Results 1-20 of 19,162 for speaker:Alan Shatter

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (26 Jun 2007)

Alan Shatter: Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reforms he proposes to introduce in relation to inheritance tax and in particular with regard to property inherited from family members. [17234/07]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (26 Jun 2007)

Alan Shatter: Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will abolish inheritance tax on property inherited by minor and adult children from their parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17235/07]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (26 Jun 2007)

Alan Shatter: Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the moneys received in respect of each of the tax years from 2002 to 2006 by way of inheritance tax paid by sons and daughters on property inherited from deceased parents. [17238/07]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (26 Jun 2007)

Alan Shatter: Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the moneys received by way of inheritance in each of the years from 2002 to 2006 as a result of a son or daughter inheriting a family home from a deceased parent. [17239/07]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (26 Jun 2007)

Alan Shatter: Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will exclude cigarettes and other tobacco products from the basket of items from which the Consumer Price Index is presently calculated as recommended by the Joint Health Committee in its report A National Anti-Smoking Strategy a report on smoking published in November 1999. [17789/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (26 Jun 2007)

Alan Shatter: Question 295: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans with regard to St. Luke's Hospital, Rathgar; and if she intends to end the excellent patient services currently provided by the hospital. [17237/07]

Hospital Services. (27 Jun 2007)

Alan Shatter: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans with regard to Tallaght Children's Hospital; and if all medical and surgical services presently provided by the hospital will continue to be so provided. [17483/07]

Hospital Services. (27 Jun 2007)

Alan Shatter: I congratulate Deputy Brendan Howlin on his new position. Will the Minister tell the House what paediatric services currently provided in Tallaght Hospital will be removed from the hospital? Is she aware that the widespread concern across the community about her plans to close down Tallaght as a paediatric hospital derives from serious concerns about the inaccessibility of the Mater site,...

Hospital Services. (27 Jun 2007)

Alan Shatter: I am surprised the Minister has made this decision without reading the Tallaght Hospital charter. I suggest she does so because what is now proposed is contrary to the charter and amounts to a serious breach of faith on the part of the State towards those involved in Tallaght, and particularly those involved in the move of the National Children's Hospital from Harcourt Street to Tallaght....

Hospital Waiting Lists. (27 Jun 2007)

Alan Shatter: I will be brief. The Minister stated there are many pieces to the jigsaw when dealing with the accident and emergency services problem. Does the Minister agree and acknowledge that the major problem is the availability of acute hospital beds and, as she noted in reply to an earlier question, that beds are being used inappropriately? Moreover, does she acknowledge that beds are being used...

Hospital Waiting Lists. (27 Jun 2007)

Alan Shatter: Not enough.

Hospital Waiting Lists. (27 Jun 2007)

Alan Shatter: The Minister has missed the target.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages. (27 Jun 2007)

Alan Shatter: This Bill could be described as a minimalist measure. I support the proposed amendment. The real problem with stamp duty, as it has now developed, is that it has become an unfair tax. We have learned in this House down through the years that if we ignore an unfair tax, difficulties are created. I do not believe the reform proposed by the Minister will resolve the difficulties in the...

Ministers and Secretaries (Ministers of State) Bill 2007: Second and Subsequent Stages. (27 Jun 2007)

Alan Shatter: I agree with everything my colleague, Deputy Bruton, said in this debate and I will try to avoid repeating some of his comments, although I may be tempted to stray into some of the issues he raised. I also found Deputy Burton's contribution to be especially interesting. She is correct in the context of one or two Departments in which it appears that Ministers of State will be tripping over...

Ministers and Secretaries (Ministers of State) Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2007)

Alan Shatter: There is a major need for radical Dáil reform. I suggest that if that does not happen in the next couple of years the Taoiseach, if for no other reason than to preserve the sanity of the remaining backbenchers in the Fianna Fáil Party, will have no choice but to introduce yet another Bill providing for possibly an additional ten Ministers of State to be appointed to the existing...

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (27 Jun 2007)

Alan Shatter: Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she proposes to take to eliminate MRSA from hospitals here. [17482/07]

Written Answers — Children's Rights: Children's Rights (27 Jun 2007)

Alan Shatter: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will hold a referendum to amend the family articles in the Constitution and propose new provisions in respect of children's rights. [17240/07]

Foreign Conflicts. (3 Jul 2007)

Alan Shatter: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the situation in Sudan; the humanitarian assistance that is being made available to the affected regions in that country; the security assistance that will be made available by Ireland to Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18713/07]

Written Answers — EU Treaty: EU Treaty (3 Jul 2007)

Alan Shatter: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a referendum on the new EU reform treaty will be held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18728/07]

Written Answers — Stem Cell Research: Stem Cell Research (3 Jul 2007)

Alan Shatter: Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the policy of the Government with regard to the undertaking within the State of stem cell research, including embryonic stem cell research; her views on whether such research provides the potential for curing various illnesses and conditions such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's disease and spinal cord injury; and if she will make a...