Results 321-340 of 775 for speaker:Luke Flanagan in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Water Fluoridation (6 Mar 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Health the location from which the hydrofluorisilic acid used to deliver fluoride to our drinking water is being sourced from at present; if he will provide a source to confirm the origin of this hydrofluorisilic acid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11785/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (20 Feb 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on internment in Northern Ireland. [8876/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (19 Feb 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an investigation by a person (details supplied) into the theft of cannabis by Gardaí based at Henry Street Garda Station, County Limerick and Roxborough Garda Station, County Limerick, has resulted in a file being sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8866/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (14 Feb 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will investigate the requirement of the State Examinations Commission that superintendents of examinations must be registered with the Teaching Council; his views on the necessity of a retired teacher (details supplied) in County Longford who wishes to superintend at exams, to register with the Teaching Council [7779/13]

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]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (13 Feb 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a Garda Síochána investigation ongoing into systemic weight to volume fraud at Coillte Teo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7603/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (13 Feb 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm the number of bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis reactors that have been taken out under section 20 of the Diseases of Animals Act 1966 since its inception; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in failing to take out bovine TB and brucellosis reactors under section 20 of the 1966 Act he is committing a...

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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...