Results 2,121-2,140 of 26,225 for speaker:Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Amendments (28 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 468. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address concerns raised regarding the grandfather clause in the Building Regulations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25349/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (29 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 208. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of relevant childcare facilities in existence in County Kildare; the procedures in place to conduct regular inspections of such facilities; if anything has emerged in recent years that has given cause for concern in relation to the operation of such facilities; if any such facilities have been closed within the past three...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge (30 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 1. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé riachtanach pobal na Gaeilge agus na Gaeltachta a aithint mar gheallsealbhóirí i gcur i bhfeidhm na Straitéise Fiche Bliain don Ghaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [26306/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge (30 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Déanfaidh mé mo dhícheall gan an iomarca ama a thógáil. Tá mé ag seasamh isteach don Teachta Kitt, atá as láthair inniu. Glacann chuile duine go bhfuil an tAire Stáit tógtha go hiomlán leis an Ghaeilge. Níl aon amhras orm ina thaobh agus ní dóigh liom go bhfuil amhras ar bith ar éinne eile. Tá amhras...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge (30 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Caithfidh an tAire Stáit glacadh leis nach bhfuil na heagrais Gaeilge timpeall na tíre sásta le rudaí mar atá siad. Níl siad sásta leis an gcóras atá ann dóibh chun teagmháil a dhéanamh leis na húdaráis. Cad é an uair is déanaí ar tháinig an fochoiste faoi choimirce an Taoisigh le chéile? Cé...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge (30 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We will forgive the Acting Chairman on this occasion.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Heritage Initiatives (30 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We could hear the answer.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Monuments (30 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 4. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions he will take to ensure the preservation of number 14, 15 and 16 Moore Street, Dublin 1; if there is a compulsory purchase order planned for these sites or is it already in existence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26307/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Monuments (30 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We have all learned something. As I rise, I feel like a person in the early Alzheimer's advertisement, which asks whether the person keeps asking the same question again and again and again. This matter has arisen again and again and again during our sessions with the Minister. He has indicated to the House that he intends to consider the request for consent, but we have reached the point...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Monuments (30 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I welcome the Minister's assurance that he treats the matter with urgency. For my part, I will liaise with my party's councillors and ask them what Dublin City Council can do. Could the Minister indicate whether he has had recent, direct contact with Chartered Land or NAMA?

Other Questions: Arts Funding (30 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I commend the Minister on the positive report he has given. Members had a very useful debate in this Chamber a couple of months ago on the importance of philanthropy. This question was tabled conscious of a development that is of concern, namely, the exit from the Irish scene of Atlantic Philanthropies, which over the years has contributed €1.1 billion in funds to not-for-profit...

Other Questions: Arts Funding (30 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: No.

Other Questions: Arts Funding (30 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I seek one assurance from the Minister, which is that as such philanthropic contributions increase, as the Minister quite rightly directs the organisations to chase them, there will not be the sort of dramatic decline in State funding for such agencies that otherwise might happen.

Other Questions: Inland Waterways Development (30 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I welcome the many positive developments to which the Minister referred but one of our concerns is that since 2011 the funding available for Waterways Ireland has been cut from €35 million to approximately €32 million. Studies over the years have shown that waterways tourism is one of the activities that is most likely to generate return visits. As a regular user of places like...

Other Questions: An Foras Teanga (30 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I am new to Ullans and Scots Gaelic so the Minister of State must forgive me. I understand that rather than recognising it as a language in the Good Friday Agreement, it was seen as part of the culture and wealth of Ireland as a whole. How many people speak the language on even an occasional basis? What sort of practical steps are being taken, using the funding being provided, to keep the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Fodder Crisis (30 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 231. To ask the Minister for Defence if grass cut on lands at Baldonnel, County Dublin, or any lands under the control of is Department, will be made available to farmers, whose animals are suffering as a result of the shortage of fodder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26400/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vocational Education Committees Expenditure (11 Jun 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the advice he has offered vocational education committees with regard to making savings in their budgets in view of reduced allocations; the number of VEC’s that have formally contacted or corresponded with him or his Department in regard to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27133/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (11 Jun 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has received an application, under the school building programme, for Stage 2B approval from a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if this school will now be allowed to go to tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27167/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (11 Jun 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 404. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26667/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training College (11 Jun 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 748. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans, if any, to transfer the Garda Training Unit from its current location in Templemore; if so, to what location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27940/13]