Results 621-640 of 1,310 for speaker:Shane McEntee
- Road Network. (17 Feb 2009)
Shane McEntee: In the past 12 or 15 months we have gone from the bottom of the list to near the top in terms of road safety and this has been achieved by the expenditure of a significant amount of money. Is the Minister happy that road safety measures implemented by local authorities are being complied with in a proper fashion? Is the Minister of the opinion that the Road Safety Authority should work in...
- Road Network. (17 Feb 2009)
Shane McEntee: Will the same amount of finance be provided to the Road Safety Authority for the next 12 months as it was for the past 12 months or will there be a cut in the finance needed to support the Road Safety Authority in its initiatives to reduce deaths on the roads? Has the Minister's allocation been cut?
- Written Answers — EU Accession: EU Accession (12 Feb 2009)
Shane McEntee: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the possibility of Turkey joining the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5327/09]
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2009)
Shane McEntee: As regards the eligibility for health and social services Bill, there are 600 patients discharged by doctors and still lying in hospitals due to the fact that there are no outsource places for them. This is a waste to the taxpayer of â¬2.5 million a week.
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2009)
Shane McEntee: When will legislation be introduced to deal with this? I have in mind one person in particular, concerning whom I have sent a letter to the Minister for Health and Children. He is a man who had been discharged from hospital ten months ago, but was only let out the other day. In the meantime, he fell within the hospital.
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2009)
Shane McEntee: When will be a proper Bill be introduced to deal with such cases?
- Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (5 Feb 2009)
Shane McEntee: The 329,000 people who are unemployed are not being treated properly. They must wait in queues every day to get some information on their benefits and weeks to get a few euro to pay their bills and feed their families. The Government did nothing in its announcement on Tuesday to address this situation. It must establish units â be it in a hotel or other location â in every town, such...
- Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (5 Feb 2009)
Shane McEntee: There will be roses.
- Road Safety. (17 Dec 2008)
Shane McEntee: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Transport the funding he has provided to local authorities for the provision of gritting; if he has been in contact with local authorities in 2008 regarding gritting; if so, when; if he is satisfied that all the stakeholders who are responsible for ensuring safe driving conditions during the winter months have acted appropriately; if he has communicated...
- Road Safety. (17 Dec 2008)
Shane McEntee: I listened to the Minister on the radio last week. He said, rightly, that we have not had road conditions such as we have had in the past few weeks for a number of years. Many new drivers are not experienced in these conditions. I doubt there is a Deputy in this House who has not had many complaints in respect of our smaller roads, particularly those roads that were not maintained over the...
- Departmental Review. (17 Dec 2008)
Shane McEntee: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason half the number of business customers who, as reported in the organisation review programme carried out on his Department, made a complaint to his Department in late 2005 and early 2006 have not had their complaint resolved; the nature of those complaints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46472/08]
- Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (16 Dec 2008)
Shane McEntee: Question 249: To ask the Minister for Transport the conditions attached to local government fund payments for the provision of road gritting; if figures are available for the amount paid to each road authority for the provision of gritting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46117/08]
- Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (16 Dec 2008)
Shane McEntee: Question 256: To ask the Minister for Transport the regulations for the gritting of roads here; the breakdown of financing to local authorities to fund gritting; if he has expressed concerns over the lack of gritting on primary routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46118/08]
- Order of Business (11 Dec 2008)
Shane McEntee: The Minister, Deputy Ahern, should watch out. I have heard the Minister for Transport will go for the party leadership in the new year.
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (9 Dec 2008)
Shane McEntee: Question 411: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the stage in the planning process a school (details supplied) in County Meath is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44691/08]
- Recall of Irish Pork and Bacon Products: Statements (9 Dec 2008)
Shane McEntee: Will all the four category 1 rendering plants be used? A court case is being taken by the EPA against one of these plants. Can the Minister assure the people in that area that the rendering plant will not be used? We must look after the people of Nobber, Deputy Brady.
- Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2008)
Shane McEntee: One does not need an architect.
- Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2008)
Shane McEntee: The Deputy would not listen to his own people in Clare last week. He should not be making a fool of himself.
- Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2008)
Shane McEntee: The Deputy should not be making a fool of himself.
- Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2008)
Shane McEntee: The Deputy should not be making a fool of himself.