Results 741-760 of 1,934 for speaker:Tom Shehan

Written Answers — Company Takeovers: Company Takeovers (27 Oct 2010)

Tom Sheahan: Question 208: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give permission for the takeover of a company (details supplied) by another to guarantee its sustainability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39134/10]

Written Answers — Natural Heritage Areas: Natural Heritage Areas (27 Oct 2010)

Tom Sheahan: Question 499: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will respond to a query (details supplied) [39132/10]

Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (27 Oct 2010)

Tom Sheahan: Question 521: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) has not yet received payment for a farm shed [38571/10]

Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Tom Sheahan: It is an excellent point.

Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Tom Sheahan: That is an excellent question.

Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Tom Sheahan: Does the Tánaiste envisage secondary legislation to be introduced to address some anomalies with the Planning and Development Bill 2010, recently passed by the House? We understood that the intent of the Bill was to give people a five year extension on planning permissions where they had not yet carried out the building work. Now, however-----

Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Tom Sheahan: A Cheann Comhairle, I am totally in order, for once.

Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Tom Sheahan: The intent of the Bill was that people would be allowed to extend planning permissions by five years. However, regulations have now been put in place whereby people will have to satisfy the rural settlement policy-----

Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Tom Sheahan: -----and the latest EPA guidelines regarding percolation. That was not the spirit of the Bill. We were giving people a break and now we are whipping them-----

Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)

Tom Sheahan: I am big on detail, a Cheann Comhairle.

Electricity Transmission Network (20 Oct 2010)

Tom Sheahan: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if he has received a copy of the Frontier Report on the transfer of ownership of the distribution network to Eirgrid; the recommendations contained therein; when he will publish same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37849/10]

Order of Business (19 Oct 2010)

Tom Sheahan: I speak in the interest of consensus, and considering the fright the financial spokespersons got yesterday during their visit to the Department of Finance. I understand the Department of Defence signed a contract last week for two offshore patrol vessels at a cost of €85 million. While there is, on the open market-----

Order of Business (19 Oct 2010)

Tom Sheahan: This is about consensus and trying to save money.

Order of Business (19 Oct 2010)

Tom Sheahan: On the open market there were three vessels for sale, at €90 million. There was a possibility of the Department of Defence, hence the Department of Finance, getting three offshore patrol vessels for the price of two. I want to ask the Taoiseach whether that was checked out by the Department.

Order of Business (19 Oct 2010)

Tom Sheahan: I am referring to three vessels with superior specifications to two that were ordered.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Oct 2010)

Tom Sheahan: Question 219: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will investigate a debt owed by a person (details supplied) to the Department of Agriculture as a Department officer found otherwise on a recent visit to the holding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36965/10]

Social Welfare Benefits (13 Oct 2010)

Tom Sheahan: I wish to discuss the amount of time it takes to process disability allowance and disability benefit claims. Recently, I spoke to a community welfare officer who told me that either 6,500 or 8,500 claims are in that office at present awaiting decision. To make my point I will recount two anecdotal cases. A man claiming jobseeker's benefit working at home with a disk saw mutilated his...

Social Welfare Benefits (13 Oct 2010)

Tom Sheahan: With the Acting Chairman, Deputy Wall's, indulgence, could the Minister inform me what qualifications the medical assessors have?

Written Answers — Business Regulation: Business Regulation (13 Oct 2010)

Tom Sheahan: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Enterprise; Trade and Innovation if he is satisfied with the progress to date in delivery to the enterprise sector of the promised €500 million reduction in unnecessary compliance costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36500/10]

Order of Business (13 Oct 2010)

Tom Sheahan: I thank the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, for invoking the grandfather clause to ensure that Dingle community hospital will be opened in the next fortnight.