Results 821-840 of 1,310 for speaker:Shane McEntee

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (5 Feb 2008)

Shane McEntee: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the calls from the Road Safety Authority to his Department to immediately introduce legislation to give powers to make the possession of a fake driving licence an offence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3483/08]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (5 Feb 2008)

Shane McEntee: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Transport when his attention was drawn to legal loopholes where gardaí can not arrest disqualified drivers and can not seize their licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3484/08]

Electricity Interconnector. (5 Feb 2008)

Shane McEntee: Like my fellow Deputies, I appreciate being given the chance to speak and it is good that the Minister is here. I have been in the Dáil for three years but I have not enjoyed anything as much as the meeting we had last week in committee. We know plans for Ireland's energy over the next 20 years must be put in place and we cannot depend on oil any longer. That we are in a position to...

Order of Business (5 Feb 2008)

Shane McEntee: Has an invitation been issued to the Queen of England to visit this country some time in the last week of April or the first week of May?

Order of Business (5 Feb 2008)

Shane McEntee: If so, what is the purpose of her visit?

Congestion Charges. (5 Feb 2008)

Shane McEntee: He announced it before.

Road Safety. (5 Feb 2008)

Shane McEntee: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has plans to produce a safety audit of roads here to be carried out by the Road Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3875/08]

Road Safety. (5 Feb 2008)

Shane McEntee: I am 100% committed to road safety. Last weekend the terrible carnage on our roads was trying and I was tempted to issue a statement but it might have been picked up as being opportunistic. The Chairman of the RSA and the Minister referred to the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the failure to acknowledge a letter. That was confirmed for me this morning. While I am glad...

Road Safety. (5 Feb 2008)

Shane McEntee: I merely want to make my point. I may be slow at times.

Road Safety. (5 Feb 2008)

Shane McEntee: It will come to a question at the end of the day.

Road Safety. (5 Feb 2008)

Shane McEntee: Is the Minister satisfied that our roads are in good condition? He is aware that what happened last night on the road to Trim in County Meath was the greatest embarrassment that could be experienced by any official. No Minister could be satisfied with the way our money is being spent on roads, which are a disgrace the length and breadth of the country. That is why we have to pick...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (31 Jan 2008)

Shane McEntee: Question 226: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are proposals for a full time Garda station in Dunboyne, County Meath in view of its increasing population and a number of recent serious incidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2791/08]

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Shane McEntee: Perhaps Deputy Power does not see it.

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Shane McEntee: It is his party's Ministers who started it; we did not.

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Shane McEntee: Will Brussels give him a job?

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Shane McEntee: Will Brussels give him a job when it is over, when they get rid of him? It will not.

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Shane McEntee: Like the Green Party, which wants to abolish fishing, shooting and hunting.

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Shane McEntee: The Green Party wants to abolish rural life. It wants us all on our bicycles riding around Dublin.

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Shane McEntee: The Green Party betrayed the people and rural Ireland after the election.

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Shane McEntee: The Green Party is yellow. Its roots are gone.