Results 561-580 of 2,551 for speaker:Pat Carey

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (3 May 2006)

Pat Carey: Question 471: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will be granted an immigration registration card to permit them to remain and travel outside the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16656/06]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (9 May 2006)

Pat Carey: Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason medical card-holders have to return to their general practitioners to get hospital prescriptions transferred to medical card prescriptions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17400/06]

Report of the Joint Committee on European Affairs on Migration: Statements. (10 May 2006)

Pat Carey: Members will speak in the following order. The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Martin, has six minutes. He will be followed by spokespersons for Fine Gael, the Labour Party and the Technical Group, who will have six minutes each, and Members can share time. Then there will be a 25-minute question and answer session.

Report of the Joint Committee on European Affairs on Migration: Statements. (10 May 2006)

Pat Carey: I thank Members for their contribution to the debate.

Europe and the Developing World: Statements. (10 May 2006)

Pat Carey: I will be very specific. Along with some colleagues from the Houses of the Oireachtas, I spent some days last week in Ethiopia to look at Irish aid projects and to consider the outcome of the flawed elections that took place last May. The Irish aid projects we saw in Tigré are worthy of continued support and I urge the Minister of State to continue and to intensify that support, if possible....

Europe and the Developing World: Statements. (10 May 2006)

Pat Carey: In the course of our discussions, we met the Prime Minister and three imprisoned leaders of the opposition. We met Hailu Shawil and Dr. Berhanu Nega, who will be known to many people here because he worked with the ESRI, both of whom are imprisoned. Will the Minister of State engage with his colleagues in the EU to speed up the trials of the many people in prison? The Prime Minister claims...

Europe and the Developing World: Statements. (10 May 2006)

Pat Carey: Will the Minister of State engage with his European colleagues in that regard? Will Ireland expand its number of programme countries from the current level?

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (16 May 2006)

Pat Carey: Question 224: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 is entitled to a tax rebate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18084/06]

Written Answers — Languages Programme: Languages Programme (16 May 2006)

Pat Carey: Question 519: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 23 March 2006 (details supplied) if the review of education provision in the area has been completed; if the interested parties have been notified of the result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18404/06]

Institutes of Technology Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 May 2006)

Pat Carey: I am pleased to have the opportunity to contribute to this debate. There is a certain sense of déjÀ vu about some of the contributions to date. I was not in the House when the original Dublin Institute of Technology Bill was debated. However, I was a member of the City of Dublin VEC and was chairman of the governing body of the DIT at that time. I compliment Deputy Burton on her, as usual,...

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed). (17 May 2006)

Pat Carey: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak on this issue. Every Government has priorities, as does every party. Fianna Fáil, since its foundation, has made education one of its key priorities and that is record which nobody can challenge. One only has to look at Mr. Donogh O'Malley and the introduction of free second level education. Equally, the initiatives brought forward by the current...

Written Answers — Schools Amalgamation: Schools Amalgamation (17 May 2006)

Pat Carey: Question 263: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the structure of the amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in Dublin 9, has been agreed by all parties concerned; if design teams have been appointed to both the amalgamated schools; if a timeframe has been agreed with all parties for the completion of the work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18613/06]

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (18 May 2006)

Pat Carey: The jolt of increased energy prices, whether gas or oil, in the past year has served to focus minds on the conservation and renewal of energy as well as examining new ways of producing it. The controversy surrounding gas supplies through Ukraine was a wake-up call for everybody, demonstrating how interdependent we all are when it comes to energy supplies. Deputy Deenihan referred to the ESB's...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (18 May 2006)

Pat Carey: The Deputy can never resist the temptation to laugh at his own jokes.

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (18 May 2006)

Pat Carey: We should exploit the resources we have. While we are playing catch-up, let us try to make use of wind and wave power. Some of our problems in this area arise from the moratorium placed on the wind industry by the regulator in December 2004, the results of which we are only now experiencing. We need more radical proposals before the House to encourage not only wind energy but also the solar,...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (18 May 2006)

Pat Carey: Grants are rarely the issue. Rather, it is the selling and marketing of the idea that is important. On the consumption side, we must continue to do more to reduce our dependence on natural fossil fuels. The Government is doing much in the competition sector but it needs to do more in the consumption area and needs to encourage, by subsidy or otherwise, the use and production of alternative...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (18 May 2006)

Pat Carey: When ideas are brought forward, they should be well rehearsed because there is always a danger that we might rush in and suggest something that is not fully worked through. My understanding, from those who claim to know of these matters, is that the suggestion that sugar beet could be a significant provider of energy is exaggerated. I would not condemn anyone for suggesting the issue should...

Noxious Weeds. (18 May 2006)

Pat Carey: Please do not draw the picture.

Adjournment Debate Matters. (18 May 2006)

Pat Carey: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 21 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Gilmore — to discuss the case of a person (details supplied) who has lost their rent allowance and is facing eviction from their home; (2) Deputy Burton — to discuss school places at a school (details supplied) where...

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (18 May 2006)

Pat Carey: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will clarify the responsibility her Department has for legislation in relation to domestic animals, for example cats; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18556/06]