Results 21-40 of 775 for in 'Written Answers' speaker:Luke Flanagan

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (11 Oct 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 250: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason she does not allow fuel allowance to be paid in a lump sum ahead of time, as an option other than the weekly payment which may not be available to all; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28412/11]

Written Answers — State Property: State Property (12 Oct 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 117: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reasons for the delay in the transaction for lands (details supplied) which he wishes to purchase. [28990/11]

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (19 Oct 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will direct the ESB to consider the offer made by a person (details supplied) to have the proposed power line that is to cross their land buried underground instead of cutting down a 60-metre-wide avenue of mature trees through their land; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the ESB has in...

Written Answers — Medical Inquiries: Medical Inquiries (19 Oct 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health, on behalf of the survivors of symphysiotomy, when the report commissioned in June will be completed and published; the steps he will take to speed up its delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30231/11]

Written Answers — Garda Complaints Procedures: Garda Complaints Procedures (25 Oct 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Garda has failed to investigate an allegation made against a person (details supplied) in County Clare. [30796/11]

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (25 Oct 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance his views that it is unfair for lending institutions to raise variable mortgage rates in order to offset losses on tracker mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31152/11]

Written Answers — Presidential Remuneration: Presidential Remuneration (25 Oct 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 204: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will examine the remuneration of the President; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31155/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Oct 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 281: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the back to education allowance programme requires the applicants to be on jobseeker's payment for more than nine months consecutively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31140/11]

Written Answers — Carers Strategy: Carers Strategy (2 Nov 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will publish the National Carers Strategy, which promises to set out Government's commitment in regard to income supports, health care, training, the labour market, transport, housing and information services for family carer's; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31786/11]

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (8 Nov 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the National Cancer Screening Service to contact all those women who had a cervical smear test taken and to ask them if they had to pay for the postage of their samples, using registered post €5.80; if he will enquire from the National Cancer Screening Service the steps that have been put in place to ensure that participating...

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (15 Nov 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider giving the An Post a stronger role in the Strategy on Financial Inclusion and in particular to enable the post offices here to offer current account facilities to its customers; his views that in the interest of providing choice and greater competition within banking that the role of the post office should be promoted and...

Written Answers — Building Control Act: Building Control Act (15 Nov 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 408: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Building Control Act 2007 has created a situation whereby the dominant representative association (details supplied) is also the regulating body for that profession, contrary to the specific recommendations of the Competition Authority; and if he will...

Written Answers — Building Control Act: Building Control Act (15 Nov 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 409: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has estimated the cost to domestic consumers of removing a significant number of architects from the market through the absence of a standard grandfather clause in part 3 of the Building Control Act 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34670/11]

Written Answers — Building Control Act: Building Control Act (15 Nov 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 410: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the €4,500 technical assessment fee for architects under the Building Control Act 2007 makes that assessment the most costly of its type in the world; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34671/11]

Written Answers — Building Control Act: Building Control Act (15 Nov 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 411: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will amend the Building Control Act 2007 to include a grandfather clause for those with acquired rights and so enable them to continue to certify as architects in the State without being criminalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34672/11]

Written Answers — Building Control Act: Building Control Act (15 Nov 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 412: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views that the costly and non-inclusive routes for the registration of architects with acquired rights constitutes the sheltering of the architecture profession and that the State, the public and consumers are thereby ill-served by Part 3 of the Building Control Act 2007; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Drug Seizures: Drug Seizures (15 Nov 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 454: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Forensic Science Laboratory has found grit weed contamination in samples of cannabis seized in recent times; if he will make available the results of analysis carried out by the Forensic Science Laboratory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34536/11]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (16 Nov 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he can facilitate the creation of proper schooling for children with special needs in the necessary areas in view of the fact that it costs €1,800 a week in taxi fares to transport a child with autism to proper teachers and facilities which seems like an extreme waste of scarce resources in hard economic times and also causes...

Written Answers — National Parks: National Parks (16 Nov 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views that to date, there has been an error of omission in developing the Connemara National Park Interpretative Centre at Letterfrack, Connemara, County Galway, without any inclusion or reference to the history of the industrial institute which once occupied the site; if he will award part of the funding available to the memorial...

Written Answers — Units of Measurement: Units of Measurement (22 Nov 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the continued use of imperial size fittings in the plumbing trade and the unnecessary confusion and extra costs that imperial fittings cause especially in small scale and private work; if he will eliminate the use of imperial sized fittings; the steps he will take to bring the plumbing...