Results 821-840 of 1,310 for speaker:Shane McEntee
- Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Feb 2010)
Shane McEntee: I thank my senior colleague, Deputy O'Dowd, for giving me the opportunity to address this issue first. I will start as the Minister did by referring to the past ten years and conclude by looking forward to the next ten years. In the past ten years between 3,500 and 4,000 people - I do not have the exact figures - were killed on our roads. The purpose of this Bill, and our job today, is to...
- Written Answers — Money Advice and Budgeting Service: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (23 Feb 2010)
Shane McEntee: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the waiting times to access Money Advice and Budgeting Service money advisers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8986/10]
- Building Regulations. (24 Feb 2010)
Shane McEntee: Tonight is the start of the disclosure of one of the greatest catastrophes to hit this country following the bank crisis. I do not say that lightly. HomeBond, which is in trouble, has confirmed that it has received claims from the owners of 20,000 houses with pyrite. At one stage pyrite reached Canada and is also a problem in England. Some 20,000 people have lodged claims with HomeBond...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)
Shane McEntee: The Government got it wrong with AIB and Bank of Ireland. The Taoiseach should have listened to Deputy Bruton.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)
Shane McEntee: The Government is destroying businesses.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)
Shane McEntee: Good businesses are being destroyed to protect gamblers. That is all it is.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)
Shane McEntee: The Taoiseach is protecting the gangsters who are destroying good businesses day in and day out.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)
Shane McEntee: At least he would be honest about it.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)
Shane McEntee: What did Roadstone do last Friday but close every quarry in the place?
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)
Shane McEntee: The Government is not in the real world. It is time they joined the real world.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2010)
Shane McEntee: There are too many gangsters.
- Written Answers — Private Health Insurance: Private Health Insurance (3 Mar 2010)
Shane McEntee: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will fulfil her legal obligation to bring the Voluntary Health Insurance within the remit of the Financial Regulator by the end of March, 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10513/10]
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (23 Mar 2010)
Shane McEntee: Does that include stag hunting?
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (23 Mar 2010)
Shane McEntee: What about Deputy Paul Gogarty?
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (23 Mar 2010)
Shane McEntee: The under-19 rugby team will not be able to travel from this country on Thursday.
- Weather Damage Repairs. (24 Mar 2010)
Shane McEntee: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide a detailed assessment of the â¬180 million cost for repairing damage caused by the recent weather conditions as estimated by county councils; the details of the cost involved for each county council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13069/10]
- Weather Damage Repairs. (24 Mar 2010)
Shane McEntee: I thank the Minister for his reply. The question concerns getting more money, but it is not easy to obtain. Last Saturday, I visited Kerry, which is the last of the counties I have visited over the past three months. The last time I was there was in 1991. People all over the country are saying that they will spend their holidays at home this year, given the value offered by hotels. In...
- Weather Damage Repairs. (24 Mar 2010)
Shane McEntee: Before we reach the peak holiday time - perhaps in three months time - the Minister might review that.
- Weather Damage Repairs. (24 Mar 2010)
Shane McEntee: Which we will spend at home.
- State Airports. (24 Mar 2010)
Shane McEntee: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Transport the contact that was made to him in relation to the proposals to create 500 jobs at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12836/10]