Results 5,901-5,920 of 9,147 for speaker:Pat Breen
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jan 2014)
Pat Breen: Allow me to check with the Department first.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jan 2014)
Pat Breen: If the Senator does not mind, I will contact the Department first and I will report back to him next week. If he wishes to write to the IIIC at that stage -----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jan 2014)
Pat Breen: If the committee so decides, we will write to the IIIC.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jan 2014)
Pat Breen: Excuse me, I made a ruling on how I will deal with the matter. I have finished with it and ask that we move on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jan 2014)
Pat Breen: Senator Jim Walsh reminded me that we received apologies from Deputy Brendan Smith.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of the Passport Office (29 Jan 2014)
Pat Breen: I remind members and those in the Visitors Gallery to ensure their mobile phones are switched off completely for the duration of the meeting because they cause interference with the recording equipment in committee rooms even in silent mode. The main item on our agenda is the work of the Passport Office. I am delighted that we are joined by Mr. Joseph Nugent, director of passport services...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of the Passport Office (29 Jan 2014)
Pat Breen: It is good that our passports are becoming more secure so that we can catch up with fraudsters.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of the Passport Office (29 Jan 2014)
Pat Breen: I thank Mr. Nugent for his very informative presentation on how things have changed and improved so much in the Passport Office. When I first became a Deputy I went to the Passport Office. People were frustrated, and the staff were being abused. I felt sorry for the people behind the glass windows there because the arrangements were different then. It takes time to process a passport...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of the Passport Office (29 Jan 2014)
Pat Breen: Senator Walsh has started off well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of the Passport Office (29 Jan 2014)
Pat Breen: I will bring everybody in now because some of the questions are overlapping. It is much better in that Mr. Nugent will not have to answer questions twice.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of the Passport Office (29 Jan 2014)
Pat Breen: Mr. Nugent will answer that for Deputy Durkan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of the Passport Office (29 Jan 2014)
Pat Breen: Nobody calls one a Member of Parliament here-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of the Passport Office (29 Jan 2014)
Pat Breen: -----they call one a Teachta Dála, TD. Okay, we will let-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of the Passport Office (29 Jan 2014)
Pat Breen: Nobody calls one a Member of Parliament; they call one a TD, Teachta Dála.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of the Passport Office (29 Jan 2014)
Pat Breen: Okay. We will see can we get an answer to that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of the Passport Office (29 Jan 2014)
Pat Breen: On a question Deputy Byrne asked, there is legislation on sham marriages being prepared by the Department of Social Protection and I am not sure the passport office has anything to do with that issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of the Passport Office (29 Jan 2014)
Pat Breen: Mr. Nugent has heard questions from members on their concerns about, and compliments on, the Passport Office. I will hand over to him.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of the Passport Office (29 Jan 2014)
Pat Breen: That is fine. That is why I brought everybody in together.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of the Passport Office (29 Jan 2014)
Pat Breen: Yes; go ahead.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of the Passport Office (29 Jan 2014)
Pat Breen: Young people do it on a Saturday night as well.