Results 81-100 of 393 for speaker:George Lee

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (3 Nov 2009)

George Lee: Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a short term diploma in family law is eligible for funding by FÁS; if so, the criteria that must be met to be eligible to undertake this course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37981/09]

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (3 Nov 2009)

George Lee: Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 21 October 2009, the date the data will be available; if a copy will be forwarded to this Deputy at that stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38636/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (3 Nov 2009)

George Lee: Question 371: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 20 October 2009, his views on amending the legislation to state that at the time the approved retirement fund option is exercised, or at any time before the 75th birthday, the approved minimum requirement funds requirement does not arise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38848/09]

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (3 Nov 2009)

George Lee: Question 466: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify Ireland's adoption procedures with non-Hague Convention countries; her plans to speed up the bilateral adoption process; the reason the Adoption Bill includes a condition that is not required by the Hague agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38313/09]

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (3 Nov 2009)

George Lee: Question 937: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the legal requirements for dumping waste from a construction site on private land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38179/09]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (3 Nov 2009)

George Lee: Question 953: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to consider zoning land in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 18 as a strategic development zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38433/09]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (3 Nov 2009)

George Lee: Question 971: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received a request from Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council regarding a strategic development zone in Cherrywood, Dublin 18; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38836/09]

National Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2009)

George Lee: The way the Minister has described the use of the special purpose vehicles, SPVs, which came like a rabbit out of a hat in terms of the legislation, has taken many people aback. It is clear from his description that they were not mentioned in the legislation because a view from EUROSTAT was required to indicate whether that option would be accepted as an off-balance sheet vehicle. I can...

National Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2009)

George Lee: Perhaps if the Minister waits until Godot comes, it might happen. If all of the fanciful assumptions in the plan worked out, it is conceivable that NAMA would one day, when we are all most likely in the grave, make a profit or clear itself. Essentially, however, throughout the world collapsing banking systems cause taxpayers to foot a significant bill. It strikes me, therefore, that there...

Written Answers — Community Care: Community Care (4 Nov 2009)

George Lee: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her long-term plans for the provision of public nursing home care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39370/09]

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

George Lee: They do not.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

George Lee: The troubles of our banks, caused by poor regulation, came upon us quite suddenly because we were being reassured by the Financial Regulator that everything was all right. We were assured all sorts of stress tests were done on our banks and that they were the most capitalised banks in the world. When we discovered the wool had been pulled over our eyes and the banking system was on the...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

George Lee: SPV is for the spiv organisation. Obviously, the Minister was working on it in the background but there was not a debate with the other public representatives - who have a right and a mandate to protect the public interest - until he announced it. The Minister did not announce it until he got the clarification from EUROSTAT that it would do this trick. For the public and for the rest of us...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

George Lee: I understand that.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

George Lee: It was never clear what were the Minister proposals for getting credit flowing or for matters such as that. Each time he came back with a response based on whatever he does behind the scenes with the people he engages with about matters which are of significant public interest and concern. Essentially, the Minister is asking the public to trust him. I have no reason that I would not trust...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

George Lee: I will conclude on this point.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

George Lee: Everybody will have a different view on the decisions the Minister has taken and I understand he took them in good faith. I have no reason to doubt his bona fides, but I have a big problem with the kind of advice he may have received.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

George Lee: I am sure that advice was given with the best of intentions, but I do not trust the advice, having regard to the institutions from which it has come. They have been found to be wanting in the past. In regard to this rescue package, most of us on this side of the House would have thought that the Minister had the banks over a barrel in terms of the public interest-----

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

George Lee: -----but he behaved in one sense as if the banks has us over a barrel because it is so important in his view and in the mindset of many of the people who advised him to have the banks back working again because that is how we will achieve prosperity again. Therefore, there is a difference of opinion there. The banks were over a barrel to us and they had the Minister over a barrel. That is...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (5 Nov 2009)

George Lee: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Dublin is waiting more than six months for a decision to be made on their medical card application; if her further attention has been drawn to the hardship caused by this delay; her plans to reduce the waiting period; and if she will make a statement...