Results 181-200 of 1,019 for speaker:P J Sheehan

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (1 Apr 2010)

P J Sheehan: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide updated figures for the cost of a Dáil Inquiry and six tribunals (details supplied); the figures provided by the cost comparison report prepared by his Department, setting out the cost to date and time taken to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14323/10]

Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2010)

P J Sheehan: He had the purse strings.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (30 Mar 2010)

P J Sheehan: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of vacant posts at a mid to senior management level in Irish Aid that remain to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13246/10]

Overseas Development Aid. (30 Mar 2010)

P J Sheehan: What about the small farmers of this country?

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (24 Mar 2010)

P J Sheehan: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on their redundancy claim from the social insurance fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13225/10]

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Mar 2010)

P J Sheehan: I oppose the main provisions and the detail of this Bill. The Minister has been driven around for far too long and he no longer has his feet on the ground. I hope he has retained his driving licence because he is going to need it before long. The sooner he requires it, the better it will be as far as I am concerned. I remind the Minister that there are now 22 ex-Ministers supporting the...

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Mar 2010)

P J Sheehan: According to experts, many factors make up the alcohol concentration in a blood, breath or urine sample such as one's weight or gender as men tend to process alcohol faster than women. Similarly, it can be affected by one's metabolism,current stress levels, whether one has eaten recently or one's age as younger people tend to process alcohol more slowly. This varies from person to person....

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Mar 2010)

P J Sheehan: There is not a great demand on the part of Members to speak. If a juggernaut ran into a school playground and caused ten fatalities, one would not ban juggernauts because doing so would not make any sense. However, is this not what the irrational Green Party Government is doing because a deer ran into a school playground? In lowering the alcohol limits, the Minister is using the same...

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Mar 2010)

P J Sheehan: I will only take half a minute. Under the Constitution, we are to cherish people equally irrespective of whether they live in Ballydehob or Ballsbridge. Everyone in the latter can avail of Dublin Bus, Luas and taxi services to drink until closing time and get home safely, but we have given rural Ireland nothing. What public services exist in rural areas? Rural minibus services during the...

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Mar 2010)

P J Sheehan: It is rural isolation. The onus is on the Minister to provide rural transport to combat that isolation. There should be no discrimination between the inhabitants of my outpost, the Cork South-West constituency, and inner Dublin, who can enjoy Luas, bus, taxi and hackney services every night.

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Mar 2010)

P J Sheehan: It is a forgotten part of the country.

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Mar 2010)

P J Sheehan: That would be no harm.

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Mar 2010)

P J Sheehan: That would give the Minister time to consider these matters.

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Mar 2010)

P J Sheehan: Hear, hear.

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Mar 2010)

P J Sheehan: God be good to Fanny O'Dea's egg-flips going back 50 years.

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Mar 2010)

P J Sheehan: Hear, hear.

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Mar 2010)

P J Sheehan: Where are they tonight?

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Mar 2010)

P J Sheehan: Their cars are jet propelled.

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Mar 2010)

P J Sheehan: Not at night.

Business of Dáil (23 Mar 2010)

P J Sheehan: There should be no cover-up.