Results 821-840 of 1,750 for speaker:Declan Breathnach
- Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Nov 2017)
Declan Breathnach: It is in Sinn Féin's hands.
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (5 Dec 2017)
Declan Breathnach: 103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in County Louth as of 1 November 2017; the number of community gardaí in the division as; and the number of Garda Reserve and new recruits assigned to the division since recruitment resumed in 2014. [51657/17]
- Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Dec 2017)
Declan Breathnach: This morning during Question Time the Minister made it clear that the minor works grant would be paid this year but it would not be paid in 2018. That is absolutely unacceptable as schools are reliant on it. It is no longer a grant and it never was such a grant; it should never have been called a grant. This concerns moneys vital to the running of schools. I ask the Taoiseach and his...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Dec 2017)
Declan Breathnach: It is the information we got in the House this morning.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (6 Dec 2017)
Declan Breathnach: The Deputy is over time.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Administrative Arrangements (6 Dec 2017)
Declan Breathnach: The question is about changes in the management of the Department.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Administrative Arrangements (6 Dec 2017)
Declan Breathnach: There are three minutes left on this. I will give 30 seconds each, with the Taoiseach to reply. I call Deputy Burton.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Administrative Arrangements (6 Dec 2017)
Declan Breathnach: Thank you, Deputy.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Administrative Arrangements (6 Dec 2017)
Declan Breathnach: I call Deputy Adams. If Deputy Burton wants an answer, she should allow time for the Taoiseach to reply.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Administrative Arrangements (6 Dec 2017)
Declan Breathnach: I call Deputy Adams, who should be as brief as possible.
- Topical Issue Matters (6 Dec 2017)
Declan Breathnach: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 29A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Peadar Tóibín - to discuss public transport services in County Meath; (2) Deputy Danny Healy-Rae - the need for TII and the RSA to review speed limits on the N22 at Glenflesk and Lissivigeen near Killarney, County...
- Neurological Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2017)
Declan Breathnach: I welcome the work done by Deputy Murphy O'Mahony and the Fianna Fáil health team in tabling this Private Members' motion. In Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Louth, the latest figures for the number of people waiting to get treated at the National Rehabilitation Hospital, NRH, was four, with those four waiting for three months, which is the average waiting time to get a bed in the NRH....
- Paradise Papers: Statements (8 Dec 2017)
Declan Breathnach: The first item is statements on the Paradise Papers, ráitéisí maidir le Páipéir Paraidís. I call on the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Michael D'Arcy, to make a statement under Standing Order 45. The Minister of State has 15 minutes.
- Paradise Papers: Statements (8 Dec 2017)
Declan Breathnach: Members have requested copies of the Minister of State's script.
- Paradise Papers: Statements (8 Dec 2017)
Declan Breathnach: In the event that Deputy Jonathan O'Brien arrives, he will share time with Deputy Peadar Tóibín. Is that agreed?
- Other Questions: Army Barracks (12 Dec 2017)
Declan Breathnach: 48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the contingency plans in place to reopen Army barracks that were closed along the Border; his plans to reverse the decline in the Defence Forces to mitigate against increased smuggling activity; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that only two Army barracks remain near the border, at Bundoran and Dundalk; and if he will make a...
- Other Questions: Army Barracks (12 Dec 2017)
Declan Breathnach: The roles assigned to the Defence Forces in the White Paper on Defence include the provision of aid to the civil power, that is, providing assistance and support to the Garda Síochána when requested to do so, and assisting the Revenue Commissioners in the carrying out of their duties. We in Louth are fortunate to have Aiken Barracks and Gormanston Camp, but many of the Border...
- Other Questions: Army Barracks (12 Dec 2017)
Declan Breathnach: The Minister of State is missing the point of the question I am asking. Nobody is seeking a militarised or nanny state. What I am proposing is that we have an Army presence along the Border which would leave communities feeling safer. We hear constantly in this House about the lack of resources in the Army and the Garda Síochána. It is about presence, visibility and a deterrent...
- Other Questions: Army Barracks (12 Dec 2017)
Declan Breathnach: Again, the Minister of State is wholly missing the point. I am not for one minute advocating militarisation or using the Army as a back-up to the State. I am talking about having a presence in communities. I am advocating for this in the context of barrack closures, including in Castleblayney and Cavan. Bringing units of the Army into community facilities on a regular basis, even as part...
- Other Questions: Army Barracks (12 Dec 2017)
Declan Breathnach: It was the Minister of State who made reference to patrolling. He is misinterpreting our proposal.