Results 121-140 of 19,162 for speaker:Alan Shatter

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (27 Nov 2007)

Alan Shatter: The Minister tries to silence those who are courageous in speaking out. She has muzzled consultants and doctors around the country.

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (27 Nov 2007)

Alan Shatter: It is outrageous. The Government is trying to muzzle everyone in the health services.

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (27 Nov 2007)

Alan Shatter: The Minister cannot have it both ways in muzzling people and then welcoming them as whistleblowers.

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (27 Nov 2007)

Alan Shatter: The Minister has created a dysfunctional bureaucracy and she is blaming the bureaucracy she created.

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (27 Nov 2007)

Alan Shatter: The Minister has created a dysfunctional bureaucracy that is accountable to nobody. That is a classical reason why it does not work.

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (27 Nov 2007)

Alan Shatter: The Minister can do that, but she should admit responsibility for creating the HSE.

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (27 Nov 2007)

Alan Shatter: The Minister has been in Government for almost 11 years. It is laughable.

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (27 Nov 2007)

Alan Shatter: The policy the Government promised at the time of the last election was the one it promised for the preceding six years and has not delivered.

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (27 Nov 2007)

Alan Shatter: The Minister has in reality retained those 11 boards.

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (27 Nov 2007)

Alan Shatter: The Minister has superimposed the HSE on the health boards.

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (27 Nov 2007)

Alan Shatter: Unless the bureaucracy is radically improved there will be more situations like the one in Portlaoise.

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (27 Nov 2007)

Alan Shatter: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action taken to date to implement the recommendations contained in the report of the Joint Committee on Child Protection published in November 2006; and the action she proposes to take during the next 12 months. [31368/07]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 Nov 2007)

Alan Shatter: Question 552: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason she has not sanctioned the construction of a permanent school building for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 18; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the project was put to tender and a contractor chosen with the sanction of her Department, that the school board was assured that money was set aside by her...

Written Answers — Water Pollution: Water Pollution (27 Nov 2007)

Alan Shatter: Question 638: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the chairman of An Bord Pleanála in the board's annual report 2006 expressed concern regarding the ongoing proliferation of septic tanks including proprietary systems associated with houses in the countryside, the pollution of ground waster contaminated by...

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2007)

Alan Shatter: She said she was not entitled to see it.

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2007)

Alan Shatter: The HSE will then censor the report the Minister receives.

Sports Funding. (29 Nov 2007)

Alan Shatter: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the plans he has to extend the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31519/07]

Order of Business (4 Dec 2007)

Alan Shatter: A number of the statutory instruments being laid before the House on today's Order of Business were made under the Civil Registration Act 2004. That particularly good Act was passed three years and ten months ago. Does the Taoiseach intend providing time to discuss any of these statutory instruments? In the context of the legislation, is he aware that, despite the announcement on the...

Written Answers — Child Protection: Child Protection (4 Dec 2007)

Alan Shatter: Question 552: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action taken to date to implement the recommendations contained in the report of the Joint Committee on Child Protection published in November 2006; and the action he proposes to take during the next 12 months. [32427/07]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (6 Dec 2007)

Alan Shatter: Question 25: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he will take to address the situation of potentially thousands of dangerous crashed cars being put back onto Irish roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32946/07]