Results 1,921-1,940 of 6,407 for speaker:Emmet Stagg
- Order of Business (30 Nov 2006)
Emmet Stagg: The communications Bill is at consultation stage. The Taoiseach and the Government recognise it will not be taken at an early stage. Arising from that, the Taoiseach and the Minister have agreed to take a section from the Bill and present a short Bill to the House to empower RTE to send signals to the Irish in Britain. The Taoiseach has promised this will be done quickly and the Opposition...
- Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2006)
Emmet Stagg: The Taoiseach is misleading the House.
- Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2006)
Emmet Stagg: It is Department of Education and Science propaganda.
- Order of Business (5 Dec 2006)
Emmet Stagg: It is not agreed.
- Order of Business (5 Dec 2006)
Emmet Stagg: This Bill will give the State, through the HSE, the power to sell the homes of old people who have income of more than â¬9,000 a year if they are in a nursing home. We are opposed to the Bill and we are opposed to any guillotining that would hasten passage of the Bill. Therefore, we are opposed to the measure before the House. We have an interest in delaying passage of the Bill for as...
- Order of Business (5 Dec 2006)
Emmet Stagg: What did the Minister, Deputy Harney, say?
- Order of Business (5 Dec 2006)
Emmet Stagg: We did not.
- Order of Business (5 Dec 2006)
Emmet Stagg: We did not bring in the measure in 1993.
- Order of Business (5 Dec 2006)
Emmet Stagg: It was the Minister and her minion from south Kildare who brought it in.
- Order of Business (5 Dec 2006)
Emmet Stagg: That is right, that is the law.
- Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Dec 2006)
Emmet Stagg: I am amazed that we are discussing a Bill that will allow the HSE to seize the homes of elderly people and sell them if their income is â¬5 above the old age pension. That is the thrust of this Bill. To compound matters we are dealing with the appeals system that might be available. The principle of the independence of an appeal or a judicial decision is enshrined in many pieces of...
- Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Dec 2006)
Emmet Stagg: Sell the house.
- Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Dec 2006)
Emmet Stagg: Read the script.
- Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Dec 2006)
Emmet Stagg: By selling the house over their heads.
- Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (5 Dec 2006)
Emmet Stagg: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason Ireland has yet to ratify the European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals used for Experimental and Other Scientific Purposes; and when same will be ratified. [41476/06]
- Written Answers — Health Service Funding: Health Service Funding (5 Dec 2006)
Emmet Stagg: Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the disparity in funding increases in the eight Health Service Executive regions; if she will provide figures for funding per head of population; if she will explain the differences in the funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41477/06]
- Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2006)
Emmet Stagg: They have not enough.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2006)
Emmet Stagg: A very good use of time.
- Order of Business (6 Dec 2006)
Emmet Stagg: I wish to raise two issues. The first of these relates to the recent extension of long-stay charges, under the Health Act 2005, to mentally handicapped, which will leave them with only â¬35 per week out of their disability allowances. Will new legislation be required to enforce that change? The second matter of interest to me is the old chestnut of the Irish abroad and television...
- Public Transport. (6 Dec 2006)
Emmet Stagg: They came off the buses and that is why the buses were moved elsewhere.