Results 1,101-1,120 of 24,382 for speaker:Seán Barrett
- Adjournment Debate Matters (12 Oct 2010)
Seán Barrett: -----as a result of the ongoing failure on our part to guarantee security of a passport. The UK has dealt with this matter by way of other arrangements.
- Adjournment Debate Matters (12 Oct 2010)
Seán Barrett: We appear to have learned no lessons from the Dubai affair. Perhaps the Ceann Comhairle will say if there is a justifiable reason for refusal of this private notice question, given the gravity of the situation?
- Adjournment Debate Matters (12 Oct 2010)
Seán Barrett: It is way down on the list.
- Adjournment Debate Matters (12 Oct 2010)
Seán Barrett: My difficulty was that the time for submission of priority questions had elapsed. I do not know of any other way I can raise this issue.
- Adjournment Debate Matters (12 Oct 2010)
Seán Barrett: Will the Ceann Comhairle reconsider the matter for tomorrow, given the circumstances?
- Order of Business (12 Oct 2010)
Seán Barrett: It was too late to put down a special notice question.
- Order of Business (12 Oct 2010)
Seán Barrett: I tried today but to no avail.
- Order of Business (12 Oct 2010)
Seán Barrett: The problem is the hospital is being built on the wrong site.
- Marriages of Convenience (12 Oct 2010)
Seán Barrett: I did not think it would be a responsibility of the Minister for Defence to defend these sham marriages.
- Marriages of Convenience (12 Oct 2010)
Seán Barrett: I read recently that a Latvian NGO that offers support to victims of human trafficking claims there has seen an avalanche of sham marriages during the past year. It also claims that Ireland and Cyprus are the two countries where Latvian sham marriages are most common. I am fully aware this is not an easy problem with which to deal given the State must meet its responsibilities under EU law...
- Written Answers — Headshop Closures: Headshop Closures (12 Oct 2010)
Seán Barrett: Question 337: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason headshops have not been closed down as promised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36161/10]
- Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (12 Oct 2010)
Seán Barrett: Question 377: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the lack of progress in talks between the Dalai Lama and the Government of China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35889/10]
- Order of Business (13 Oct 2010)
Seán Barrett: I thank you, a Cheann Comhairle, and your private secretary for contacting me regarding my request to raise the important issue of the ongoing abuse of Irish passports. I understand your position. However, will the Taoiseach introduce new regulations, along the lines of those in the United Kingdom, to protect the integrity of the Irish passport, which has long been respected throughout the...
- Passport Security (13 Oct 2010)
Seán Barrett: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to raise this matter. I would have raised it as a priority question but the latest event occurred past the date for submitting such questions. The abuse of Irish passports is gravely worrying and reflects a failure, I am sad to say, on behalf of those responsible for the implementation of effective security measures to protect the...
- Order of Business (14 Oct 2010)
Seán Barrett: The Government is making decisions on a budget without knowing what it will spend.
- Order of Business (14 Oct 2010)
Seán Barrett: That is a very important point.
- Order of Business (19 Oct 2010)
Seán Barrett: Why did he resign?
- Order of Business (19 Oct 2010)
Seán Barrett: The Taoiseach should not tell us he resigned for no reason.
- Order of Business (19 Oct 2010)
Seán Barrett: It is a get together.
- Order of Business (19 Oct 2010)
Seán Barrett: Where is she? She has gone missing.