government said everything was rosy in the garden and that no child who needed it would be left without special needs education or one-to-one tuition, but nothing has happened. I have no problem with the requirement for 30 assentors....

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (8 Mar 2007)

James Breen: ——to act as a major parties' watchdog and ensure fair play and County Clare gets its equal slice of the national cake.

Departmental Expenditure. (20 Mar 2007)

James Breen: It is great to see the Government is so concerned about us.

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (20 Mar 2007)

James Breen: Question 865: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will immediately provide an extra teacher to a school (details supplied) in County Clare where the principal has to divide fourth class due to overcrowding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10112/07]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (20 Mar 2007)

James Breen: Question 866: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Clare where overcrowding in the classrooms is now chronic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10113/07]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2007)

James Breen: In tabling her amendment to the motion, the Minister, Deputy Hanafin, showed her ignorance of the national class size crisis. Once again, she has displayed the Government's ineptitude in trying to tackle the problem. In its programme for Government in 2002 the Administration did not state some or most children under nine years would be in classes of fewer than 20 pupils. Rather it stated...

Written Answers — Job Initiative: Job Initiative (21 Mar 2007)

James Breen: Question 257: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will change the recruitment policy for job initiative schemes to allow recruitment to take place in areas of low unemployment and allow the good community work in those areas to continue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10638/07]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (21 Mar 2007)

James Breen: Question 260: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if as a result of community welfare officers moving under the umbrella of his Department, their roles will change; if they will continue to deliver service in every village in their area or it they will be confined to an office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10748/07]

Written Answers — Courts Service: Courts Service (22 Mar 2007)

James Breen: Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of bench warrants issued in the court districts, clerked by staff operating out of Ennis District Court Office that remain unexecuted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10909/07]

Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2007)

James Breen: They could hear the polls talking then.

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (27 Mar 2007)

James Breen: Question 246: To ask the Minister for Finance when the Garda barracks in Crusheen, County Clare will be reopened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11688/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (27 Mar 2007)

James Breen: Question 336: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated with a bed in the Dun Laoghaire rehabilitation unit in view of the fact that they are on a waiting list for the past six weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11687/07]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (24 Apr 2007)

James Breen: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of local and national importance, the ongoing health risks affecting the people of Ennis, County Clare, owing to the contamination of the town's water supply, which has been substandard for some years. It is the subject of constant "boil water" notices, but no action has been taken. Furthermore, the water system...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (24 Apr 2007)

James Breen: He sits giggling and talking while the people of Clare are left——

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (24 Apr 2007)

James Breen: Is the Taoiseach operating a double standard for the people of Galway and those of Clare?

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (24 Apr 2007)

James Breen: Is the Taoiseach accountable for the actions of his Ministers? I urge him to stop his giggling and talking. He got a shock in Clare at the last election and he is in for a bigger one the next time.

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

James Breen: The lack of firm commitment on the part of the Government to the long-term future of Shannon Airport and the importance of the latter to the future of the mid-west region was highlighted by the personal crusade of the Minister, Deputy Cullen, to fast track the open skies agreement. A five-year action plan detailing what needed to be done to cushion the impact of the open skies policy and to...

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

James Breen: Ennis has been partially bypassed. The Minister should get the record straight and tell the truth to the House. The western bypass is not in place

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

James Breen: The Ennis bypass is partially complete.

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

James Breen: Will the Minister provide it with debt-free status? It is a straight question. Will the Minister invest €59 million over what the mid-west regional authority requested?