Results 1-20 of 4,132 for speaker:Alan Shatter in 'Dáil debates'

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...

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]

Constitutional Amendments. (26 Sep 2007)

Alan Shatter: I was glad to hear the Taoiseach's reference to prioritising the children's referendum. When will the terms of reference of the proposed Oireachtas committee be published? When is it anticipated that the motions will come before the Dáil and Seanad? When is it anticipated that the committee will meet?

Cancer Services: Motion (26 Sep 2007)

Alan Shatter: The Department was told a long time ago.

Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2007)

Alan Shatter: Our health services, particularly our cancer services, have excellent doctors and nurses, many of whom work under appalling conditions with inadequate equipment. Many of them see the need for surgical operations to be undertaken but such operations are cancelled due to the pressures imposed on hospitals. Our cancer services, like the rest of the health service, are essentially...

Visa Applications. (4 Oct 2007)

Alan Shatter: The self-styled Irish Anti-War Movement, which is involved in the troops out of Shannon campaign, is scheduled to hold what it describes as an international anti-war conference in Dublin on Saturday, 13 October. According to the pamphlet published to advertise the conference, one of the objectives of the organisations is: how we can build the movement of resistance to war and occupation over...

Building Regulations. (4 Oct 2007)

Alan Shatter: The Minister may be on his bike somewhere.

Residency Permits. (9 Oct 2007)

Alan Shatter: No civilised State takes two-and-a-half years to process citizenship applications.

Residency Permits. (9 Oct 2007)

Alan Shatter: If one ran a business that way one would go bankrupt.

Residency Permits. (9 Oct 2007)

Alan Shatter: It is outrageous.

Detention Centres. (9 Oct 2007)

Alan Shatter: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the consideration given to date to the provision of a new industrial school near Lusk; if a report on what is proposed will be published in advance of a final decision being made; and the effect of the proposal on existing residential institutions for children. [22835/07]

Detention Centres. (9 Oct 2007)

Alan Shatter: What is it planned to construct in Lusk? Will a planning application be made? Exactly what facilities will be provided? What educational services will be provided? What is the timeframe for putting this in place? In the context of the Government decision that the new schools, or detention facilities as they are described, will provide for children up to the age of 18 years, why does it...