Results 661-680 of 9,147 for speaker:Pat Breen

Water and Sewerage Schemes. (19 Oct 2005)

Pat Breen: I am delighted the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, is present for this debate. I wish to focus attention on a serious issue affecting the people of Ennis. One takes for granted the quality of one's drinking water if issues regarding that quality do not arise. The Minister of State may be aware through coverage by the...

Water and Sewerage Schemes. (19 Oct 2005)

Pat Breen: What happens in the meantime?

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (19 Oct 2005)

Pat Breen: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Transport if, further to negotiations ongoing at EU level and with the US on the implementation of an open skies policy, he will commission an impact study on the effect such a policy will have on Shannon and Cork airports, in view of the experience of other states which have implemented a similar policy. [29497/05]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (20 Oct 2005)

Pat Breen: Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of the €20 million upgrade project of Ennis General Hospital; when the project will go to the next phase; the timeframe for the overall project; when tendering for the project will commence; when it is expected that building will commence if given an expeditious planning process; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Commemorative Stamp: Commemorative Stamp (20 Oct 2005)

Pat Breen: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the plans that are in place to issue a stamp in 2006 commemorating Michael Cusack, the founder of the GAA, on the centenary of his death; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29914/05]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (20 Oct 2005)

Pat Breen: Question 169: To ask the Minister for Education and Science where the responsibility lies for safety of children and parents outside primary schools; the responsibility that her Department or the local authority has to provide car parking in the interest of safety; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29850/05]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (25 Oct 2005)

Pat Breen: Question 598: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will allocate a special fund in consultation with the Irish Farm Film Producers Group to deal with the backlog of farm plastic not covered by the current levy system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30143/05]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (25 Oct 2005)

Pat Breen: Question 599: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the remedial measures he will take to deal with the ecological problem and nuisance issue posed by the non-collection of farm plastic not covered by the current levy system in association with the Irish Farm Film Producers Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30144/05]

Written Answers — Litter Pollution: Litter Pollution (25 Oct 2005)

Pat Breen: Question 174: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself that the current level of fines, detection and punishment for litter offences are a sufficient deterrent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30352/05]

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (25 Oct 2005)

Pat Breen: Question 241: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will meet a deputation (details supplied) regarding the extension of cover to 24 hours for a town's ambulance station service; if she will provide the funding through the Health Service Executive so that extra emergency medical technician personnel can be employed for same; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Public Sector Recruitment: Public Sector Recruitment (25 Oct 2005)

Pat Breen: Question 317: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will lift the ban on public sector recruitment for health and ambulance personnel in the forthcoming budget in the interests of public safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30129/05]

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (26 Oct 2005)

Pat Breen: Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when windows will be replaced for a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the housing aid for the elderly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30826/05]

Written Answers — Coastal Protection: Coastal Protection (26 Oct 2005)

Pat Breen: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to predict the effect of tidal surges in the Irish sea on low lying areas of Dublin by way of risk modelling; if so, the risk levels that will be used in such modelling; if he proposes to introduce land use restrictions based on such risk studies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30899/05]

Written Answers — Airport Development Projects: Airport Development Projects (26 Oct 2005)

Pat Breen: Question 202: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 36 of 21 June 1995, his views relating to the technical rationale for the planning objections and appeals lodged over many years by a company (details supplied) regarding numerous private developments in the vicinity of Dublin Airport; his further views on whether the new Dublin Airport Authority will behave...

Written Answers — Airport Development Projects: Airport Development Projects (26 Oct 2005)

Pat Breen: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 636 of 27 April 2004, his views regarding the decision to delete from the Air Navigation and Transport (Amendment) Bill 1997 the provision relating to the grant of protected area powers to a company (details supplied); his further views on whether such anomaly is a classic example of Juvenal's dilemma as to...

Written Answers — Taxi Hardship Panel: Taxi Hardship Panel (26 Oct 2005)

Pat Breen: Question 209: To ask the Minister for Transport the date of completion and the date of receipt of a final report (details supplied); the final administrative cost of same; the way in which this compares with the initial estimate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30916/05]

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (27 Oct 2005)

Pat Breen: I wish to share time with Deputy Eamon Ryan.

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (27 Oct 2005)

Pat Breen: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on this Bill. While I welcome some areas of the Bill, some areas cause concern. Over the years the Government has been reluctant to consider extending parental leave. In its rush to put financial capital before social capital the area of parental leave and parental issues has been neglected in the past eight years. During campaigning for the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (27 Oct 2005)

Pat Breen: Question 38: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to reassess the system by which the one-parent family payment is awarded; his views on whether the payment encourages women to raise children on their own; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30832/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (27 Oct 2005)

Pat Breen: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether the system by which the one-parent family payment operates encourages discrimination against fathers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30833/05]