Results 2,061-2,080 of 6,645 for speaker:Jimmy Deenihan

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (30 Oct 2008)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 198: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the situation in regard to Milltown sewerage scheme, Milltown, County Kerry; the anticipated completion date of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37817/08]

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (30 Oct 2008)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 213: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will confirm that the €10.5 million reduction in Teagasc funding will not result in a delay in the inspection of 400 REP scheme four applications in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37699/08]

Cluster Munitions and Anti-Personnel Mines Bill 2008: Second Stage. (4 Nov 2008)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Bill is one of the most important to come before the House for some time. It deals with two of the most notorious weapons used in the 20th century, namely, cluster munitions and landmines. Other weapons may have cost more lives in wars, but few have such a long-term impact. Landmines and cluster munitions kill people, usually children, for decades after a war has ended. I welcome the...

Training Programmes: Motion (4 Nov 2008)

Jimmy Deenihan: Last Friday the IBEC director general, Mr. Turlough O'Sullivan, issued a press release to the effect that firms in the private sector are losing jobs at the fastest rate in decades. Reduced competitiveness and increased costs are making it extremely difficult for firms to survive. As Deputy Varadkar said, we are losing one job in this country every ten minutes, 700 jobs per week. This is...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (4 Nov 2008)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 152: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will honour the commitment to commence work on the building of the new school (details supplied) in County Kerry as one of the 56 large scale projects approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37947/08]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (4 Nov 2008)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance if persons on occupational pensions will have to pay to 1% income levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37986/08]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (4 Nov 2008)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 426: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will be made under the REP scheme 4 to persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37966/08]

Written Answers — Capital Projects: Capital Projects (6 Nov 2008)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Finance if the central evaluation unit has identified any cases of non-compliance in its spot checks of capital projects; and the consequences for the projects involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38757/08]

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (6 Nov 2008)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a request to instruct the Financial Regulator to investigate alleged overcharging by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39022/08]

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (6 Nov 2008)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank has advised him of the number of cases prosecuted against Irish banks in courts here; and if so, if he will provide a breakdown for each bank licensed here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39023/08]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (6 Nov 2008)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange to have work carried out on the Gleann Sharron River Castleisland, County Kerry to prevent the flooding of 17 houses at Tullig, Castleisland, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39163/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (11 Nov 2008)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the dental treatment services scheme for medical card holders is in full operation here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39470/08]

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2008)

Jimmy Deenihan: Deputy O'Keeffe is in shape. He must have been offered a job.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2008)

Jimmy Deenihan: I will refer to a number of specific aspects of the budget. The failure to increase child benefit payments means that the value of this payment will fall by 2.5% in real terms in 2009 and this will have a negative effect on the households of the working poor. Even with the changes introduced in the family income supplement, many working poor households will see their standard of living fall...

Written Answers — Traffic Management: Traffic Management (12 Nov 2008)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress to date in extending traffic calming measures here as promised in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39930/08]

Schools Building Projects. (13 Nov 2008)

Jimmy Deenihan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this matter. On behalf of the teachers, parents and pupils, I would like to express my deep frustration this evening at the lack of progress in advancing the Scoil Eoin school project at Balloonagh, Tralee. I would like to make an appeal directly to the Minister and the Department to honour their commitment of 24 April 2007, when it was...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Equipment: Defence Forces Equipment (13 Nov 2008)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 199: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason four helicopters sold to a company (details supplied) in the USA by his Department for €311,000 were later sold to the Chilean Navy by that company for €19 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40561/08]

Gangland Crime: Motion (18 Nov 2008)

Jimmy Deenihan: I join with fellow Members in sympathising with the family of Shane Geoghegan and the Garryowen rugby club. I played for a brief period with Garryowen and can empathise with their genuine outpouring of grief. The rugby club is a large extended family and although I only played briefly with the team, I still feel attached to the ethos of Garryowen. I can fully understand why people were so...

Written Answers — Tuberculosis Incidence: Tuberculosis Incidence (18 Nov 2008)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 505: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the overall cost of the tuberculosis programme to the State including an itemisation on the farmer compensation, livestock buy-out, veterinary administration, farm inspection, agricultural officers' expenses and badger cull; the level of TB disease reactor occurrence in Ireland, France, Italy and Germany per 100,000...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (18 Nov 2008)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 512: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when area eight, disadvantaged three single farm payments will be made to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41093/08]