Results 201-220 of 24,382 for speaker:Seán Barrett

Chief State Solicitor's Office. (8 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: While considering the reorganisation of the Office of the Chief State Solicitor, will the Taoiseach consider establishing a practice whereby all Departments involved in legal actions should report to the Chief State Solicitor's office the details of such actions? I raise this matter because a Supplementary Estimate for more than £3 million was considered recently at a finance committee....

Chief State Solicitor's Office. (8 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: My point is that the Office of the Chief State Solicitor is more in keeping with each individual case up to the point at which senior counsel opinion is sought. That office is involved from the outset. I respectfully suggest the Taoiseach should investigate the possibility of having such cases recorded in the Chief State Solicitor's office rather than in the Office of the Attorney General....

Strategic Management Initiative. (8 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: If there were half the quangos, there would be half the pages.

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: Has the Minister changed Departments or is that wishful thinking?

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (9 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will accord recognition to all Down's syndrome children as having specific learning disabilities, thus providing an automatic entitlement for them to a minimum number of learning support hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10102/08]

Order of Business (10 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: I join with other speakers in congratulating the Tánaiste on his elevation. I hope it will not affect his membership of the grand alliance racing syndicate. We would like to see him continue as a member. When is it proposed that the House will debate the European Commission's proposals on greenhouse gas emissions? I sincerely hope it is the Government's intention to debate these...

Order of Business (10 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: This is a very important matter and it should be debated not on a Friday, when everyone has gone home, but on a busy day in this House. This would show that we are taking this matter seriously.

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (17 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if additional resources, in the form of extra social worker staff, will be provided in the Dublin area to address and expedite processing of the Adoption Board's lengthy backlog of inter-country adoption applications, where waiting periods are usually upwards of 24 months prior to assessment; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (17 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 544: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will supply this Deputy with the information sought in Parliamentary Question No. 527 of 12 February 2008 relating to the numbers randomly breath-tested on roads here in 2007; the number and percentage of those who were taken to Garda stations for blood or urine testing; the number and percentage of those who were...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (17 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 572: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delays in processing Irish citizenship applications which can run to upwards of three years; if the process of notifying applicants, if their applications meet the statutory conditions can be expedited; if additional staff will be recruited to reduce the current backlog of applications; and if he will...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (17 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 613: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will give careful consideration to the firearms issues related to the running of the shooting phase of the youth B competition in the upcoming European modern pentathlon competition to be staged here from 2 to 7 July 2008; if this will be taken into consideration in the completion of the new firearms legislation;...

Written Answers — Local Authority Correspondence: Local Authority Correspondence (17 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 647: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure that Members of the Oireachtas receive replies within a maximum two to three week period to representations on behalf of constituents to Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14282/08]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (23 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if Special Education Circular 02/05 will be revised to ensure that children with specific special needs or with a mild general learning disability in mainstream primary schools will receive continuous full-time special needs assistance and low incidence teaching hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15569/08]

Written Answers — Schools ICT Strategy: Schools ICT Strategy (23 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 191: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she proposes to provide the promised €250 million provision for up-to-date information and communications technology in primary schools to replace the largely outdated and inadequate equipment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15570/08]

Written Answers — Physical Education Facilities: Physical Education Facilities (23 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 192: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to ensure that appropriate indoor physical education facilities will be provided in all primary schools; if provision will be made for an annual grant to be paid to all schools for the implementation of the PE curriculum; if it is her intention to employ specialist PE teachers in primary schools; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Capitation Grants: Capitation Grants (23 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 193: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to drastically increase the annual capitation grant to schools to realistically take account of the real administrational costs of running schools between secretarial and caretaking staffs, maintenance, lighting and heating, water supply and waste disposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15572/08]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (23 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will take the necessary steps to ensure that all children with Down's syndrome will have an automatic entitlement to the maximum allocation of low incidence teaching hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15573/08]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (24 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 17: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the cost of not plugging the avoidance scheme on stamp duty; and the reason this was deemed an appropriate policy boost tool for the housing sector. [15645/08]

Nursing Home Support Scheme. (29 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 14: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the fair deal Nursing Home Support Scheme Bill; when she expects it will be returned from the Attorney General's office; when she expects it will be published; if the plan was poorly planned and prematurely announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16272/08]

Written Answers — Census of Population: Census of Population (29 Apr 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 89: To ask the Taoiseach if he will include a question on the next national Census form asking if any person or persons in each household has autism, as such information is important to establish the levels of autism here, and is vital to assist in policy development in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16025/08]