Results 161-180 of 587 for speaker:James Breen

Order of Business (27 Sep 2006)

James Breen: I want an answer.

Order of Business (27 Sep 2006)

James Breen: I will not resume my seat. I will interrupt business if I must. I will stand on the seat.

Order of Business (27 Sep 2006)

James Breen: This is what is wrong with this House. We want openness and transparency. I am entitled to an answer, the Ceann Comhairle can continue to talk. I will walk up to the Ceann Comhairle if I must.

Order of Business (27 Sep 2006)

James Breen: I want fair play. That is all I am seeking.

Order of Business (Resumed) (27 Sep 2006)

James Breen: On a point of order, I want an explanation as to why the Ceann Comhairle is depriving me of my right in this House to put something on the public record. It was made public in County Clare by the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Dempsey.

Order of Business (Resumed) (27 Sep 2006)

James Breen: The Minister intervened with An Post. It was a senior member of Government that did this. Did he intervene or not? That is all I want to know. Did the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources intervene with An Post.

Order of Business (Resumed) (27 Sep 2006)

James Breen: All I want is an answer to my question.

Order of Business (Resumed) (27 Sep 2006)

James Breen: I should be provided with an answer to my question.

Order of Business (Resumed) (27 Sep 2006)

James Breen: No, that is in private. I want it on the public record.

Order of Business (Resumed) (27 Sep 2006)

James Breen: The Ceann Comhairle can move where he likes. I will not resume my seat.

Disposal of Shares in Aer Lingus Group plc: Motion. (6 Jul 2006)

James Breen: I wish to share time with Deputies Finian McGrath, Sargent and Crowe. The emergence of the mid-west as an advanced industrial area has been aided greatly by the emergence and continued development of Shannon Airport. The importance of the airport to companies choosing to base themselves in and around Shannon cannot be overstated. In Clare, many companies, in particular American-owned ones,...

Disposal of Shares in Aer Lingus Group plc: Motion. (6 Jul 2006)

James Breen: I will oppose it.

Government Record: Motion (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

James Breen: The Deputy should stand for leader of the Progressive Democrats.

Government Record: Motion (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

James Breen: Never have I seen a situation where so many in the country are in open revolt against a sitting Government, where Ministers are in constant battles against those working under them, and despite the availability of vast financial resources, where the constant squandering of public money has resulted in wide scale dissatisfaction among the grass-roots supporters of even the Government parties....

Leaders' Questions. (5 Jul 2006)

James Breen: The backbenchers are unhappy. They look very unhappy because their time is up.

Leaders' Questions. (5 Jul 2006)

James Breen: I apologise; I got carried away.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (4 Jul 2006)

James Breen: Question 646: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide funding for a sapling ABA school in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25579/06]

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Jun 2006)

James Breen: I wish to share my time with Deputy McHugh. The infection of people with hepatitis C and HIV through the administration of contaminated blood products is one of the greatest shames ever visited upon the people of this State. That shame was deepened by the reaction of various Ministers for Health in its aftermath. Instead of full and rapid support being granted to patients, an attempt at cover...

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Jun 2006)

James Breen: Hear, hear.

Criminal Law (Home Defence) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

James Breen: The Bill proposed by Deputy Jim O'Keeffe does immediate good in that it forces the House to debate an issue of genuine concern throughout the country. Every home owner should be allowed to defend his or her property from any intruder into the dwelling, which is what the Bill proposes, as long as it is done with reasonable force. In the past, I regret to say, the home owner was supposed to...