Results 121-140 of 354 for speaker:Joe Walsh

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Dec 2005)

Joe Walsh: I will welcome Members making telling contributions in the debate on this Bill. It is also worth noting the EU report on behaviour which seriously infringes the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy in Ireland. Ireland did not supply any figures for the 2003 report and having looked at the 2002 report, I can see why. The previous speaker referred to the average fines in Ireland and the average...

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Dec 2005)

Joe Walsh: There is also provision in the Bill for the creation of the post of seafood control manager within the Department. This is a real beauty. The holder of this position will be answerable only to the Secretary General.

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Dec 2005)

Joe Walsh: The Minister would be neutered and sidelined. If we table a parliamentary question we will be told the Minister has no official responsibility for the matter and can wash his or her hands of it. This is not the way modern democracy should work. We have been elected, and fishermen make up part of the electorate of those of us elected in coastal regions, to speak for the people in Dáil...

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Dec 2005)

Joe Walsh: He wishes to develop the industry during his watch, and we want to help him. It would be an understatement to say that I would be disappointed if we do not emerge with a vastly improved Bill. The input of Members is what democracy is about. I still worry about the original drafters of this Bill, and the hostility towards the industry in the drafting of some of the sections is mind-boggling. I...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (29 Nov 2005)

Joe Walsh: Question 455: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an extension to a national school (details supplied) in County Cork will be sanctioned. [36523/05]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (24 Nov 2005)

Joe Walsh: Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a grant for a day care centre (details supplied) in County Cork will be approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36208/05]

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (23 Nov 2005)

Joe Walsh: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to introduce management measures for horse mackerel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36070/05]

Written Answers — Electronic Communications Infrastructure: Electronic Communications Infrastructure (23 Nov 2005)

Joe Walsh: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the steps he intends to take to roll-out the metropolitan area network to additional towns throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36072/05]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (23 Nov 2005)

Joe Walsh: Question 254: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an extension will be sanctioned to a national school (details supplied) in County Cork. [36071/05]

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (15 Nov 2005)

Joe Walsh: Question 419: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will ensure that CLÁR funding is allocated towards pier improvement works in County Cork. [33908/05]

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (8 Nov 2005)

Joe Walsh: Question 356: To ask the Minister for Finance the costs to date for each of the sitting tribunals, including third party costs; the costs for each legal team and the costs for each member of each legal team. [33094/05]

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (8 Nov 2005)

Joe Walsh: Question 376: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to introduce a coherent system for the distribution of the mackerel quota; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32965/05]

Written Answers — Press Council: Press Council (8 Nov 2005)

Joe Walsh: Question 520: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to establish a press council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32677/05]

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (26 Oct 2005)

Joe Walsh: Question 178: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will sanction grant aid to allow work to commence on a pier (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31049/05]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (26 Oct 2005)

Joe Walsh: Question 236: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a staffing grant under the equal opportunities child care programme will be approved to a group (details supplied) in County Cork. [30800/05]

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (26 Oct 2005)

Joe Walsh: Question 249: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an extension to a school (details supplied) will be approved in County Cork. [30799/05]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (25 Oct 2005)

Joe Walsh: Question 687: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when work will commence on an affordable housing scheme (details supplied) in County Cork. [30646/05]

Decentralisation Programme. (19 Oct 2005)

Joe Walsh: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing this important question to be addressed in the House tonight. I also thank the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, for taking the question. Clonakilty in County Cork was identified as the location for the decentralisation of Bord Iascaigh Mhara and the Department of...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (18 Oct 2005)

Joe Walsh: Question 432: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when the accommodation brief for the decentralised building at Clonakilty, County Cork will be finalised by the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources and Bord Iascaigh Mhara to allow the tender process go ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29251/05]

Decentralisation Programme. (12 Oct 2005)

Joe Walsh: Is there someone here from the Department of Finance to take this question?