Results 8,981-9,000 of 11,433 for speaker:Michael Kitt
- Message from Seanad (18 Dec 2014)
Michael Kitt: Seanad Éireann has passed the Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2014, without amendment.
- Topical Issue Matters (18 Dec 2014)
Michael Kitt: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Lucinda Creighton - the deteriorating tax environment for productive investment in small and medium-sized enterprises here; (2) Deputy Terence Flanagan - the processing of medical card applications in the primary care...
- Topical Issue Debate: Medical Card Administration (18 Dec 2014)
Michael Kitt: Thank you Deputy but I must now call on the Minister of State to conclude.
- Message from Seanad (18 Dec 2014)
Michael Kitt: Seanad Éireann has passed the Appropriation Bill 2014, without recommendation.
- Other Questions: Defence Forces (14 Jan 2015)
Michael Kitt: Sorry; we are way over time on this.
- Other Questions: Defence Forces (14 Jan 2015)
Michael Kitt: We are over time. I call Deputy Daly.
- Other Questions: Defence Forces (14 Jan 2015)
Michael Kitt: That is all very well, but Deputies Wallace and Murphy have questions as well. I am against the clock here. It is not my fault.
- Other Questions: Overseas Missions (14 Jan 2015)
Michael Kitt: The Minister has the floor.
- Message from Seanad (14 Jan 2015)
Michael Kitt: The Seanad has passed the Water Services Bill 2014, without amendment.
- Topical Issue Debate: Water Supply Contamination (14 Jan 2015)
Michael Kitt: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this issue, and I commend the people of Williamstown for raising it and bringing it to the attention of the national and local media in a very professional way. The matter was summed up very well by a headline in The Irish Timeson 5 January: "Galway Community may face two years on boil water notice". The article refers to "a contaminated...
- Topical Issue Debate: Water Supply Contamination (14 Jan 2015)
Michael Kitt: I am raising this issue not because of water charges but because people will be subject to a boil water notice for two years. It is very fair to say that when there was cryptosporidium contamination in the Terryland and Lough Corrib areas of Galway, steps were taken to deal with it. However, I cannot understand why it will take to years to deal with a very serious situation. I have given...
- Terrorist Attack in Paris: Statements (14 Jan 2015)
Michael Kitt: The next speaking slot is being shared by Deputies Clare Daly and Wallace.
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (14 Jan 2015)
Michael Kitt: Amendment No. 1 is in the names of the Minister and Deputy McDonald. Amendments Nos. 1 and 64 to 67, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (14 Jan 2015)
Michael Kitt: Amendments Nos. 2 to 15, inclusive, 17, 18, 20, 21 and 58 are related and will be discussed together.
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (14 Jan 2015)
Michael Kitt: The Minister was that soldier previously.
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (14 Jan 2015)
Michael Kitt: That is correct.
- Hospital Services: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jan 2015)
Michael Kitt: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion and I commend Deputy Billy Kelleher on tabling it. The most important point in the motion is the need to immediately provide beds and increase the number of front line staff to deal with overcrowding in our hospital emergency departments. The point has been made over and over that the Government and the HSE expected that this deplorable...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Ról agus Cúram: An Choimisinéara Teanga (14 Jan 2015)
Michael Kitt: Fáiltím roimh an gCoimisinéir. Bhí sé ag caint mar gheall ar dhaoine atá ag iarraidh a gnó a dhéanamh trí Ghaeilge agus daoine ag cur ceist mar gheall ar an dteanga oifigiúil. An bhfuil sé ag caint ansin faoi chomhlachtaí cosúil le Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte, nó comhairlí contae? Bhí an...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Ról agus Cúram: An Choimisinéara Teanga (14 Jan 2015)
Michael Kitt: Dúirt an Coimisinéir go bhfuil foireann beag san oifig. An bhfuil aon phlean ann chun foireann níos mó a bheith aige? Chomh maith leis sin, bhí an tAire Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe, an Teachta Brendan Howlin, ag caint mar gheall ar níos mó daoine a bhfuil Gaeilge acu a chur isteach sna Ranna éagsúla. An bhfuil aon dul chun...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2015)
Michael Kitt: We are over time, Deputy.