Results 10,221-10,240 of 11,114 for speaker:Damien English
- Community Development. (5 Oct 2006)
Damien English: I thank the Minister for his reply. I welcome the funding that has been allocated and I acknowledge his commitment to finding a solution to this issue. I believe he genuinely wants to solve this problem. Comhairle na Tuaithe is to be commended for its report. However, another group has been set up and I question whether we are back to square one and still stuck on the main issue. How long...
- Community Development. (5 Oct 2006)
Damien English: The Minister and I are in agreement. I suggest that the pass would provide a fund which could be distributed and used to employ people to maintain the routes or given to farmers who put in a given number of hours' work on the routes. There could be a way of administering it with no charge on the State. However, the State should encourage and facilitate it. This might increase our tourism...
- Community Development. (5 Oct 2006)
Damien English: We are on the same wavelength in this regard and let us give it a push. Rather than waiting for them to approach the Minister, let us suggest some initiatives.
- Community Development. (5 Oct 2006)
Damien English: The final point isââ
- Community Development. (5 Oct 2006)
Damien English: ââ in the US national parks nobody minds paying a fee of $100 to get access to all areas. I do not see what is wrong with the principle of charging for hill walking if it is done at a fair price.
- Community Development. (5 Oct 2006)
Damien English: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reforms proposed for the delivery of the RAPID programme in view of weaknesses identified in its recent evaluation report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31396/06]
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (4 Oct 2006)
Damien English: Question 159: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce legislation to allow local authorities to consider educational needs in assessing planning applications for new housing developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30977/06]
- Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (4 Oct 2006)
Damien English: Question 170: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to review the Wind Energy Development Guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30978/06]
- Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2006)
Damien English: The Taoiseach said he has done nothing wrong and he is not corrupt. Does he accept he has damaged the image of our profession? Last week in Cavan when asked a question about who collected the money and who organised it, the Taoiseach stammered and stuttered because he did not know the answer, yet after careful preparation over the past few days, he has come up with the name of someone who...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2006)
Damien English: It is a simple question. Did he use the car given to him by virtue of his ministerial office to bring him to the airport? The Taoiseach is regarded as a cunning and clever person by many inside and outside this House. As a cunning person, does he believeââ
- Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2006)
Damien English: I do not share that opinion of him; I have another opinion. You were described as a cunning person.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2006)
Damien English: The Taoiseach has been described as a very clever and cunning person. Can I ask him, through the Chair, if he genuinely believes that these people, friends or whoever they are, gave him money because he is a nice chap or because they thought he had no money? He was able to go to Manchester for six matches a year although he had no money. Does the Taoiseach believe that they gave him money...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2006)
Damien English: So the Taoiseach is happy to damage the reputation of politics?
- Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2006)
Damien English: That is not the question I asked.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2006)
Damien English: After 13 years.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2006)
Damien English: The Taoiseach did not know the name last week.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2006)
Damien English: The question I asked was in whose car the Taoiseach travelled and whether it was a ministerial car.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2006)
Damien English: The Taoiseach is trying to twist it.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2006)
Damien English: Why not? That is what we are here to do.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2006)
Damien English: That will not be long.