Results 41-60 of 64 for revert speaker:Jan O'Sullivan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Vote 26 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am sorry about that. I will revert to the Senator on the matter. I do not think there is an absolute requirement to have special qualifications, but it is something we can consider.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Vote 26 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Again, I cannot pre-empt what will happen in the budget. I am afraid that is as much as I can say on the matter. I will revert to Senator Naughton on her question. There are significant programmes on bullying. The most recent announcement on the issue related to funding for parents’ councils to provide training for parents and members of boards of management.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Vote 26 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I will do my best. I will respond to a few individuals together who raised the same questions. I thank the committee for engaging on issues like patronage and I will revert soon on the admissions to schools Bill when it is brought through the Oireachtas. We will have an opportunity to engage, in more depth, on some of these issues. Deputies McConalogue and O'Brien asked about the coming...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...and Youth Affairs, Deputy Charles Flanagan, on the risk of homelessness among young people. I am willing to talk to him about how we can engage on the issues of housing and the under-18s. I will revert to the Deputy in a different forum rather than under this legislation, if that is acceptable.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (4 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: It depends on where there is an adequate number of staff in various places but I will revert to the committee and we can discuss it at year end when we have a better picture.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...and the construction of housing is the new element this year. There had been construction for people with special needs, for older people and those who are homeless but the construction programme will now revert to being a mainstream local authority programme.

Seanad: Adjournment Debate: Commercial Rates Issues (19 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...business sentiment and its impact on local government finances. The Minister intends that this provision should not be interpreted as a further cost on business and gave a commitment to the House to revert to this matter again as the Bill makes its way through the Oireachtas to ensure there are no unintended consequences in how the provision would work in practice. There will, of course,...

Topical Issues: Housing Adaptation Grants Expenditure (5 Mar 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I will revert to the Deputy in this regard.

Seanad: Private Rented Sector: Statements (6 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...which may no longer be affordable. We want to find ways of bringing those houses back into use. I think I have addressed all the issues raised. I apologise if I left anything out and I will revert to Senators if I have not responded to them. I thank Senators for their wide knowledge and interest in this area. Considerable progress has been made already but more can be done. We...

Topical Issue Debate: Priory Hall Development (16 Oct 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can revert to the Deputies in that regard.

Written Answers — Private Residential Tenancies Board: Private Residential Tenancies Board (18 Jul 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...analysis-based research on such a scheme and to report back to me with recommendations. I understand that the PRTB has recently awarded the tender for this research and I expect that the Board will revert to me with detailed research and recommendations in Autumn 2012. The Act provides for the enforcement of determination orders, where such have not been complied with, by application to...

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (3 May 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...-based research on such a scheme and to report back to me with recommendations. I understand that the PRTB has recently awarded the tender for this research and I expect that the Board will revert to me with detailed research and recommendations in the autumn.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (3 May 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...that the relevant Government Departments, working with associated agencies under their aegis, as appropriate, should consider as a matter of urgency the recommendations contained in the Report and revert to my Department with proposed actions to be taken on foot of the specific recommendations and a timeframe for their implementation, to enable Minister Hogan and me to report back to...

Seanad: Report of Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments: Statements (24 Apr 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...was that it was agreed that the relevant Departments, working with bodies under their aegis, as appropriate, would consider urgently the recommendations of the tribunal and, by the end of April, revert to the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government with proposed actions to be taken on foot of the recommendations made and a timeframe for their implementation. The...

Seanad: Housing Policy: Statements, Questions and Answers (28 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...into those areas. I do not know whether there is a model available for Sligo. While funding has been allocated, it probably has been allocated directly to the local authority. However, I can revert to the Senator in that respect. Up to now, we have been trying to learn from both the Ballymun and Limerick models to establish whether we can put in place the best possible systems to...

Seanad: Housing Policy: Statements, Questions and Answers (28 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...with bonds and local authorities can struggle with them, depending on when an estate was built. I do not know if I have a real answer to the issue but if we can clarify the issue, we will revert to the Senator. Any of us who have been a member of a local authority know that in some of the older estates there may not be bonds at all. Certain examples may not be cash bonds in any case. On...

Fire Safety (28 Feb 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am responding on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Hogan. I may not be able to answer all the questions today but I will certainly revert to the Deputy on those I am unable to answer in so far as that is possible. I understand that Dublin City Council, through Dublin Fire Brigade, was notified by the developer of a construction defect in some properties at the Belmayne housing complex on 19...

Fire Safety (28 Feb 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I may not have the answers to all of the Deputy's questions and, if not, I can revert to him later. Unfortunately, we are dealing with a number of legacy issues concerning things that were not done properly in the past. We must learn from them for the future and ensure that we put proper systems in place so they cannot possibly recur. We are working on that and will put such systems in...

Seanad: Overseas Trade: Statements (17 Nov 2011)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...raised publicly because there is little awareness of the existence of the bank. There are other international banks with which we are also linked. I thank Members for their contributions and will revert to them with answers to any questions to which I have not replied.

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2010)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...written in this city several centuries ago. In it he suggested that people might be expected to eat their children given the cost of raising them. He is not so far off the mark in that we are now reverting to a situation where we do not care too much if people have to scrimp and save in order to survive. At the same time those directly responsible for what has happened to our country...