Results 11,161-11,180 of 15,805 for speaker:Michael Ring
- Constituency Commission Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 May 2008)
Michael Ring: I come from a constituency where farmers cannot farm, fishermen cannot fish, turf cannot be cut and the fauna and the bees are more important than the people.
- Constituency Commission Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 May 2008)
Michael Ring: I will be well capable of doing that because I will have the backup and the manpower and the womanpower to deal with that. I will have people like Deputy Perry in Sligo whom I am sure will give me great support if I choose to go down that road. I have a great interest in Europe and it is something that I am looking at and trying to broaden my horizons. I know Jim Higgins, MEP, will be...
- Constituency Commission Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 May 2008)
Michael Ring: My main platform will be to stop these stupid directives from coming into this country. People are being deprived because the constituency is so big and it is very difficult, even for an MEP to try to represent all these counties and all these constituencies. The members of the commission are independent people and they do not have a political agenda. I would like to know if they went down...
- Constituency Commission Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 May 2008)
Michael Ring: He is like all of them, the minute he goes away he forgets about it. When he comes up here he thinks he is among the people, but he is not really. The minute one leaves the west, one leaves the people and the country. I hope the Minister will not forget his roots, like Deputy Gormley. He seems to have forgotten his roots since he left Limerick. When he was in Opposition he had many...
- Constituency Commission Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 May 2008)
Michael Ring: I am on the trail.
- Constituency Commission Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 May 2008)
Michael Ring: When will we have the report?
- Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (27 May 2008)
Michael Ring: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for an investigation to be carried out by the Office of Public Works for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo to see if an ongoing drainage problem can be resolved. [20575/08]
- Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (27 May 2008)
Michael Ring: Question 182: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax take on a litre of diesel costing â¬1, â¬1.05, â¬1.10, â¬1.15, â¬1.20, â¬1.25 and â¬1.30. [20997/08]
- Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (27 May 2008)
Michael Ring: Question 183: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax take on a litre of petrol costing â¬1, â¬1.05, â¬1.10, â¬1.15, â¬1.20, â¬1.25 and â¬1.30. [20998/08]
- Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (27 May 2008)
Michael Ring: Question 185: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax take on motor fuels for each of January, February and March 2007; if he will compare these figures to the corresponding figures for 2008. [21005/08]
- Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (27 May 2008)
Michael Ring: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will express as a percentage the tax take on a motorist who spends â¬50 on diesel. [21006/08]
- Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (27 May 2008)
Michael Ring: Question 187: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will express as a percentage the tax take on a motorist who spends â¬50 on petrol. [21007/08]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (27 May 2008)
Michael Ring: Question 322: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was refused jobseeker's allowance. [20750/08]
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 May 2008)
Michael Ring: Question 343: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will give the final approval for a building project (details supplied) in County Mayo to proceed. [20574/08]
- Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (22 May 2008)
Michael Ring: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will quantify the total amount of tax forfeited by Revenue by virtue of the tax exemption on stud fees since this scheme was first introduced. [19592/08]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 May 2008)
Michael Ring: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason jobseeker's allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo was stopped from the date of their inquiry about travelling to a UK wedding rather than from the actual date of their travel to the UK; and if their payment will be restored from 2 to 18 April 2008. [20292/08]
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (22 May 2008)
Michael Ring: Question 180: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the counties, in relation to the twelve approved rural recreation officers, the eight RROs appointed to date in 2008 to date have been allotted to; and the locations of the four areas which are only at interview stage. [20258/08]
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)
Michael Ring: The manager sent up the figures.
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)
Michael Ring: I have the facts and I know the facts.
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)
Michael Ring: This is not true.