Results 941-960 of 1,019 for speaker:P J Sheehan

Pre-Budget Outlook: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)

P J Sheehan: What about the railway that was removed from the south west?

Pre-Budget Outlook: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)

P J Sheehan: Will the Minister restore the railway system to west Cork?

Pre-Budget Outlook: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)

P J Sheehan: The Government has a little bit more to do in Cork.

Pre-Budget Outlook: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)

P J Sheehan: Listening to the previous speaker, one would swear everything in the country was in order. He gave a glowing example of what he is doing with the western corridor. I would describe the western corridor as the central corridor in Ireland but the west has been completely neglected and forgotten. The western corridor will not even touch County Cork, with an eighth of the total area of the...

Pre-Budget Outlook: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)

P J Sheehan: In my capacity as a Member of this House for 21 years, I was responsible for the building of 19 piers in south-west Cork.

Pre-Budget Outlook: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)

P J Sheehan: Darby's Point was the 20th pier. It is in Achill Island and its building resulted in Deputy Michael Ring winning a seat in Dáil Éireann in a 1994 by-election. Since that time, nothing has been done for the area and it has been completely neglected.

Written Answers — Child Care Provision: Child Care Provision (23 Oct 2007)

P J Sheehan: Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will examine the concerns of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25336/07]

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (18 Oct 2007)

P J Sheehan: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Transport the proposals he envisages for the reduction in greenhouse gases arising from fossil fuels used in the State's transport sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24358/07]

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (18 Oct 2007)

P J Sheehan: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposals to reduce the CO2 emissions from transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24357/07]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (18 Oct 2007)

P J Sheehan: Question 228: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm that funding is available for improvement works to the sewerage and water schemes for the Baltimore and Skibbereen area; the works involved; the timescale for completion of these works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24520/07]

Written Answers — Fishing Industry: Fishing Industry (18 Oct 2007)

P J Sheehan: Question 240: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason trawlers are prohibited from landing hake and monkfish at Schull, County Cork; the steps he will take to correct this anomaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24519/07]

Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

P J Sheehan: Even the Minister for Defence, Deputy O'Dea, was not informed.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

P J Sheehan: It was a sell-out.

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (17 Oct 2007)

P J Sheehan: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number, in relation to the A Vision for Change strategy, of catchment area teams that have been established; the number that are fully staffed; the geographic area covered by these catchment teams; the population of each of the catchment areas; the name of the person with managerial responsibility for mental health services in...

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (17 Oct 2007)

P J Sheehan: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the helicopter landing pad in Bantry Hospital will be restored to a safe and operational state for the use of air ambulance helicopters and air sea rescue helicopters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23844/07]

Written Answers — Foreshore Licences: Foreshore Licences (17 Oct 2007)

P J Sheehan: Question 390: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when a club (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on its application for a foreshore licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24461/07]

Decentralisation Programme. (17 Oct 2007)

P J Sheehan: Is the Taoiseach aware that there is a branch of the Department of Transport in Clonakilty? I welcome this with open arms and I hope it is a forerunner of many more around the country.

Decentralisation Programme. (17 Oct 2007)

P J Sheehan: However, last week I spent 35 minutes trying to contact that office in Clonakilty from my office in Dáil Éireann. Is the Taoiseach aware that there is not even a telephone number listed for that office?

Decentralisation Programme. (17 Oct 2007)

P J Sheehan: Is the Taoiseach aware that I had to contact the Department here in Dublin and ask to be transferred to Clonakilty? Is this proper procedure for a decentralised office in west Cork or any other part of the country? Those involved in the fishing industry on the south-western coastline are mesmerised as they are caught between the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Minister...

Decentralisation Programme. (17 Oct 2007)

P J Sheehan: Why did the Taoiseach not do this? It would have simplified the situation and Deputies would not have to spend 35 minutes trying to contact a decentralised office in Clonakilty from Dublin.