Results 701-720 of 5,311 for speaker:Tom Hayes
- Topical Issue Debate: Fish Quotas (15 Apr 2014)
Tom Hayes: I thank the Deputy for the opportunity to outline the position in this area on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Coveney, who is, unfortunately, unavailable owing to another commitment. A three-party agreement on the management of the mackerel stock in the north-east Atlantic involving the EU, Norway and the Faroe Islands was agreed on 12 March in London, following lengthy discussions over many...
- Topical Issue Debate: Flood Prevention Measures (3 Apr 2014)
Tom Hayes: Much work has been done and much progress has been made in tackling flooding problems throughout the country, with almost €370 million invested from 1995. The OPW has approved total funding of €335,558 to Louth County Council under its minor flood mitigation works and coastal protection scheme since 2009. Three projects have been completed in the Dundalk and Blackrock areas at...
- Topical Issue Debate: Autism Support Services (3 Apr 2014)
Tom Hayes: I do not have details on the guide dogs issue, but I will bring the Deputy's comments to the attention of the relevant Minister and ask that she be furnished with a report. While education is not my Department, I know from working on the ground that there is a strong argument for speech therapists working within the school system. I will relate the Deputy's worthwhile suggestion to the...
- Topical Issue Debate: Flood Prevention Measures (3 Apr 2014)
Tom Hayes: On behalf of my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, I thank Deputy Fitzpatrick for raising this matter and I welcome the opportunity to discuss it in the House. The development of coastal amenities such as walkways does not fall within the remit of the Office of Public Works, OPW, but is a matter for the local authority in the first instance and, in so far as central...
- Topical Issue Debate: Autism Support Services (3 Apr 2014)
Tom Hayes: I thank Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor for raising this issue as it gives me an opportunity to outline the current position on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn. I thank Deputy Mitchell O'Connor for a detailed outline of the problems relating to this important issue. April has become synonymous with the raising of awareness of autism and...
- Topical Issue Debate: Defence Forces Personnel (3 Apr 2014)
Tom Hayes: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. My colleague, the Minister for Defence, is aware of the interest in the issue and recently spoke on it in the House. I will commence by outlining the background to the current upper service limits applicable to personnel who enlisted in the Permanent Defence Force, PDF, after 1 January 1994. Due to the robust nature of many military operations...
- Topical Issue Debate: Defence Forces Personnel (3 Apr 2014)
Tom Hayes: As the Deputy quite rightly pointed out, negotiations relating to the scheme are in progress. I cannot say anything about those negotiations because they are confidential in nature.
- Topical Issue Debate: Defence Forces Personnel (3 Apr 2014)
Tom Hayes: I hope that they will be brought to a satisfactory conclusion. However, I accept the importance of bringing to the attention of the Minister the points the Deputy raised. As a result of the fact that military life places unique physical and psychological demands on individuals, it is necessary that members of the Permanent Defence Force be physically and mentally prepared to meet the...
- Topical Issue Debate (3 Apr 2014)
Tom Hayes: The Minister will be available on Tuesday.
- Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality; and Defence: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Apr 2014)
Tom Hayes: Is that a prediction the Deputy is making?
- Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality; and Defence: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Apr 2014)
Tom Hayes: The Minister is right.
- Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality; and Defence: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Apr 2014)
Tom Hayes: Dead right.
- Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality; and Defence: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Apr 2014)
Tom Hayes: The Deputy was not listening if that is the case.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2014)
Tom Hayes: The Deputy is not the party leader yet.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2014)
Tom Hayes: Deputy Kelleher should wait for another few weeks until he makes his move.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2014)
Tom Hayes: It did.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2014)
Tom Hayes: The Deputy was often a fly on the wall.
- Misuse of Motor Vehicles (Public Spaces) Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Mar 2014)
Tom Hayes: Yes. It was dealt with in co-operation with the local authority. That is what must happen. If this becomes a bigger problem-----
- Misuse of Motor Vehicles (Public Spaces) Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Mar 2014)
Tom Hayes: The members of the Dublin local authorities were contacted for the numbers. It has been raised at some of the joint policing committees but it was raised in tandem with other issues in the area. To suggest that introducing this legislation will immediately eliminate the problem is not the case. That is the reason it is being opposed. Other issues were raised in this regard. Deputy...
- Misuse of Motor Vehicles (Public Spaces) Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Mar 2014)
Tom Hayes: I did, but they can talk to them.