Results 241-260 of 2,137 for speaker:Jerry Cowley

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (14 Feb 2007)

Jerry Cowley: Question 315: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if Mulranny Pier is within the Gaeltacht boundaries which surround it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5594/07]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (14 Feb 2007)

Jerry Cowley: Question 326: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of classes in the schools in County Mayo with more than 20 pupils per teacher and with more than 30 pupils per teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5581/07]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (14 Feb 2007)

Jerry Cowley: Question 338: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans in place for overcrowded classrooms; her views on whether there is no adequate back-up for overcrowding in schools; her plans to provide a more adequate education in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5620/07]

Moriarty Report: Statements (14 Feb 2007)

Jerry Cowley: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (14 Feb 2007)

Jerry Cowley: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national and local importance, namely, the reason the Minister for Health and Children has not taken urgent action to ensure that nurses are treated equitably in our hospitals as regards their working week and as regards their remuneration, and to discuss the fact that there is a 75% drain of nurses out of our...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (13 Feb 2007)

Jerry Cowley: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide funding for an autism specific educational centre in Mayo which would offer the same services to Mayo children with autism as is available in the Saplings Centre in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4721/07]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (13 Feb 2007)

Jerry Cowley: Question 303: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received travelling expenses for two years despite negotiations and agreements reached on said expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4687/07]

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (13 Feb 2007)

Jerry Cowley: Question 308: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a special tax incentive scheme for County Mayo in view of the decline in manufacturing industry and the need to attract entrepreneurs to the area in the interests of local development in an employment black spot area; the impediments that prevent him from introducing such an incentive scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (13 Feb 2007)

Jerry Cowley: Question 309: To ask the Minister for Finance his views, in view of the population explosion predicted by the Central Statistics Office in Dublin, on whether there is little point in promoting further development of this area when he should be introducing financial incentives to promote the under developed counties such as Mayo, especially with the Border Midland Western region underspend of...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (13 Feb 2007)

Jerry Cowley: Question 355: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no speech therapist employed at Mayo General Hospital; her views on whether this is a scandalous situation, in view of the number of people after strokes, for whom a speech therapist is essential to their recovery; the steps she is taking steps to ensure the employment of a...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (13 Feb 2007)

Jerry Cowley: Question 358: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the occupational therapy and physiotherapy services are being removed from the Dalton Home, run by the Health Service Executive in Claremorris, County Mayo; if this is a retrograde move; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4889/07]

Written Answers — Fishing Licences: Fishing Licences (13 Feb 2007)

Jerry Cowley: Question 413: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when issues relating to new regulations for salmon anglers in Ballina, County Mayo will be addressed since anglers, who should have been out since the opening of the fishing season on 1 February 2007 have not commenced fishing due to these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4852/07]

Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (13 Feb 2007)

Jerry Cowley: Question 432: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when an application for funding for an arts centre was made for Ballina, County Mayo; the amount of funding sought; the development by which the request has been made; the status of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4744/07]

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (13 Feb 2007)

Jerry Cowley: Question 518: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of the application by a school (details supplied) in view of the expansion of this school in recent years as it is currently a three teacher school with a learning support teacher, with 77 pupils enrolled, additional portacabins which are currently housing some classes which are costing the school €600 per week and...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (13 Feb 2007)

Jerry Cowley: I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order to discuss a matter of major national and local importance, namely, why the Minister for Health and Children has not taken action to ensure that nurses are treated equitably in our hospitals as regards both their working week and their remuneration; and to discuss the fact that there is a 75% drain of nurses out of this country...

Disadvantaged Status. (13 Feb 2007)

Jerry Cowley: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the DEIS scheme in County Mayo and guarantee the same funding and benefits beyond 2007; the reason for the anomaly where one of two second level schools on Achill Island has been excluded, although all 11 feeder schools on the island are deemed disadvantaged by her Department and a similar situation exists in...

Disadvantaged Status. (13 Feb 2007)

Jerry Cowley: I thank the Minister for her reply but she has engineered a crisis in Mayo. Schools are distressed because of a situation which is equivalent to losing a teacher. Class sizes will have to be increased and she has increased divisiveness and discrimination in Mayo. I asked specifically about the situation on Achill Island, a deprived area in which there are 13 schools, some 11 of which are...

Disadvantaged Status. (13 Feb 2007)

Jerry Cowley: The second school never got free meals. It is not equitable. The figures the Minister used are based on school statistics for 1995, 1996 and 1997, a long time ago. Of the schools excluded from the scheme, 25% are in Mayo. The figures for Dublin show that 38 schools applied and 26 were accepted, with 12 being refused. In Mayo, nine schools applied and only one was accepted. That is...

Disadvantaged Status. (13 Feb 2007)

Jerry Cowley: Will that continue beyond 2007?

Disadvantaged Status. (13 Feb 2007)

Jerry Cowley: The Minister is using retention figures, which penalises good schools. This is not about the statistics for the national schools, where the criteria were broad, but about second level.