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Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Institutes of Technology (3 Oct 2012)

Shane McEntee: I thank the Senator for getting his point across without having to read any notes. Waterford Institute of Technology has a good name and I understand the Senator?s point. The Government has endorsed the national strategy for higher education to 2030 which was published in early 2011 as the roadmap for the future development of our higher education system. The objective of the higher...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Institutes of Technology (3 Oct 2012)

Shane McEntee: As the Senator stated, the politics within universities goes back a long time in Ireland and sometimes that mould must be broken. I will deliver the message directly to the Minister, Deputy Quinn. I urge the Senator to continue his fight because if he keeps at it, it always works out.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Noxious Weeds (3 Oct 2012)

Shane McEntee: I thank the Senator for tabling the motion. When I was asked this morning to take the Adjournment debate, I asked what was it about and they said, "Ragwort", and I was delighted to hear it. I am not saying this merely because Senator Mary Ann O'Brien is sitting here. During the summer, I was disgusted when driving up the Ashbourne bypass to see the amount of ragwort in the middle of the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Noxious Weeds (3 Oct 2012)

Shane McEntee: The fact that the Senator has raised the matter is a start. I hope the matter will not be just left here but will be brought to the attention of the wider public. I do not doubt what the Senator is saying because I have been up and down the country this year and it is in a mess with ragwort. The NRA has a lot to answer for. It spends more time preventing businesses from setting up along...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Bus Services (3 Oct 2012)

Shane McEntee: I thank the Senator for raising this matter and note that the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications discussed the issue this morning. As I come from the poor end of County Meath, namely, the Kells district, where there are more roads than in the rest of the county, I know what the Senator is talking about with regard to people being isolated. What amazes me is the fact that in...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Bus Services (3 Oct 2012)

Shane McEntee: The Senator referred to the Oireachtas committee that met this morning. Sometimes I find Oireachtas committees to be more powerful than the main Chambers. I would like to think the Senator's request will be considered, as there are too many empty buses on the road, like the milk lorries in our area several years ago when five milk lorries from five companies could have been travelling along...

Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Oct 2012)

Shane McEntee: On behalf of the Government, I wish Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív the best of luck in his new portfolio which is the most exciting either in opposition or government. I also welcome the motion. I suggest to Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív that a motion on agriculture be tabled every month because every spokesperson has spoken about the positive aspects of agriculture and the...

Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Oct 2012)

Shane McEntee: We will not allow Bertie Ahern to get his hands on it.

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2012)

Shane McEntee: Deputy Boyd Barrett is misleading his constituents.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (16 Oct 2012)

Shane McEntee: The Deputy should look at the export figures. He does not have a clue.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (16 Oct 2012)

Shane McEntee: Who will pay the nurses then?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (16 Oct 2012)

Shane McEntee: Support it.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (16 Oct 2012)

Shane McEntee: It is.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (16 Oct 2012)

Shane McEntee: Bring back Packie Bonner.

Report of the Pyrite Panel: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)

Shane McEntee: I welcome this day and all the speakers. Regardless of politics, everyone has the opportunity to speak. As a rule, I do not prepare a speech and read it out but I do not want to make a mess of what I want to say. This issue has been ongoing for four or five years. I take on board what has been said across the Chamber. Three years ago, I got involved in helping out two families in County...

Report of the Pyrite Panel: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)

Shane McEntee: Dunshaughlin.

Report of the Pyrite Panel: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)

Shane McEntee: A thousand of those houses have been fixed. The Deputy should get his facts right.

Report of the Pyrite Panel: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)

Shane McEntee: Who else would fix it?

Report of the Pyrite Panel: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)

Shane McEntee: Let everyone walk away.

Report of the Pyrite Panel: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)

Shane McEntee: Six foot.