Results 181-200 of 775 for speaker:Luke Flanagan in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Lands (16 Jan 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the purpose to which the funds resulting from the sale of 1109 acres, 449 ha, of forest near Ballybofey, County Donegal will be put; if the funds will be diverted into the pensions of Coillte workers; if this sale has anything to do with the sale of State assets via the New Era project; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Co-operatives Societies (16 Jan 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is currently investigating the matter of share allocation and share certification relating to the amalgamation of companies (details supplied); if he will confirm that the awarded shares to co-op members who are, in value terms, at a par with the shares allocated to the members of another co-op; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (16 Jan 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the reason that 10 local authorities and seven urban district councils have voted to ban fluoridation of water supplies and yet his Department and the Irish Expert Body on Fluorides and Health continues with a policy of fluoridation; if he will ask the Irish Expert Body on Fluorides and Health to address the position adopted by the 10 local...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Products (16 Jan 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the Health Service Executive have indemnified suppliers of replacement hips (details supplied) [58012/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (16 Jan 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider amending the proposed Taxi Regulations Bill 2012 to allow for the transfer of taxi licences upon the death of the owner or in circumstances when the owner is no longer in a position to operate their taxi due to ill health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58114/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Jan 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will explain where the sum of €270,000 which was allocated to Roscommon County Council in 2010 for the purpose of flood prevention for Athleague Town, County Roscommon, has been spent; the reason the weir which was proposed for Lisnatea on the River Suck has not been constructed; if his attention has been drawn to the fact...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme (23 Jan 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a breakdown on a bog basis, of those who applied for compensation for cessation of turf cutting; if he will supply figures for those who accepted compensation as an interim measure while awaiting a relocation bog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3458/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices (24 Jan 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason both Galway City Council and Galway County Council have now got local enterprise offices when previously one county enterprise board served both city and county, in view of his policy to maximise value for money by amalgamating the county enterprise boards into the local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Standards (29 Jan 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he considers section 4 (1) c of Statutory Instrument 534 (2008), namely the exemption of local authorities from housing standards for rented houses regulations, to be appropriate to rented properties; the reason this should be the case; the grounds on which it can be justified that local authorities do not have to live up...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare Issues (29 Jan 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce legislation to update the use and applications of animal micro chipping; if he will, in view of safety concerns, consider making the animal owner's contact details available directly from the microchip readout; if he will consider legislating for the duties of animal pound operators and local authorities with...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Cessation Scheme (30 Jan 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the progress made to date of the alternatives offered to turf cutters on special areas of conservation bogs, that is the uptake of compensation, free turf deliveries and any relocation schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54588/12]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Cessation Scheme (30 Jan 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding turf cutting and the cessation of same, the number of persons under the previous compensation schemes that have yet to be paid at this stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4607/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Cessation Scheme (30 Jan 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 163 of 23 January 2013, if he will provide the number of those who expressed an interest in relocation who qualified under the criteria of the scheme for relocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4608/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (30 Jan 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the funds given by his Department to the Irish Environmental Network, which can be anything from €700,000 to €1,000,000 per year, is not accountable or made public by the Irish Environmental Network; the action he will take to bring clarity to the use to which the funds are put; if he will consider...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Powers (5 Feb 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the law under which Gardaí may confiscate and keep for seven months the personal property of a person (details supplied) without any explanation or legal order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5657/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (5 Feb 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Health if there has been a reduction in ambulance services for those attending medical appointments within the Health Service Executive services; if there has been a change to facilities for transporting non urgent patients, often from their home to hospitals or clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5860/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Safety (6 Feb 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied with the operation of the Gosafe system; his plans to expand same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6015/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (7 Feb 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Garda Armed Response Unit has been patrolling Dundalk town, County Louth, and suburbs for the past six months or so; his views on the appropriateness of such patrols by the Armed Response Unit; the reason such patrols are not carried out by the Gardaí stationed in Dundalk; if the Armed Response Unit are briefed on community...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Legal Cases (12 Feb 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that Anglo Irish Bank/IBRC spent in legal fees in relation to Quinn Companies and the Quinn family, both in this jurisdiction and in all others; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7123/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Property Ownership (13 Feb 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason a property was sold to the beneficial owner (details supplied) in County Cork as a sale absolute by use of a S31 application which allowed the Minister for Finance to waive any interest vesting, under the State Property Act 1954, in the state on the dissolution of a company [7659/13]