Results 2,781-2,800 of 3,791 for speaker:Tom Fleming
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Tom Fleming: Of course it is.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Tom Fleming: Members should be assured that we will tease everything out. However, we cannot have a situation where three speakers at once are trying to be heard.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Tom Fleming: I ask members to be fair.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Tom Fleming: Members have been participating in politics long enough, whether in local government or in the Oireachtas, to know how these matters work. I invite Mr. Mullen to proceed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Tom Fleming: That is all the members for now and we will get responses to the three speakers. I call on members to refrain from personalising remarks with regard to the witnesses, if possible. It is a matter of procedure in the meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Tom Fleming: We cannot have interruptions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Tom Fleming: We will get complete clarification and we can come back in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Tom Fleming: We will get a response to all matters raised after Senator Ó Domhnaill has made his contribution.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Tom Fleming: The clerk indicated that the previous Acting Chairman outlined this morning that there would be three speakers and a response. We will revert to the earlier schedule.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Tom Fleming: We will get back to that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Tom Fleming: Mr. Reynolds will be able to provide the Senator with an answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Tom Fleming: That is enough. I will return to the list of questioners. I call Senator Moloney and I thank her for her patience.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Tom Fleming: Perhaps he means a model somewhere.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Tom Fleming: We will return to this issue shortly to get clarification. I would like to return to the order of our business.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Tom Fleming: At the outset, I welcome Mr. John Dallat, MLA, who is the Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly. He is accompanied by Alderman Maura Hickey and Councillor Orla Beattie, whom I also welcome. We look forward to their contributions later. In the meantime, some questions were asked and they need to be responded to by Mr. Mullen. The order of speakers is as follows: Senator Marie...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Tom Fleming: I welcome the witnesses today. The old adage holds that "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". These stations have been performing very efficiently in every respect. They have gained a considerable amount of knowledge, experience and expertise throughout the years. We should consider the retention and enhancement of the structures in place. Regardless of what any service does, there is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Tom Fleming: If I can have five seconds, I forgot to mention-----
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (24 Oct 2012)
Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the current status of the vacant unoccupied premises in County Kerry which were formerly operated by foreign direct investment companies and the location of each of these premises; the number of premises; the number of these premieses that are privately owned and the number owned by local government authorities and the location of...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Applications (24 Oct 2012)
Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person on jobbridge who applies for the fuel allowance does not have the required 390 days on jobseeker's to qualify, if he will allow for the shortfall in days to come from the length of time a person has spent on jobbridge so as to allow these applicants qualify; his views on whether there is discrimination against all applicants in this...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme (24 Oct 2012)
Tom Fleming: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount of persons participating in the rural social scheme countryside; the number of participants in each county by year since the introduction of the scheme; the numbers of eligible applicants currently on the waiting list in each county for the scheme; and due to the continuing success of the scheme if he will extend the number of places...