Results 561-580 of 19,162 for speaker:Alan Shatter
- Public Appointments Transparency Bill 2008: First Stage (10 Jul 2008)
Alan Shatter: Will the Tánaiste send the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Dermot Ahern, out to character assassinate the publishers of these Bills next? Is this going to be a regular performance?
- Public Appointments Transparency Bill 2008: First Stage (10 Jul 2008)
Alan Shatter: The Cowen-in-chief of the Government.
- Air Services. (10 Jul 2008)
Alan Shatter: I ask the Minister for Transport the action he proposes to take to resolve the chaos in Dublin Airport.
- Air Services. (10 Jul 2008)
Alan Shatter: I do not want to interrupt the Minister unfairly but he may not realise that he is reading the same page a second time. I may be wrong and I do not mean to be disruptive.
- Air Services. (10 Jul 2008)
Alan Shatter: The Minister made reference to intermittent problems. Will he confirm that, as Deputy Broughan stated, over the past five weeks five different radar malfunctions occurred? If this is the case, and as I understand it three of them occurred before yesterday, why did they not sound the alarm bells? What information was he given on the three radar malfunctions which took place prior to...
- Air Services. (10 Jul 2008)
Alan Shatter: The system is clearly inadequate.
- Written Answers — Electricity Sector: Electricity Sector (10 Jul 2008)
Alan Shatter: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding his plans to transfer ownership of electricity transmission assets from the ESB to EirGrid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28228/08]
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (10 Jul 2008)
Alan Shatter: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will explain the meaning of pledge number eight in his consultation paper on next generation broadband to use Government purchasing power in order to stimulate demand, create economies of scale and better public services; if this will be the subject of further detailed specific plans; and if he will make...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (10 Jul 2008)
Alan Shatter: Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the discontinuation of staffing grants to community child care services is significantly increasing the cost of services to many unsubvented parents who can ill afford to pay the costs required for the delivery of regulated services. [28993/08]
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (10 Jul 2008)
Alan Shatter: Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many community child care services that have been funded through the equal opportunities child care programme are struggling to remain sustainable. [28994/08]
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (10 Jul 2008)
Alan Shatter: Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the community child care groups which have closed or are planning to close due to changes in their funding resulting from the replacement of the old equal opportunities child care programme staffing grant system with the community child care subvention scheme. [28997/08]
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (10 Jul 2008)
Alan Shatter: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the community child care groups which have reduced staffing levels or are planning to reduce staffing levels due to changes in their funding resulting from the replacement of the old equal opportunities child care programme staffing grant system with the community child care subvention...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (10 Jul 2008)
Alan Shatter: Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the number of community child care groups who will receive less funding for the second half of 2008 under the community child care subvention scheme than they did in the first half of 2008 under the old equal opportunities child care programme staffing grant system. [28999/08]
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (10 Jul 2008)
Alan Shatter: Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the number of parents who would be eligible for the community child care subvention scheme but cannot access subvention as they do not have access to a community child care service. [28995/08]
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (10 Jul 2008)
Alan Shatter: Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the formula for the way the level of community child care subvention scheme is being calculated for each local community child care group. [28996/08]
- Order of Business (24 Sep 2008)
Alan Shatter: Let us address it in this House.
- Order of Business (24 Sep 2008)
Alan Shatter: On a point of orderââ
- Order of Business (24 Sep 2008)
Alan Shatter: On a point of orderââ
- Order of Business (24 Sep 2008)
Alan Shatter: Very well.
- Order of Business (24 Sep 2008)
Alan Shatter: Were it not for the Opposition there would be no debate on the economy. It is bizarre.