Results 761-780 of 1,310 for speaker:Shane McEntee
- Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (17 Nov 2009)
Shane McEntee: There are half a million people unemployed.
- Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (17 Nov 2009)
Shane McEntee: What is the Minister doing for jobs?
- Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (17 Nov 2009)
Shane McEntee: There are half a million people unemployed.
- Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (17 Nov 2009)
Shane McEntee: The Minister should reflect on the number of people who are unemployed.
- Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (17 Nov 2009)
Shane McEntee: That was a disastrous speech. The Minister should write his own speech and not get someone else to do it.
- Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (17 Nov 2009)
Shane McEntee: Half a million people unemployed and the Minister never mentioned jobs once.
- Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (17 Nov 2009)
Shane McEntee: Four hundred thousand people unemployed and the Minister is doing nothing about it. His speech was rubbish.
- Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (17 Nov 2009)
Shane McEntee: The Green Party wants an end to stag hunts. That is all it wants.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 Nov 2009)
Shane McEntee: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide the latest revenue income and expenditure for Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42368/09]
- Written Answers — Local Government Funding: Local Government Funding (24 Nov 2009)
Shane McEntee: Question 64: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the changes he is considering to reduce the cost of providing local government services and administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42844/09]
- Written Answers — Electricity Market: Electricity Market (25 Nov 2009)
Shane McEntee: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he intends to change the regulatory model for setting the price of domestic household electricity in order to allow the ESB to compete on price; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43303/09]
- Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (26 Nov 2009)
Shane McEntee: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will publish the proposed Animal Welfare Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43612/09]
- Hunting Licences. (2 Dec 2009)
Shane McEntee: I am delighted to get a chance to speak on this subject, which I honestly did not think would arise again. The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley, and I had some heated debates about stag hunting two or three years ago. The Minister insisted that certain regulations be put into place. For example, it is now necessary for three officials from the...
- Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (2 Dec 2009)
Shane McEntee: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of funding he has received from the EU since 1999 in order to improve and upgrade the national roads network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44745/09]
- Written Answers — Banking Sector: Banking Sector (3 Dec 2009)
Shane McEntee: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the concept of a living will for financial institutions as a way of limiting the exposure of the taxpayer to bank difficulties in the future. [44827/09]
- Written Answers — Prescription Charges: Prescription Charges (8 Dec 2009)
Shane McEntee: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce a prescription charge for medical card holders; the level at which this charge will be set; the revenue expected to be raised from same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45633/09]
- Local Authority Funding. (9 Dec 2009)
Shane McEntee: Question 25: To ask the Minister for Transport the way he will finance local authorities sufficiently to improve the conditions of roads, in view of the fact that 70% of all road deaths take place on rural roads, and improvements required in respect of recent flood damage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46219/09]
- Local Authority Funding. (9 Dec 2009)
Shane McEntee: The Minister cited the large allocation to local authorities. As the Fine Gael Party spokesperson on road safety, I supported many popular and unpopular measures he has introduced. We must not kid ourselves. The condition of rural roads has deteriorated throughout the country. Having visited practically every county this year, some rural roads will shortly be closed on health and safety...
- Local Authority Funding. (9 Dec 2009)
Shane McEntee: One can argue that local authorities are being provided this or that amount but none of the local authorities I have contacted has the price of a shovel of sand, not to speak of tarmac. How does the Minister intend to ensure that Ireland's road safety record continues to improve from being among the worst in Europe to among the best? If we do not mend our roads, our road safety record will...
- Local Authority Funding. (9 Dec 2009)
Shane McEntee: I concur with the Minister on the identification of accident blackspots and so forth. However, as every Deputy is aware, the condition of some rural roads has deteriorated to the extent that some will be closed for health and safety reasons in the coming spring. The Minister has a responsibility to ensure county councils are properly financed. He referred to the money that has been...