Results 1,241-1,260 of 19,162 for speaker:Alan Shatter

Institutional Child Abuse Bill 2009: Second Stage (7 Jul 2009)

Alan Shatter: Deputy Quinn is right. There is no reason for the House to abdicate its role to the Supreme Court in this regard or for the Government to spend more taxpayers' money defending an issue that does not deserve defending. In the context of extra money being provided by religious organisations towards the overall compensation sum payable by the redress board, the Minister referred to discussions...

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (7 Jul 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the outcome of the visit of her Minister of State for Children to Vietnam to put in place a new agreement with regard to inter-country adoption; the arrangements agreed; when the licence of an agency (details supplied) will be renewed by the Vietnamese authorities; when new arrangements will come into operation; if she will clarify...

(8 Jul 2009)

Alan Shatter: That is total nonsense. Must the Deputy continue to read this nonsense?

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Alan Shatter: Another process.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Alan Shatter: The Tánaiste may as well tell us what happened in 1886.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Alan Shatter: Will it also be kept secret from the Minister for Finance's colleagues in Cabinet for weeks?

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Alan Shatter: They will probably read about it in the Sunday Independent.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Alan Shatter: In a mature democracy, the report would be published and publicly debated. Members of the public should not be treated like children.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Alan Shatter: The report should be published. If this were any other European democracy, it would be published and made available for public debate.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Alan Shatter: This is not the old Soviet Union.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Alan Shatter: Sir, the Government forgets that this is a parliamentary democracy.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Alan Shatter: The report should be published.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Alan Shatter: This is a parliamentary democracy and the report should be published.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Alan Shatter: If a report is compiled at taxpayers' expense, then members of the public are entitled to know what it contains. As Members of Parliament, we are entitled to consider and debate the report in public.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Alan Shatter: It is outrageous the way the Government conducts its business. It has been in power for 12 years and it has no respect for either the Members of this Parliament or the public.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Alan Shatter: The fact that Deputy O'Rourke wants the report to be published is big news. Apparently, the rest of us are irrelevant. The Government should publish the report and let it be debated during the summer months in order that mature and reflective decisions might be made.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Alan Shatter: I support what has been said and wish to draw another issue to the Government's attention. If the Government truly believes this legislation to be urgent, is it aware that if the Bill goes through in its current form, it is inevitable that its coming into full force will be delayed for an extended time for one of two reasons? The first possibility is that it will be referred by the...

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)

Alan Shatter: I am very conscious that making any public comment is like walking on glass in dealing with this legislation, whether from the Minister or any other Member. I have followed the debate from my office this morning and noted the careful contributions of all Deputies who have spoken thus far. Let us be honest about this matter. One reason people are careful about the way in which they address...

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)

Alan Shatter: -----with long service who may not realise that should they be fortunate enough - there will not be that many of them - to be-----

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)

Alan Shatter: -----re-elected in the next election and, if there is an election in close proximity thereafter, lose their seats, their pensions for ever more will be substantially reduced until the day they die and so will the pensions of any widow or widower who survives them. I do not believe anyone in the public or private sector would agree to that type of provision. I am not making a complaint for...