Results 2,021-2,040 of 5,311 for speaker:Tom Hayes

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (8 Oct 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the nursing home support scheme will be implemented. [35020/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (8 Oct 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will issue on a jobseeker's benefit appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35021/09]

Election of Ceann Comhairle (13 Oct 2009)

Tom Hayes: The Tánaiste better watch out.

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (13 Oct 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance if the flat rate farmers VAT reclaim applies to wind turbines. [35192/09]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (13 Oct 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications for a medical card received each year for the past five years; the number of these each year which were awarded a medical card; the number awarded a general practitioner visit card; the number refused; the number granted on appeal each year; if she will make a statement on the number received and refused to...

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (13 Oct 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of post-placement reports which are still outstanding and are awaited by Russian authorities. [35635/09]

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (13 Oct 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the draft agreement with Russia in relation to adoption to come into place; the number of staff working on this project; when work commenced on negotiating the draft agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35636/09]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (13 Oct 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will prioritise the Adoption Bill 2009 through Dáil Éireann; when this legislation will be made law. [35637/09]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (13 Oct 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 211: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the rise in school transport costs which means that more provisional drivers with little experience are driving on roads here every day; and if he will make a statement on the impact of this change. [35372/09]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (13 Oct 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 224: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the rise in school transport cost means that more provisional drivers with little experience are driving on roads here every day; and if he will make a statement on the impact of this change particularly in relation to its road safety effects. [35371/09]

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (13 Oct 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if funding will be provided for closed circuit television facilities for rural villages where there are ongoing problems with anti-social behaviour. [35191/09]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (13 Oct 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 408: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a submission has been made by South Tipperary County Council in respect of Clonmel town and rural water supply scheme; the stage of work that scheme is at; the future plans for this scheme; when those works are planned to commence; and when the problems with hard water in that area will be resolved....

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (13 Oct 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 488: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special education needs officers nationally; the number of applications to SENOs for additional teaching support or special needs assistants which have been made each year since 2004 to date in 2009; the percentage of these applications which have been refused every year; the number of applications received to date in...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (13 Oct 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 489: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools in south Tipperary which receive funding as part of the DEIS programme; the amount each school has received each year for the past five years; the projects or resources funded in each school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35373/09]

Order of Business (14 Oct 2009)

Tom Hayes: I join with my colleagues in wishing the Ceann Comhairle well in his new post. I refer to the commitment about third level fees in the programme for Government. Will a cap be put on the registration fee? There is great concern among people who must pay a €1,500 registration fee. Will that figure rise? The Taoiseach represents a rural constituency, as do I. People from rural areas have...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (14 Oct 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will waive the VAT for specialised items of medical equipment when the fund-raising is done through voluntary means; and if he will consider waiving the VAT on a Lokomat purchased by an organisation (details supplied). [36089/09]

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (14 Oct 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Irish valuers who have been retained to date in 2009 by the National Asset Management Agency; the number of non-Irish valuers retained; the company names of both Irish and non-Irish valuers retained; if they belong to a professional body; the criteria set down by NAMA for assessing the suitability of valuers; the person by whom...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (14 Oct 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the actions she will take to ensure that in advance of budget 2010 discussions the home care scheme is enhanced in order to ensure that there is minimal delay in elderly patients being discharged from acute hospital beds and that they be allowed to continue to live in the comfort of their own homes through the increased provision of...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (14 Oct 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 200: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the need to retain all transport links with Rosslare, one of the busiest ports here, particularly in view of several road bottlenecks if road transport is used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36045/09]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (14 Oct 2009)

Tom Hayes: Question 292: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his policy on the use of smart repeaters in the broadband supply; if these are readily available for private customers or only for broadband companies; their effectiveness in boosting the broadband signal; if broadband customers are entitled to request them; when they will be rolled out nationally to allow...