Results 18,501-18,520 of 19,162 for speaker:Alan Shatter
- Financial Resolution No. 3: Income Tax (14 Oct 2008)
Alan Shatter: Why tax a child doing a newspaper round?
- Budget Statement 2009 (14 Oct 2008)
Alan Shatter: The Government should have done that four years ago.
- Budget Statement 2009 (14 Oct 2008)
Alan Shatter: Property tax is back again.
- Budget Statement 2009 (14 Oct 2008)
Alan Shatter: It went on holidays for two months.
- Budget Statement 2009 (14 Oct 2008)
Alan Shatter: The Government created the crisis over four years.
- Budget Statement 2009 (14 Oct 2008)
Alan Shatter: We should protect people, not tax them.
- Order of Business (14 Oct 2008)
Alan Shatter: I am concerned about one thing the Taoiseach said. This scheme and its functioning has profound implications. Will the Taoiseach ensure that the details of the scheme are furnished to every Member of the House tomorrow, not just to the financial spokespeople?
- Leader's Questions (14 Oct 2008)
Alan Shatter: If the Taoiseach cannot acknowledge his mistakes, we are in deeper trouble than we should be.
- Leader's Questions (14 Oct 2008)
Alan Shatter: The Taoiseach, when Minister for Finance, destroyed the economy.
- Leader's Questions (14 Oct 2008)
Alan Shatter: The Taoiseach has forgotten Michael McDowell already.
- Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (14 Oct 2008)
Alan Shatter: Question 203: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, when meeting with his Iranian counterpart, Manouchehr Mottaki, on the sidelines of the 63rd annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, he proposed an expansion of ties between Ireland and Iran in the areas of trade, technology, investment and the carrying out of joint projects; if his attention has been drawn to the...
- Written Answers — Sporting Events: Sporting Events (9 Oct 2008)
Alan Shatter: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that offensive anti-Irish songs were sung by supporters of Glasgow Rangers Football Club attending the match that took place between Glasgow Celtic and Glasgow Rangers on 31 August 2008 and that the singing of such songs is a regular event and has caused both fear and concern to Irish residents...
- Schools Building Projects. (7 Oct 2008)
Alan Shatter: I am disappointed the Minister for Education and Science is not present for the debate. My concern relates to Holy Trinity national school in Leopardstown, which has 108 pupils. A further 70 have been enrolled for September 2009, which is the equivalent of two junior infant classes. The school has no permanent buildings and it operates out of five prefabs. It has no play or PE facilities...
- Schools Building Projects. (7 Oct 2008)
Alan Shatter: Today it has 108 pupils.
- Schools Building Projects. (7 Oct 2008)
Alan Shatter: That tells us nothing about the timeframe for Holy Trinity national school.
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Oct 2008)
Alan Shatter: Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a five year waiting list for an appointment with a dermatologist at Tallaght hospital, that patients with serious conditions who cannot wait five years have no option but to attend the hospital's accident and emergency department and that they will not be treated by a...
- Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (7 Oct 2008)
Alan Shatter: Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, when Ireland ratifies The Hague Convention on Inter-country Adoption those Irish citizens who are in possession of a valid declaration from the Irish Adoption Board will not be prevented from completing their adoption from Russia, in view of the fact that Russia has not ratified The Hague Convention and that there may be no...
- Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (7 Oct 2008)
Alan Shatter: Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if citizens who are in receipt of a declaration from the Irish Adoption Board which expires after one year and is then renewed, will not be prevented from completing their adoption from Russia, in view of the fact that Russia has not ratified The Hague Convention and that there may be no bilateral agreement in place. [33791/08]
- Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (7 Oct 2008)
Alan Shatter: Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on delaying the ratification of The Hague Convention on Inter-country Adoption until such time as a bilateral agreement is in place between Ireland and Russia, in view of the fact that Russia is a primary country that Irish citizens adopt from and that not to delay the ratification of The Hague Convention would be to deny...
- Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (7 Oct 2008)
Alan Shatter: Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the effect of the ratification of The Hague Convention on inter-country Adoption, without a bilateral agreement being first put in place between Ireland and Russia, will be to deny Irish citizens the opportunity to adopt children from Russian orphanages and effectively condemn those children to a longer stay in a...