Results 261-280 of 5,034 for speaker:Billy Timmins

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (20 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: I have not even got to deal with the main elements of the Bill which are the inspectorate and the ombudsman. In section 31 the Minister appears to reverse the abolition of the dual mandate. It is perhaps sad that the Commissioner is required to establish a committee to liaise with the public to find out what they want. A local garda used always know what the public wanted. I am delighted to...

Written Answers — Company Closures: Company Closures (20 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of funding due to the unsecured creditors of IFI; if the secured creditors have been paid; if so, the amount involved; when the unsecured creditors will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12167/05]

Written Answers — Consumer Rights: Consumer Rights (20 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the proposal for a consumer rights enforcer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12078/05]

Order of Business. (21 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: Once again I have listened to the moral indignation of the Tánaiste. She was the major shareholder in a company that has left many small family businesses——

Order of Business. (21 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: ——with debts of €20 million. Will she arrange to have them paid? She was the major shareholder of IFI.

Order of Business. (21 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: The Tánaiste talks about Gama Construction but for more than two years she left many small family businesses without payment.

Order of Business. (21 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: The Tánaiste should put moral indignation in its proper place. Her Government was the major shareholder — 51%.

Order of Business. (21 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: The Government was the major shareholder but it has put many of these families out of business.

Order of Business. (21 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: Two years later they have not received any payment. That puts Gama Construction in the ha'penny place.

Order of Business. (21 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: That is why he was promoted.

Overseas Missions. (21 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has had any request to send troops to the Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12521/05]

Overseas Missions. (21 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: Does the Minister intend to supply soldiers to the Sudan mission? He did not make it clear whether he would, but said the matter was under consideration. Does he agree that the UN mandate in Darfur is ineffective? Observers from the African Union are helpless to address the atrocities which are taking place, but there are plenty of them to tell the western world what is happening. The UN...

Overseas Missions. (21 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: Does the Minister agree that the UN observer mission is relatively ineffective?

Hospital Accommodation. (21 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Defence the position with respect to the availability of St. Bricin's Military Hospital to the Minister for Health and Children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12613/05]

Hospital Accommodation. (21 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: I understand the Minister may have won an award earlier in the week. It is a gimmick of the year award and I am sure it was based on the suggestion—

Hospital Accommodation. (21 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: I congratulate the Minister on this gimmick of the year award and——

Hospital Accommodation. (21 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: I suggest he gets a CD into his ministerial Mercedes and listens to music on the way to Limerick, rather than coming up with these ideas. Did the Minister for Health and Children put the suggestion to him or did he come up with it, himself? If it was put to him or when he came up with the idea, did he not think of asking the director of the medical corps if it was actually possible to use St....

Hospital Accommodation. (21 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: Did the Minister consult the medical director before he made the announcement? How much will it cost to get the 20 beds in operation? In a bid to save funds, will he tell the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children that there are 13 beds in a ward in Loughlinstown Hospital that are not used?

Hospital Accommodation. (21 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: As does the Fine Gael Party, if it is practicable.

Hospital Accommodation. (21 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: What will it cost?