Results 2,241-2,260 of 5,388 for speaker:John Deasy
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
John Deasy: He was an employee of the Department of Education and Skills.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
John Deasy: Did Dr. Neavyn say that the Department requested it?
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Fisheries Protection (2 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the review on the status of the eel here and across Europe under the 2007 EU Eel regulation has been completed; if he will indicate the status of the eel stock here and the potential for commercial fishing in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41365/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Statistics (2 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have been convicted of cruelty to animals under relevant legislation over the past five years; if he will specify the individual crimes committed in each case and the sentences passed. [41284/12]
- Topical Issue Debate: (4 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: Sunday, 7 October will mark one year since 525 people lost their jobs in Waterford with the closure of TalkTalk. The last time I raised the matter of unemployment in Waterford and the south east with the Minister was last June. At that time, the Minister said Waterford was being treated as a special case by development agencies and that this point needed to be reflected elsewhere across...
- Topical Issue Debate: (4 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: My guess is that 1,300 have left the region.
- Topical Issue Debate: (4 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: I am guessing that 1,300 people have emigrated. When the jobs were lost in TalkTalk the Government initiated the south-east area action plan. The Minister has shown a real commitment to the region, and I appreciate that. There has been progress in the interdepartmental joined-up thinking process that is important with regard to infrastructure. At the time, the Minister acknowledged that...
- Topical Issue Debate: (4 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: I thank the Minister and I appreciate his offer. It is important the IDA, Enterprise Ireland and the people who are active on the ground and doing their job in the region would be included in these meetings.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: As a matter of interest, when did we invite the witnesses to next Tuesday's meeting? Was this arranged a couple of weeks ago?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: Who is coming in?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: Thank you.
- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: Perhaps the Deputy might come before the Committee of Public Accounts to answer questions.
- Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: I wish to share time with Deputy McHugh.
- Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: A part of this Bill I was drawn to, and on which I might agree with the previous speaker, concerns the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, not necessarily the mechanics of setting it up but what the council has been saying and what has happened as a result. The Bill puts the advisory council on a statutory basis and it limits the Minister for Finance's power to fire members of the council,...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (10 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will detail the way the calculation is made for determining the area base for persons with mountain acreage for the purpose of the single farm payment. [43826/12]
- Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: Fianna Fáil trusted them.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: One would swear Fianna Fáil had nothing to do with it.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Fee Paying Schools (23 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by the State to fee paying schools in each of the last five years; the number of schools involved and detail them; his views on whether it is important to maintain the ethos of a school particularly for minority religious denominations to ensure their preservation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46063/12]
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: What is the process if one has a recommendation? Having gone through the document a few times, I might have one. Do we put it to the clerk to the committee in open session within the meeting?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2012)
John Deasy: That is okay.