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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (16 Oct 2012)

Shane McEntee: The Deputy should look at the export figures. He does not have a clue.

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2012)

Shane McEntee: Deputy Boyd Barrett is misleading his constituents.

Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Oct 2012)

Shane McEntee: We will not allow Bertie Ahern to get his hands on it.

Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Oct 2012)

Shane McEntee: On behalf of the Government, I wish Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív the best of luck in his new portfolio which is the most exciting either in opposition or government. I also welcome the motion. I suggest to Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív that a motion on agriculture be tabled every month because every spokesperson has spoken about the positive aspects of agriculture and the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Bus Services (3 Oct 2012)

Shane McEntee: The Senator referred to the Oireachtas committee that met this morning. Sometimes I find Oireachtas committees to be more powerful than the main Chambers. I would like to think the Senator's request will be considered, as there are too many empty buses on the road, like the milk lorries in our area several years ago when five milk lorries from five companies could have been travelling along...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Noxious Weeds (3 Oct 2012)

Shane McEntee: The fact that the Senator has raised the matter is a start. I hope the matter will not be just left here but will be brought to the attention of the wider public. I do not doubt what the Senator is saying because I have been up and down the country this year and it is in a mess with ragwort. The NRA has a lot to answer for. It spends more time preventing businesses from setting up along...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Bus Services (3 Oct 2012)

Shane McEntee: I thank the Senator for raising this matter and note that the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications discussed the issue this morning. As I come from the poor end of County Meath, namely, the Kells district, where there are more roads than in the rest of the county, I know what the Senator is talking about with regard to people being isolated. What amazes me is the fact that in...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Institutes of Technology (3 Oct 2012)

Shane McEntee: As the Senator stated, the politics within universities goes back a long time in Ireland and sometimes that mould must be broken. I will deliver the message directly to the Minister, Deputy Quinn. I urge the Senator to continue his fight because if he keeps at it, it always works out.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Noxious Weeds (3 Oct 2012)

Shane McEntee: I thank the Senator for tabling the motion. When I was asked this morning to take the Adjournment debate, I asked what was it about and they said, "Ragwort", and I was delighted to hear it. I am not saying this merely because Senator Mary Ann O'Brien is sitting here. During the summer, I was disgusted when driving up the Ashbourne bypass to see the amount of ragwort in the middle of the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: School Amalgamations (3 Oct 2012)

Shane McEntee: I am taking this matter on behalf of the Minister for Education and Skills. I thank the Senator for once again raising this particular matter as it provides me with the opportunity to outline the Government's strategy for capital investment in education projects, as well as providing the Senator with the up-to-date position on the application for major capital funding for the proposed...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Institutes of Technology (3 Oct 2012)

Shane McEntee: I thank the Senator for getting his point across without having to read any notes. Waterford Institute of Technology has a good name and I understand the Senator?s point. The Government has endorsed the national strategy for higher education to 2030 which was published in early 2011 as the roadmap for the future development of our higher education system. The objective of the higher...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (19 Sep 2012)

Shane McEntee: People can put the facts in front of us. That is all I can say about the other schools. Much can be hearsay. If the facts are there let them be given.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Farm Safety (19 Sep 2012)

Shane McEntee: The Senator noted he had tabled this motion long before the tragedy of the past week. I have just returned from the funeral in question. I believed it was my duty to attend, and not merely as a farmer and person involved in agriculture. Most accidents of this kind that occurred during the past 12 months have been horrific and cruel; this was a silent one. We have talked about extending the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Farm Safety (19 Sep 2012)

Shane McEntee: The Senator has the mantle now and he has our support. This is an issue we forgot about in regard to farm safety. It is our fault.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (19 Sep 2012)

Shane McEntee: I thank the Senator. However, I do not know whether the reply will suit her. My advice to her is that if it does not, she must continue to pursue the matter.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (19 Sep 2012)

Shane McEntee: The Senator must continue to pursue the matter. The efforts of the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, have been extremely well received, especially the manner in which he is addressing the prefabs issue and schools in general. It is a breath of fresh air in County Meath and I have no doubt it is the same in Galway. I hope he will have more announcements to make...

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Shane McEntee: Such as Jean McConville.

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2012)

Shane McEntee: Jean McConville.

Departmental Bodies (17 Jul 2012)

Shane McEntee: I thank the Deputy most sincerely for raising this significant issue. It concerns a sector which has considerable potential for growth, but much must happen and it must start with the producers themselves.

Departmental Bodies (17 Jul 2012)

Shane McEntee: I appreciate the Deputy's comments. If he is free on Thursday, I invite him to Citywest where there will be an open day on the horticulture industry, in particular the plants sector. Doors are opening in China and in England with regard to exports, but we have to come together with regard to the logistics of transport and standing up to the multiples. If we do not do that, we are wasting...

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