Results 161-180 of 24,382 for speaker:Seán Barrett

Order of Business (31 Jan 2008)

Seán Barrett: I note from the information given to the House by the Chief Whip a Bill to establish a transport authority for the greater Dublin area, known as the Dublin Transport Authority Bill. The Tánaiste's colleague, the Minister for Transport, Deputy Dempsey, will tell him that transport is responsible for 20% of our overall carbon emissions. The transport system in the greater Dublin area is...

Order of Business (31 Jan 2008)

Seán Barrett: I want it passed this session if we are serious about emissions.

Services for People with Disabilities. (31 Jan 2008)

Seán Barrett: I raise this matter because of the appalling treatment received by a little five-year-old boy in my constituency, who is in urgent need of speech and language therapy. Speech and language therapy is like life blood to persons who are speech or language impaired since verbal communication is the essence of modern life. This therapy is as essential to a speech or language-impaired person as a...

Services for People with Disabilities. (31 Jan 2008)

Seán Barrett: I have had practical experience of children who failed to receive this essential service. Between the Departments of Education and Science and Health and Children, it is a scandal that we have gone through the so-called Celtic tiger while young, unfortunate children are left impaired because of the lack of commitment by the State to co-ordinate a service essential to young people whether in...

Services for People with Disabilities. (31 Jan 2008)

Seán Barrett: The Minister was here less than five minutes ago but could not wait to deal with this matter. It is a disgrace.

Services for People with Disabilities. (31 Jan 2008)

Seán Barrett: I ask the Minister of State to give way momentarily. I raised the issue of speech and language therapy. I do not want to hear about a general programme or strategy.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 Jan 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is intended to provide a dedicated cystic fibrosis unit to meet the urgent and critical needs of cystic fibrosis sufferers; if she has plans to provide isolation units for CF patients at hospitals here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1592/08]

Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2008)

Seán Barrett: That has nothing to do with house prices escalating here, with a 50% increase in a year. That has nothing to do with sub-prime loans.

FÁS Training Programmes. (7 Feb 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether his Department has a strategy in respect of the training bodies, such as FÁS, to respond to the downturn in the construction industry; his views on the effects this downturn is having on their existing training courses and apprenticeship programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4126/08]

Order of Business (12 Feb 2008)

Seán Barrett: On 14 November 2007 I was appointed Chairman of the Joint Committee on Climate Change and Energy Security as a result of pressure following the failure to produce terms of reference. Since 14 November the committee has operated without a clerk, and only with the assistance of another clerk, who is covering for the failure of those who should appoint a clerk. Is the Taoiseach serious about...

Order of Business (12 Feb 2008)

Seán Barrett: I was told months ago that a member of staff from the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government was to come over.

Order of Business (12 Feb 2008)

Seán Barrett: We have been hanging on for months without a clerk. It is ridiculous.

Special Educational Needs: Motion (12 Feb 2008)

Seán Barrett: Since I was first elected to this House 27 years ago I have been fighting for the rights of children with special needs on a constant basis. Parents of these children face a constant struggle, which is inexcusable. Anybody who has met these parents understands the trauma and anxiety they suffer on a daily basis and they are shoved, so to speak, from one Department to another. Let us be...

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (12 Feb 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 273: To ask the Minister for Transport the requirements of applicants for taxi licences; if there is a differentiation between Irish and non-Irish national applicants regarding these requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4496/08]

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (12 Feb 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 507: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made by officials of her Department on a green field site for the relocation of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 18 to provide for a growing demand for school places and due to the inability to accommodate 24 classrooms on the current site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5150/08]

Written Answers — Drug Seizures: Drug Seizures (12 Feb 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 522: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the arrangements and procedures for the secure and controlled destruction of the quantities of illegal drugs that are seized by Garda and Customs officials throughout the year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4550/08]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (12 Feb 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 527: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the numbers randomly breath-tested on roads in 2007; the number and percentage of those who were taken to Garda stations for blood or urine testing; the number and percentage of these who were found to be over the blood/alcohol limit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4495/08]

Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)

Seán Barrett: What is the point of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges?

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Seán Barrett: Who is responsible?

Schools Building Projects (21 Feb 2008)

Seán Barrett: I am endeavouring to find out when a decision will be made to relocate St. Brigid's boys national school, Foxrock, to a new site due to the growing demand for school places and the inability to accommodate 24 classrooms on the current site. St. Brigid's school is geographically located in the Foxrock area but assigned to Cabinteely parish for administrative purposes. Its sister school which...