Results 61-80 of 1,799 for speaker:Luke Flanagan

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legal Matters (8 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 53. To ask the Taoiseach if the Office of the Chief State Solicitor has with regard to the Prevention of Corruption Act a Code of guidance in place for its solicitors to disclose information to the Garda Síochána who are the proper authorities to investigate crime about public officials under section 19 of the Criminal Justice Act 2011 who have improperly withheld information; and...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legal Matters (8 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 54. To ask the Taoiseach if the Chief State Solicitor is aware that the EU Commission state aid investigation C31/07 was told that Bus Éireann operated the school transport scheme under contract; if this is the case if he will ask the Chief State Solicitor the reason this information was not disclosed to the Garda Síochána by virtue of the Prevention of Corruption Act and...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: EU Issues (8 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 57. To ask the Taoiseach the amount the blue star programme costs; the percentage of this cost borne by the Irish taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16270/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Correspondence (8 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 58. To ask the Taoiseach if he will ensure that when a communication in relation to wrongdoing is received in his Department that the communication will be deemed to have come to his attention; if he will confirm that, while he is not expected to personally exercise the function of dealing with wrongdoing, he is responsible for ensuring that the function is exercised; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Correspondence (8 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 73. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that when a communication in relation to wrongdoing is received in his Department that the communication will be deemed to have come to his attention; if he will confirm that, while he is not expected to personally exercise the function of dealing with wrongdoing, he is responsible for ensuring that the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (8 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 99. To ask the Minister for Finance if the first bond has been sold yet by the Central Bank this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16222/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (8 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 100. To ask the Minister for Finance if the €3.06 billion bond to cover the 2012 promissory note has been sold yet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16223/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Debt (8 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 101. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of interest the €25 billion we borrowed to buy off the promissory notes is costing us this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16236/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Debt (8 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 102. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of interest the €25 billion we borrowed to buy off the promissory notes cost us in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16237/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Debt (8 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 103. To ask the Minister for Finance as the new sovereign bonds from the €25 billion in bonds that were issued to the Central Bank on 8 February 2013 are sold off, the amount in interest projected to be paid on an annual basis, for as far into the future as those projections have been made, to the EU fund from which the €25 billion was borrowed and as coupon to the private...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (8 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 104. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify what will happen to the €500 million that will be taken in by the Central Bank of Ireland when the first bond is sold this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16239/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (8 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 105. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify what will happen to the subsequent €24.5 billion taken in by the Central Bank of Ireland as the remaining bonds are sold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16240/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Responsibilities (8 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 174. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that when a communication in relation to wrongdoing is received in his Department, it will be deemed to have come to his attention; if he will confirm that, while he is not expected personally to exercise the function of dealing with wrongdoing, he is responsible for ensuring the function is exercised; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technology in Schools (8 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 27 February 2014, the reason the professional development service for teachers is sanctioning the use and purchase of iPads by students, when a much cheaper and more useful tablet is available on which one can use Microsoft Office applications and study for ECDL and many other computer courses,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technology in Schools (8 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 11 March 2014, when teachers can choose a tablet such as the Microsoft Surface 2 which is, compatible with Microsoft Office applications such as, Word, Excel and Powerpoint, can be used for ECDL examination preparation and training for teachers and students and can be used for learning of visual...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (8 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date of the decision to use workbooks in national primary schools; the persons involved in this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16654/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (8 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 11 March 2014, regarding decisions on the use of workbooks, in his answer on the use of textbooks, quotes what he calls, The Guidelines that accompany the Primary School Curriculum, 1999, which state that it should be noted that textbooks, of their very nature, cannot adequately cover local history...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (8 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 11 March 2014, regarding decisions on the use of workbooks, in which he stated that the Education Act, 1998, places a responsibility on boards of management to manage the school on behalf of the patron of the school and for the benefit of the students and parents, and to provide or cause to be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (8 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 11 March 2014, in which he states that, I am conscious of the additional costs that may have to be borne by parents if workbooks are used extensively in schools and the Guidelines for Developing Textbook Rental Schemes in Schools, published by my Department in 2012, outline a number of strategies...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (8 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 11 March 2014, in which he states that, the Guidelines that accompany the Primary School Curriculum, 1999 acknowledge that carefully selected textbooks may play a role in supporting the implementation of the curriculum but they also warn against an over-reliance on textbooks, stating, for example,...