Results 1,001-1,020 of 1,095 for speaker:Jimmy Devins
- Energy Resources: Motion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2006)
Jimmy Devins: We will.
- Energy Resources: Motion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2006)
Jimmy Devins: We do not do that.
- Energy Resources: Motion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2006)
Jimmy Devins: International prices drive domestic prices up.
- Energy Resources: Motion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2006)
Jimmy Devins: The regulator is independent.
- Citizens Information Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2006)
Jimmy Devins: I wish to share time with Deputy Carey.
- Citizens Information Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2006)
Jimmy Devins: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on this legislation. While the Bill is relatively short, it performs the important task of amending the functions of Comhairle, which will now be actively involved in helping people with disabilities. During the past few years, this Government has worked hard to improve the range of services and supports available to those who suffer from...
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)
Jimmy Devins: I am delighted to have an opportunity to speak on this Private Members' motion on the health service, which has been proposed by the Labour Party.
- Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)
Jimmy Devins: As the Minister for Health and Children stated last night, this motion is not just black and white â it is all black, unfortunately. That is no surprise because members of the Labour Party frequently speak about this country's health service in a negative fashion. I often wonder whether they are living in the real world. There are problems in the health service, but they are being dealt...
- Schools Building Projects. (24 Oct 2006)
Jimmy Devins: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for allowing me raise the important issue of a new school for Dromore West in County Sligo. Dromore West Central national school is situated in Dromore West village in west Sligo. Dromore West is a designated growth area under Sligo County Council's development plan. It has experienced rapid growth in population in the recent past. The school is in a bad...
- Government Record: Motion (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)
Jimmy Devins: Those figures are four years out of date.
- Government Record: Motion (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)
Jimmy Devins: Deputy Rabbitte is wrong.
- Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (30 Jun 2006)
Jimmy Devins: That is not true.
- Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Jun 2006)
Jimmy Devins: Life is full of dissidence.
- Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Jun 2006)
Jimmy Devins: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on this very important Bill, the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006. It is important because it will establish for the first time a statutory scheme which will address the difficulties experienced by people who have been infected with hepatitis C or HIV because of contaminated blood products in getting insurance. This...
- Written Answers — Cattle Breeding: Cattle Breeding (27 Jun 2006)
Jimmy Devins: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on recent developments in cattle breeding here. [24480/06]
- Written Answers — Poultry Industry: Poultry Industry (27 Jun 2006)
Jimmy Devins: Question 123: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the poultry sector in view of difficulties resulting from the outbreak of avian influenza in other European countries. [24479/06]
- Institutes of Technology Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 May 2006)
Jimmy Devins: I am here but Deputy Cassidy may proceed.
- Institutes of Technology Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 May 2006)
Jimmy Devins: In the interests of transparency, I will declare my interest in this Bill, having spent eight years as chairman of the Institute of Technology Sligo. This Bill is very welcome and will be widely supported. It is most important and timely legislation which should allow our buoyant institutes of technology sector to prosper and grow. The institutes of technology have been widely acknowledged as...
- Energy Sector: Motion (Resumed). (10 May 2006)
Jimmy Devins: I am thankful for the opportunity to speak on this important issue. We are all well aware in this House of the impending shortage of fossil fuel. Recent increases in petrol and diesel prices are a salutary reminder of how exposed Ireland is to any variation in worldwide oil prices, which we can do absolutely nothing about. The upward spiral in petrol costs poses a major difficulty to the...
- Energy Resources: Motion (Resumed). (4 May 2006)
Jimmy Devins: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this topical private Members' motion. As the Minister said last night, this motion reflects the disparate grouping of independent Deputies who composed it.