Results 41-60 of 4,129 for in 'Dáil debates' speaker:Alan Shatter

Order of Business (11 Oct 2007)

Alan Shatter: It is an issue for which time in the House should be made available. There is no alternative forum as a committee on foreign affairs has not yet been established. It is a matter we cannot ignore.

Establishment of Committees (11 Oct 2007)

Alan Shatter: As someone who was absent from this House for five years, what I find most depressing is that nothing has changed. I listened and read with some interest the speech delivered by the Government Chief Whip. The proposals described as relating to Dáil reform do nothing other than tinker around the edges, dealing with mechanics and procedures as opposed to substance. I have reached the...

Child Care Services. (11 Oct 2007)

Alan Shatter: Two reports have been published in the past 24 hours that can only be described as damning indictments of the failure of the Government to provide essential services for children in need of care and for children at risk. The failure of services for children, as managed by the HSE, to provide for proper care management and long-term planning for children in care aged 12 years and under is...

Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Alan Shatter: On a point of order, when formerly in this House, it was my understanding that if a Minister deliberately or inadvertently misled the House on an issue, the tradition was a statement would be made by him or her to the House. That was the position until 2002. Am I to take it that in the context of the Minister, Deputy Dempsey, having given this House misleading information about the...

Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Alan Shatter: The tradition that the Minister would come before the House and make a statement has been abandoned by this Cabinet.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Alan Shatter: I suggest, Sir, that before any questions are answered the Minister——

Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Alan Shatter: ——abide by the tradition of the House and make a statement, as previous Ministers have done in circumstances where they misled the House.

Passports Bill 2007: Second Stage (18 Oct 2007)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy is straying somewhat beyond the subject of passports at this stage.

Passports Bill 2007: Second Stage (18 Oct 2007)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy is discussing tribunals.

Passports Bill 2007: Second Stage (18 Oct 2007)

Alan Shatter: I welcome the publication of this legislation. It is an anomaly that no detailed passport legislation has been enacted in the history of the State. The issuing of passports has, essentially, been a discretionary exercise carried out by the Minister of the day on behalf of the Government. Many of the provisions in this Bill are worthwhile but substantial amendments are required if great...

Road Network. (18 Oct 2007)

Alan Shatter: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposals for the Leinster outer orbital route, which will connect the towns of Drogheda, Navan, Naas and Newbridge; his views on whether such a proposal is economically viable, technically feasible and strategically beneficial; if the proposed orbital route is Government policy; the expected cost of same; and if he will make a statement on...

Programmes for Government. (23 Oct 2007)

Alan Shatter: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if he will publish and place in the Oireachtas Library the details of the programme for Government as agreed with the Progressive Democrats. [17241/07]

Human Rights Issues. (23 Oct 2007)

Alan Shatter: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action taken by this State as a member of the European Union and in the United Nations with regard to the situation in Myanmar, Burma; his views on whether the lives of those who demonstrated against the junta are at risk; the number of persons currently being detained as a consequence of the protest and demonstrations that took...

Human Rights Issues. (23 Oct 2007)

Alan Shatter: I thank the Minister. At an early point the International Red Cross sought access to Burma to ascertain the whereabouts of prisoners, if prisoners are detained in detention centres and how they are being treated. Does the Minister have information in this regard? Has he communicated with the Chinese Government? In replying to Deputy Timmins the Minister stated he made direct contact with...

Human Rights Issues. (23 Oct 2007)

Alan Shatter: Is there any indication that the International Red Cross will be allowed access?

Order of Business (23 Oct 2007)

Alan Shatter: Is it intended to produce legislation arising from last week's High Court decision to allow people to effect a change of gender, with regard to their birth certificates, as a result of medical intervention?

Order of Business (23 Oct 2007)

Alan Shatter: Under the 2003 legislation, when the courts hold that our law is contrary to the European Convention on Human Rights, the Government has a limited timeframe in which to indicate whether legislative changes will be made. Will the Government give such an indication within the timeframe specified in the 2003 legislation?

Order of Business (23 Oct 2007)

Alan Shatter: The Government should complete the examination pretty quickly.

Child Care: Motion (13 Nov 2007)

Alan Shatter: I move: That Dáil Éireann, calls on the Government to radically modify the new proposed child care subvention scheme that the Government intends to become fully operational from 1 July 2008, as this scheme: will impose intolerable financial pressures on many parents by increasing the expense of child care; will force some parents to leave employment and become dependent on social welfare...

Child Care: Motion (13 Nov 2007)

Alan Shatter: Is there anything for which the Deputy does not claim responsibility?