Results 601-620 of 1,750 for speaker:Declan Breathnach

Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Declan Breathnach: Deputy Joan Burton was in possession.

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (5 Jul 2018)

Declan Breathnach: Deputy Eugene Murphy will be sharing time with Deputy Mary Butler. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Jul 2018)

Declan Breathnach: I spoke about having this Bill passed before the early afternoon. I think we are getting into the evening. Despite the fact that I have tasted the product abroad, I assure the Minister that I have visited Cooley Distillery and have partaken of the bespoke gin. Equally, I have brought people from Kentucky, the home of bourbon, to taste the flavours of my own constituency. While I am not an...

Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Jul 2018)

Declan Breathnach: I hope they did not notice that the Minister had gone home.

Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Jul 2018)

Declan Breathnach: Yes.

Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Jul 2018)

Declan Breathnach: The compromise would allow for the establishments' progression and profitability. Having visited quite a number of them, particularly while on holiday abroad, I have yet to see people overindulge. Those who buy from them, be they on a tour or otherwise, certainly leave the premises in a state of sobriety. The Minister has raised an issue with the neighbourhood and the suitability of the...

Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Jul 2018)

Declan Breathnach: I am pleased to have this opportunity to speak on this Bill on behalf of Fianna Fáil and our spokesperson, Deputy O'Callaghan. The Bill's Title and that it is a 2016 Bill reflects the frustration of the micro-breweries in that many of them, certainly those in my constituency, have been champing at the bit in that regard and we had hoped this legislation would have been passed before the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Jul 2018)

Declan Breathnach: Can we extend the time for Questions on Promised Legislation?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (5 Jul 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 320. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the proposed northern cross route (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this route is vital in order to redirect heavy goods vehicles out of Drogheda town centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29798/18]

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Declan Breathnach: I have listened with considerable interest to the debate and I had not intended taking part in the Chamber, although I have contributed at parliamentary party level. None of us is an expert, although we can indicate that we are until the cows come home. I have had considerable experience of various environmental schemes, from REPS to GLAS, over the past 20 years. I have experience of their...

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Declan Breathnach: The Deputy has the Minister's attention.

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Declan Breathnach: It is the Heritage Bill 2016 now.

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Declan Breathnach: Stick to the Bill.

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Declan Breathnach: The Deputy's time is up. We are talking about the Heritage Bill 2016. The Minister to respond.

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Declan Breathnach: There were a considerable number of questions. With the leave of the House, if more than seven minutes is required, we should allow the Minister.

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Declan Breathnach: Deputy, will you please address the Bill, not the Deputies?

Other Questions: School Patronage (4 Jul 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of communication with a person (details supplied) regarding the reopening of a school under a new patronage; if he has been in communication with Louth and Meath Education and Training Board, LMETB, which is willing to reopen the school by September 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29234/18]

Other Questions: School Patronage (4 Jul 2018)

Declan Breathnach: I acknowledge the Minister's interest in this sorry saga of Faughart national school in my constituency which has been closed since September owing to difficulties with leadership and management. Stalling, procrastination and dilly-dallying do not help the cause of parents, children and the community of Faughart in their wish to return the children to Faughart school. I ask the Minister to...

Other Questions: School Patronage (4 Jul 2018)

Declan Breathnach: I welcome that a meeting is to take place. I spent 35 years teaching, 25 of them in a rural community. Anybody who lives in a rural community such as Faughart, of which there are many, will know the school is the focal point not just for teaching but for the community. Archbishop Eamon Martin outlined to the parents' association that he has no difficulty in principle with the proposal....

Other Questions: School Patronage (4 Jul 2018)

Declan Breathnach: I am sure the Minister is well aware that in excess of 30 of the families involved have pre-enrolled with Louth and Meath ETB which has clearly indicated that it can have the school operational in September if the will is there. While I understand some of the archbishop's concerns, which may relate to the transfer of faith teaching or whatever, the management of LMETB has assured me that...