Results 17,941-17,960 of 19,162 for speaker:Alan Shatter

Children's Hospital Funding: Motion (Resumed) (24 Jun 2009)

Alan Shatter: The motion is about the capacity of Crumlin children's hospital to meet the immediate needs of children who require surgical treatment or clinical assessment. These are issues that the Minister of State with responsibility for children, Deputy Barry Andrews, has managed to avoid addressing. It is what happens during the rest of this year that is of immediate relevance. The Minister for...

Dormant Accounts Fund. (17 Jun 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position in regard to his recent announcement of funding from the dormant accounts fund to support homelessness and substance misuse; the level of funding allocated to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23888/09]

Order of Business. (16 Jun 2009)

Alan Shatter: I also intended to raise the issue mentioned by Deputy Gilmore. Is the Taoiseach in a position to indicate whether the report will be published before the Dáil goes into recess? There were reports that it was to be published either next week or the following week, towards the middle or end of June. Bearing in mind the matter's seriousness, it may have to be discussed again and it would be...

Order of Business. (16 Jun 2009)

Alan Shatter: -----to have compensation claims addressed. Will the Taoiseach address the matter urgently as it is a simple matter to amend the Bill? Is it intended to make that decision to facilitate the passage of amending legislation in the House before the summer recess? Many people are now affected by the matter and it should not be left over. Is there an intention on the part of the Government to...

Order of Business. (16 Jun 2009)

Alan Shatter: They are unable to process their foreign adoptions in circumstances where they will be recognised. There is an urgent need to conclude the discussions with Vietnamese authorities and bring the matter before the House. Will the Taoiseach indicate if that will happen before we go into recess?

Order of Business. (16 Jun 2009)

Alan Shatter: The redress board matter was not a recommendation of the Ryan commission. It did not address that issue, which was an agreed matter in the motion before this House. It requires a political decision to-----

Order of Business. (16 Jun 2009)

Alan Shatter: -----introduce a very brief amending piece of legislation to give a new window of opportunity to the victims of abuse to seek redress.

Order of Business. (16 Jun 2009)

Alan Shatter: That is not a matter originally indicated as one-----

Order of Business. (16 Jun 2009)

Alan Shatter: -----which the Minister of State, Deputy Barry Andrews, would address. It is a matter of the Cabinet making a decision and I suggest to the Taoiseach that the Cabinet should make that decision and have this important matter addressed in a humanitarian way before we go into recess.

Order of Business. (16 Jun 2009)

Alan Shatter: There is agreement across the House on the issue.

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (11 Jun 2009)

Alan Shatter: When we broke unexpectedly for lunch - I did not realise there we be a sos - I had made reference to the courage of Mr. Andrew Madden. We must praise the courage of all of the victims of institutional abuse for coming forward and describing to the Ryan commission the dreadful events suffered by them during their childhood. Parliament must acknowledge, as others have acknowledged, that the...

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (11 Jun 2009)

Alan Shatter: The assets that the religious congregations will contribute to the trust must be identified. However, they must contribute to 50% of the redress fund separately. There has been no such commitment following the meeting. Let no one fool himself or herself. Will the Taoiseach clarify the intentions of the congregations and orders when he next meets them? The public has a right to know, as...

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (11 Jun 2009)

Alan Shatter: Like other Members, I thank the Ryan commission and Mr. Justice Ryan for the report, which clearly vindicates the claims made over so many years by those who found themselves, at a young age, in residential institutions in this State and who were subjected to barbaric, inhuman treatment which no child, in any country, should ever experience. We could describe what occurred in our residential...

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (11 Jun 2009)

Alan Shatter: I am moving on from referring to the case.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Alan Shatter: The Government provided them with an incentive.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Alan Shatter: The Government ordered this debate for today. It is disgraceful that the Minister of State with responsibility for children should mislead people on that issue.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Alan Shatter: This is an example of the type of political morality which Fianna Fáil dabbles in.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Alan Shatter: The Minister of State should show better judgment.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Alan Shatter: The Minister of State must lead a disappointing life.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Alan Shatter: Listening to ministerial contributions to this debate has been astonishing. Ministers and Ministers of State do not seem to realise that last Friday's election was seen by the general public as a referendum on the Government. The public does not care if, for tribal reasons in the House, Fianna Fáil and the Green Party will vote confidence in themselves alongside the remnants of the...