Results 10,721-10,740 of 14,886 for speaker:Dara Calleary

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (30 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: 262. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a commitment to the long term future of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26558/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (30 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: 279. To ask the Minister for Health when free general practitioner care as outlined in the Programme for Government will be introduced; the timeframe for same; the illnesses or disabilities to be covered under the new provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26347/13]

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: There is another book in that.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: I thank Deputy Niall Collins for tabling the motion and for giving the House the opportunity to discuss this matter. We have the usual sniffy response from Government to the effect that we are wasting time discussing what is, in its view, a minor issue. As Deputy Kelleher stated, what we witnessed earlier was similar to an episode of "This is Your Life". In light of the paucity of Labour...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: -----I cannot understand how he did not seek to deal with all of the specific and serious allegations that were made. I hope that the person on the Government side who gets the opportunity to deliver the ministerial conclusion in respect of this debate will deal with those allegations. On the night in question, was the Minister, who is also a solicitor and an officer of the court,...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: Which book?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (29 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider reversing the non-alleviation in the reduction of teaching posts as a result of the increase in the pupil teacher ratio for post primary certificate courses for Mayo Vocational Education Committee courses his views on whether it is unreasonable that the alleviation was not applied pro-rata to all VEC courses; and if he will...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: How did he treat the garda?

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: Except for the Minister.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: Or introduced to Dublin 4 by somebody from rural Ireland.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: At least it is not an Alan Shatter novel.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: The Minister could read John Grisham.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (28 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation of resource hours he proposes for children with Down syndrome designated as mild on the ID spectrum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25477/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (28 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will explain if, in the circumstances of two or more children from one family attending third level education who are entitled to the special rate of grant based on their parent's earning, the rate is divided between the students or are each eligible for the full amount; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25595/13]

Other Questions: Private Sector Investment (23 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: 6. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the way that private sector investment including the European Investment Bank can be best used to complement public expenditure to maximise economic growth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24644/13]

Other Questions: Credit Availability (22 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: Some of my transferred questions were to seek the Minister's views on whether the Credit Review Office had sufficient resources to fulfil its mandate. What are the Minister's views on the success of the office to date? One of my questions sought clarification on whether the Minister agreed there should be formal targets for the banks in respect of debt resolution for SMEs similar to those...

Other Questions: Credit Availability (22 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: Another issue is the delay in approvals from the time an application is submitted. While it is still a problem that applications are not being submitted, the review of a submitted application may be dragged out for months such that the project for which finance is originally sought may no longer be viable. The business may actually have moved on. Will the Minister put turnaround targets in...

Other Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (22 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: The innovation vouchers were there long before the Minister was appointed.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Initiatives (22 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: 4. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether a target of 20,000 additional manufacturing jobs can be achieved by 2016; the measures necessary to achieve this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24405/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Initiatives (22 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: We have placed a great deal of attention in recent years on the service and pharmaceutical industries but it is important to remember that approximately 206,000 people are employed in manufacturing. In 2012, manufacturing companies exported €79 billion of merchandise and sourced €14 billion of produce from within the island. It is a hugely important sector and I welcome the...