Results 901-920 of 19,162 for speaker:Alan Shatter

Health Service Inquiries. (5 Feb 2009)

Alan Shatter: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this matter of particular and grave concern. It relates to several children, suffering from intellectual disabilities, who were the victims of physical and sexual abuse in institutions run by the Brothers of Charity in Galway in the 1970s, 1980s and later. In 1999, the then Western Health Board was requested to put together a group to...

Health Service Inquiries. (5 Feb 2009)

Alan Shatter: I genuinely thank the Minister of State for that. It is an unusual occurrence but I appreciate it.

Written Answers — Electric Vehicles: Electric Vehicles (10 Feb 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he is taking to encourage an increase in the number of electric cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4632/09]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (10 Feb 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 641: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the increasing pupil numbers, he will grant the necessary permission to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16, to progress its school building project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4852/09]

Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2009)

Alan Shatter: It is about bonuses and pay-offs. The Taoiseach has no moral compass.

Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2009)

Alan Shatter: He should have been fired for gross incompetence.

Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2009)

Alan Shatter: They were false accounts.

Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2009)

Alan Shatter: The Taoiseach does not know what is going on.

Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2009)

Alan Shatter: Why was the House not told? It amounts to a criminal conspiracy to defraud shareholders.

Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2009)

Alan Shatter: That does not address the question asked.

Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2009)

Alan Shatter: Did PricewaterhouseCoopers know of this?

Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2009)

Alan Shatter: On a point of order——

Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)

Alan Shatter: It should be dealt with now.

Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)

Alan Shatter: On a point of order——

Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)

Alan Shatter: On a point of order——

Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)

Alan Shatter: It is, Sir. It is my understanding and experience in this House over many years that when Members either intentionally or by accident say something that misleads the House, they come into the House and explain themselves. This morning, on this particular issue, the Taoiseach has said two things which are mutually contradictory.

Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)

Alan Shatter: I ask the Ceann Comhairle to bear with me for a moment. He said with regard to the nationalisation of Anglo Irish Bank that there were general governance issues——

Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)

Alan Shatter: ——but he did not know what they were.

Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)

Alan Shatter: Yet he told us less than an hour ago that he knew at the time of the nationalisation that Irish Life & Permanent——

Order of Business (11 Feb 2009)

Alan Shatter: ——had transferred €7 billion to Anglo Irish Bank. One of those statements is true; both cannot be.