Results 8,901-8,920 of 15,805 for speaker:Michael Ring

National Drugs Strategy. (16 Dec 2009)

Michael Ring: I know the rules of the House well. I have been in here longer than you.

National Drugs Strategy. (16 Dec 2009)

Michael Ring: You keep interrupting me. If you stopped interrupting me I would be finished. Was it a farce to announce the national drugs strategy when the money is not in place? Deputy Byrne has done a great deal of work regarding people affected by drugs and because they are not powerful enough to come and lobby outside the House, it was easy to cut their funding. I will address the comment on Deputy...

National Drugs Strategy. (16 Dec 2009)

Michael Ring: I will take no lectures from you, Chairman.

National Drugs Strategy. (16 Dec 2009)

Michael Ring: I will take no lectures from you, thank you, or anyone like you.

Decentralisation Programme. (16 Dec 2009)

Michael Ring: You time it, Chairman, the timer will time it. When does the Minister expect-----

Decentralisation Programme. (16 Dec 2009)

Michael Ring: What remark?

Decentralisation Programme. (16 Dec 2009)

Michael Ring: You said "he will time it."

Decentralisation Programme. (16 Dec 2009)

Michael Ring: I will not withdraw it now.

Decentralisation Programme. (16 Dec 2009)

Michael Ring: I will not withdraw it because I did not make any derogatory remark.

Decentralisation Programme. (16 Dec 2009)

Michael Ring: No, I did not.

Decentralisation Programme. (16 Dec 2009)

Michael Ring: You said "he will time it."

Decentralisation Programme. (16 Dec 2009)

Michael Ring: I said that you had the timer.

Decentralisation Programme. (16 Dec 2009)

Michael Ring: Yes. May I ask the question? When does the Minister expect to make a final decision on decentralisation? Will it ever happen? Is the OPW planning to delay indefinitely? Regardless of the OPW decision, does the Minister have a preferred site? What is the up-to-date position on Kiltimagh and Charlestown? Is the Minister concerned the move will proceed? Are the finances in place?

Decentralisation Programme. (16 Dec 2009)

Michael Ring: Is the Minister saying Kiltimagh is off the pitch and that he does not have funding to do anything with the site he has in Charlestown?

Decentralisation Programme. (16 Dec 2009)

Michael Ring: So there is no decentralisation.

Decentralisation Programme. (16 Dec 2009)

Michael Ring: On a point of order, I wish to put on the record that everybody here this evening went over their time and the Acting Chairman had no problem with it. The only one with whom he had a problem was me. It was the same in the committee.

Decentralisation Programme. (16 Dec 2009)

Michael Ring: I said that the Acting Chairman had no problem with anyone else going over their time this evening. He let the two Ministers and all the other speakers exceed their time. The only person with whom he had a problem, in terms of timekeeping, was me.

Decentralisation Programme. (16 Dec 2009)

Michael Ring: Of course the Acting Chairman disagrees. He did the same in the committee, but we had a great committee until they took him out of the Chair.

Departmental Expenditure. (16 Dec 2009)

Michael Ring: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his view regarding the impact the recent cut to expenditure will have on front-line services in rural and Gaeltacht areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47196/09]

Departmental Expenditure. (16 Dec 2009)

Michael Ring: The Minister lost the battle in the Cabinet. No doubt the cutbacks were savage. Community development funding is down €22.4 million, drugs funding is down €4.4 million, Gaeltacht and islands funding is down €23.4 million, and promotion of the Irish language funding is down €2.8 million. I received many representations from the community development programmes, CDPs, in particular....