Results 45,921-45,940 of 46,575 for speaker:Simon Harris

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (21 Mar 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 281: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow in receipt of jobseeker's allowance is eligible to participate in a FÁS or community employment scheme; if a meeting will be arranged for the person with the relevant agency to allocate a place on a scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15582/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (21 Mar 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 360: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider exempting executors of wills from liability for the non-principal primary residence and household charges on account of the temporary nature of their possession of residences; if he will consider deferring these changes until the properties in the charge of executors have been sold on or...

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (21 Mar 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 361: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money that remains in the Dormant Accounts Fund; when he expects to distribute this money; the way organisations can petition to be included for funding from the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15275/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (21 Mar 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 387: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will examine the possibility of utilising An Post's nationwide network to enable house owners to pay the household charge through their local post office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15559/12]

Written Answers — Garda Reserve: Garda Reserve (21 Mar 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 438: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of the expenses payable to members of the Garda Reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15000/12]

Written Answers — Garda Reserve: Garda Reserve (21 Mar 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 439: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the current strength of the Garda Reserve; the total annual cost of the Garda Reserve by year since its formation; if he will provide an itemised annual expense breakdown for the Garda Reserve since its creation in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15001/12]

Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (21 Mar 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 678: To ask the Minister for Health the process by which the Health Service Executive procures wheelchairs and other assistive aids; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15450/12]

Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (21 Mar 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 679: To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the Health Service Executive of procuring wheelchairs and similar assistive aids, for each of the years 2007 to 2012; the savings made by the implementation of the aids and appliances recycling programme in each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15451/12]

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (15 Mar 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce measures to assist persons who acted in good faith in becoming guarantors for mortgages at the height of the boom and now find themselves being pursued by the financial institutions in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14767/12]

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (15 Mar 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline any rights mortgage guarantors might have in their dealings with financial institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14768/12]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (15 Mar 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding he has provided to a school (details supplied) in respect of renting land and prefabs at its current location; his plans to provide permanent facilities to the school, which is currently located at an unsuitable site in temporary accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14669/12]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (15 Mar 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the possibility of asking a vocational education committee organisation to make available current surplus premises to a school (details supplied) which is housed in temporary accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14670/12]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (15 Mar 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to make any amendments to maternity leave regulations in order to allow parents to share this entitlement to leave between them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14865/12]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (15 Mar 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to amend adoptive leave regulations to allow either parent to avail of this entitlement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14866/12]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (15 Mar 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has any plans to consolidate the leave entitlements outlined under the Maternity Protections Act, the Adoptive Leave Act and the Parental Leave Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14867/12]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (15 Mar 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the rights to maternity or parental leave accruing to the parents or adoptive parents of a child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14868/12]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (14 Mar 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing failure of a school (details supplied) in County Cavan to introduce policy measures to allow a student of that school who is reliant on a trained assistance dog to attend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14416/12]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (14 Mar 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 60: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has had any contact with a school (details supplied) in County Cavan in relation to their policy on the use of trained assistance dogs by students with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14417/12]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (14 Mar 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines currently in place for mainstream schools in addressing the needs of students reliant on trained assistance dogs; if he intends to review these guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14418/12]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (14 Mar 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the use of trained assistance dogs by students with disabilities in mainstream schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14419/12]