Results 741-760 of 1,019 for speaker:P J Sheehan

Order of Business (21 May 2008)

P J Sheehan: They are in the Visitors Gallery and there is not an information booklet on the House available to any of them.

Order of Business (21 May 2008)

P J Sheehan: Who is responsible?

Order of Business (21 May 2008)

P J Sheehan: An information booklet is supposed to be given to each pupil——

Order of Business (21 May 2008)

P J Sheehan: It is a case of more cutbacks by the Department of Education and Science. Is the Taoiseach responsible? What about the Ceann Comhairle?

Order of Business (21 May 2008)

P J Sheehan: As the head of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission, maybe it is the Ceann Comhairle I should be dealing with.

Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (20 May 2008)

P J Sheehan: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will recommend to Coillte the appointment of an arbitrator to report on the complaints of suppliers (details supplied) to Coillte; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19600/08]

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (20 May 2008)

P J Sheehan: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the review of penalties imposed on fishermen will be completed; if he will remove the element of criminal prosecution of those charged under the various Fisheries Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19599/08]

Proposed Legislation. (20 May 2008)

P J Sheehan: First, I congratulate the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Deputy Brendan Smith, and the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Deputy Tony Killeen, on their promotion to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. I look forward to working with them and have known both of them for some time. As for the Minister of State's reply, is he...

Proposed Legislation. (20 May 2008)

P J Sheehan: There is no fear that this Bill will be a premature baby.

Proposed Legislation. (20 May 2008)

P J Sheehan: It does not take ten years to bring forward a Bill.

Grant Payments. (20 May 2008)

P J Sheehan: Are they on speaking terms?

Grant Payments. (20 May 2008)

P J Sheehan: Can the Leas-Cheann Comhairle include Question No. 128 with Question No. 94?

Grant Payments. (20 May 2008)

P J Sheehan: I thought the Leas-Cheann Comhairle had the power to group questions.

Fisheries Protection. (20 May 2008)

P J Sheehan: We seem to be the best Europeans in the Union. Not only are we implementing the EU regulations, but we are penalising our fishermen more severely than any other member state. No other member state imposes criminal sanctions on its fishermen for these offences.

Fisheries Protection. (20 May 2008)

P J Sheehan: There was no stipulation from the European Union to criminalise Irish fishermen. Why did the Government implement such a rash measure on our fishing skippers?

World Trade Negotiations. (20 May 2008)

P J Sheehan: I doubt if there is a plan B.

Rural Environment Protection Scheme. (20 May 2008)

P J Sheehan: It is bedevilled with red tape bureaucracy.

Afforestation Programme. (20 May 2008)

P J Sheehan: Although the target is 10,000 hectares per annum, the Minister of State has stated the planting programme has declined in recent years, falling as low as 6,000 hectares last year. While the current planning obligation certainly is deterring farmer planting, I will return to this point in the next question to be taken. The planting threshold of eight hectares is too high. I understand it is...

Afforestation Programme. (20 May 2008)

P J Sheehan: ——the tiered structure makes the forest environment protection scheme, FEPS, less attractive on larger REPS farms. The fact that unenclosed land cannot be planted also is restricting the scheme from large areas in the country.

Afforestation Programme. (20 May 2008)

P J Sheehan: These are some of the issues that must be addressed by the Minister of State if the targets set by the Department are to be reached.