Results 401-420 of 1,310 for speaker:Shane McEntee

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Shane McEntee: The Minister should mind his own business and look after the incinerator. Someone must tell him the truth.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Shane McEntee: That is not what Green Party members are saying.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Shane McEntee: The Minister should tell the truth.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Shane McEntee: Deputy McEntee is all right.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Shane McEntee: It cost €400,000 when it was done incorrectly.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Shane McEntee: The Minister will ban that too when he gets his way.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Shane McEntee: The Minister should tell that to the people in County Meath.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Shane McEntee: I will take the opportunity.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Shane McEntee: I am glad the Minister is not surprised.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Shane McEntee: The past is Fianna Fáil politics.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Shane McEntee: What about incineration?

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Shane McEntee: What about the 30,000 deer killed illegally?

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Shane McEntee: I will allow him to continue but he has done nothing about that.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Shane McEntee: I will not listen to the Deputy. Half the country is not listening to him.

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Shane McEntee: If a person is aware that he or she will be tested for drink driving, it helps to cut down on speeding. It has a double edge in this regard. Speeding and drink are our two main killers. I call on the Minister to listen to the remarks of Deputy Broughan and to consider the matter. Education is working with regard to drink driving, speeding and so on. We can do two things with one measure...

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Shane McEntee: The Minister will have everybody's support on this serious issue. Drug driving is a massive issue in rural and urban Ireland. The sooner a test is brought in the better. He will have the support of my party and if the tide turns, I hope that will be reciprocated in order that we can push this issue as quickly as we can.

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Shane McEntee: I hope this is the right time to bring up penalty points. We have all been supportive in the campaign against driving under the influence of alcohol. I would like to ask the Minister one question about fixed penalty notices which confer penalty points. If a person receives penalty points for driving with a blood alcohol level of between 50 and 80 mg per 100 ml, they will stay on the...

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Shane McEntee: Lobby or no lobby by anybody, we have stood firm together on the issue of drink driving. At times I had to decide for myself what was right and what was wrong. Our young people want to be educated in how to do the right thing and they are acting in that way. I have no problem with the vintners telling it as it was but I do not accept it was a vintners' lobby. It was not really pointed out...

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Shane McEntee: Like Deputy Broughan, Fine Gael has proposed a later amendment in this area. We must come into line with what is happening in Europe, although I know there are not as many lorries doing business on our roads as we would like now. As I said on Committee Stage, I have noticed a marked improvement with regard to enforcement of regulations in this regard and have seen lorries being pulled in...

Road Network (23 Jun 2010)

Shane McEntee: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Transport if additional funding has been made available to local authorities or the National Roads Authority for road maintenance following the bad winter weather; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27263/10]