Results 241-260 of 1,019 for speaker:P J Sheehan

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2010)

P J Sheehan: The truth is bitter.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2010)

P J Sheehan: Paddy the plasterer.

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (17 Dec 2009)

P J Sheehan: Question 348: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he approved temporary loans for Coillte; the date these loans were sought; the date they were approved by him; the amount of each loan; the dates these loans were drawn down; the date the loans were cleared; the total borrowing of a temporary nature on the date that each of these loans were drawn down; and if he will...

Forestry (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Dec 2009)

P J Sheehan: I am disappointed that the Government has chosen to deal with the Forestry (Amendment) Bill 2009 with indecent haste. It is always said that rushed legislation is bad legislation. There are many Members of this House who would like to contribute to the debate on this Bill. However, this will not be possible given a guillotine has been applied to it. This emergency legislation was drafted...

Order of Business (17 Dec 2009)

P J Sheehan: It has been in limbo all that time.

Forestry (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Dec 2009)

P J Sheehan: On a point of order, before we start the debate on this Bill, may I ask the Minister of State-----

Forestry (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Dec 2009)

P J Sheehan: No, it is a point of order. Does the Minister of State intend to move an amendment on Committee Stage to amend also section 25(2) of the Forestry Act 1988?

Forestry (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Dec 2009)

P J Sheehan: I reserve the right to raise that matter later.

Forestry (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Dec 2009)

P J Sheehan: Okay.

Forestry (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Dec 2009)

P J Sheehan: It is five years overdue.

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (15 Dec 2009)

P J Sheehan: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of overseas development aid spending spent on education in 2008 and to date in 2009; the amount budgeted for education in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46649/09]

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2009)

P J Sheehan: Get rid of the quangos.

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2009)

P J Sheehan: Get rid of the quangos.

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)

P J Sheehan: It will be a lean Christmas. There will be no Santa for old age pensioners.

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)

P J Sheehan: This Government has put 250,000 people on the unemployment register. Many more have been put out of work but are not receiving a welfare payment and we do not know how many of our young people have been driven abroad. This Bill is a damning indictment of a disastrous Government that has failed its people. The Government does not give a damn for anyone or anything other than surviving and...

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)

P J Sheehan: The most vulnerable sections of society.

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)

P J Sheehan: Hear, hear.

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)

P J Sheehan: Hear, hear.

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)

P J Sheehan: Hear, hear.

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2009)

P J Sheehan: Hear, hear.