Results 4,461-4,480 of 6,407 for speaker:Emmet Stagg

Public Transport. (6 Dec 2006)

Emmet Stagg: It was the Labour Party that proposed the light rail project in the first place. It was the Minister who butchered it.

Rail Network. (6 Dec 2006)

Emmet Stagg: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason for the delay in signing the railway order for the Kildare route project. [41644/06]

Rail Network. (6 Dec 2006)

Emmet Stagg: I welcome the fact that the Minister has finally signed the railway order for the Kildare route project. For the benefit of the gallery of Members behind the Minister, this project was to be completed by 2006 as part of the 2000-06 development plan. That deadline was announced before the last election, which makes me nervous. After the 2002 budget, the money for this project was pulled and...

Rail Network. (6 Dec 2006)

Emmet Stagg: Has provision been made for park-and-ride facilities so that the housing estates in the towns served by the line will not be full of commuter cars? How much money has been assigned for each year of the project? What is the completion date for it?

Rail Network. (6 Dec 2006)

Emmet Stagg: It is the county managers appointed by Fianna Fáil who are in control. The Minister should stop codding us.

Rail Network. (6 Dec 2006)

Emmet Stagg: The Minister will not back them either.

Rail Network. (6 Dec 2006)

Emmet Stagg: Will the Minister send me the information he does not have?

Road Network. (6 Dec 2006)

Emmet Stagg: Answer the question.

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 €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...

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2006)

Emmet Stagg: They have not enough.

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2006)

Emmet Stagg: A very good use of time.

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]

Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Dec 2006)

Emmet Stagg: By selling the house over their heads.

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 €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.

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 €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?