Results 2,061-2,080 of 26,225 for speaker:Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (25 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 104. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will approve an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19554/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vocational Education Committees Staff (30 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding vocational education committee employees who are also members of local authorities being allowed to absent themselves from work in order to attend council meetings; the number of VEC employees that are members of local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20321/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Redeployment (30 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 257. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if additional staff will be allocated to the Valuations Office in order to deal with the backlog of cases in the office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20367/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Thatching Grants Expenditure (30 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 413. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total money available for thatching grants in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; the number of grants issued on a county basis in each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13002/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (30 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 415. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the provision of funding by his Department for a sewage collection network at Kildare Town; the length of time which this network collection application has been with his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20375/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Legislative Programme (30 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 501. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the legal challenge to the validity of outcome of the Children's Referendum has required delays in publishing legislation on the part of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19977/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (1 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 45. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the time frame for the introduction of a planning regulator; the nature of the regulator’s role and relationship with current planning bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20456/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Dormant Accounts Fund Deposits (1 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 67. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the net amount transferred into the Dormant Accounts net of repayments to the financial institutions each year since the inception of the fund; the total amount transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20470/13]

Other Questions: Visa Agreements (2 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 6. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken to address visa issues with visitors to the Schengen agreement area who subsequently want to travel here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20768/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Reserve Review (7 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 72. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the implementation of the changes he announced for the Reserve Defence Force in November 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21514/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Reserve Review (7 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I acknowledge that the members of the Reserve Defence Force welcome the introduction by the Minister of the single force structure. An interesting presentation was made by the said group to the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality during the past fortnight and at that meeting its representatives made it very clear to us that it was their opinion that the value for money review on...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Reserve Review (7 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Will the Minister agree with the members of the Reserve Defence Force who further said the outcome of the value for money review and the latest reorganisation of the RDF ran contrary to international trends? Will he agree that the existing studies of and reports on international comparators and previous studies of the RDF also indicate that this is the case?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Reserve Review (7 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Reserve Defence Forces feel that the Minister has an agenda to abolish them. I hope that is not the case. I ask the Minister to reiterate his very strong commitment to the Reserve Defence Forces. He constantly mentions what my party did in government but he has been long enough in government himself to be able to stand over the positions he is adopting. I ask him to stand over the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (7 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 75. To ask the Minister for Defence the savings that will be secured in the Defence Foces budget this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21515/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (7 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Once again, it is welcome that expenditure is constantly monitored by the Minister's military personnel. It is also welcome that Defence Forces numbers have been fixed at 9,500. I would like to remind the Minister of the responses he gave to parliamentary questions approximately two months ago. Does he agree that he accepted on that occasion that military personnel went way above and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (7 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Obviously, I do not agree with the Minister. Would he agree it is fair that Army generals - under his proposals, not ours - will lose 14% while Army privates lose 6%? Does he accept it is fair that - under his arrangements, not ours - new recruits to the Defence Forces will enter at reduced salary scales, unlike the arrangements that appear to have been arrived at for teachers and possibly...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (7 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Minister is not addressing the issue of why one group will lose 14% and the other 6%.

Other Questions: Defence Forces UN Missions (7 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 77. To ask the Minister for Defence if it his intention to deepen the Defence Forces participation in any UN mission in Mali; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21299/13]

Other Questions: Defence Forces UN Missions (7 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We welcome the relative progress achieved in Mali, particularly northern Mali, in recent times. We pay tribute to the French and the approximately 6,000 African-led troops who have been involved in the initiatives. Will the Minister inform the House whether he himself is in favour of sending Irish troops to Mali and indicate if approximately 400 soldiers is the number in question? Will he...

Defence Forces (Second World War Amnesty and Immunity) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Minister for his work on this legislation, as I know he has pioneered it. I also thank his officials in the Department who are responsible for bringing it to fruition. Fianna Fáil made it clear throughout that it had no interest in opposing the Bill. I hope that in the course of our contributions we managed to put in context the reasons the severe sanctions were imposed...