Results 221-240 of 4,504 for speaker:Joe Carey

Written Answers — Medical Education: Medical Education (13 May 2008)

Joe Carey: Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the graduate medical school at University Limerick, and the progress on other graduate medical schools; her plans to integrate those graduates to the health system here on their qualification as doctors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18557/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (13 May 2008)

Joe Carey: Question 267: To ask the Minister for Transport the position in relation to the funding of the transport service provided by an organisation (details supplied) in County Clare; his plans to augment this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18553/08]

Defamation Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (14 May 2008)

Joe Carey: I welcome the introduction of this legislation. The Defamation Bill was published on 4 July 2006 and had a relatively speedy passage through the Seanad. It updates the Defamation Act 1961, which was drafted in a different era. We are now living in a totally different world, with an enormous array of new media outlets, including mobile telephones and the Internet. In the 1960s there was a...

Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (20 May 2008)

Joe Carey: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of hectares of privately owned land that have been replanted in forestry after harvesting; the percentage this represents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19615/08]

Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (20 May 2008)

Joe Carey: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the percentage of land planted in forestry for each of the past 11 years; if present trends continue, the year he would expect to reach the national target of 30%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19616/08]

Written Answers — Heritage Sites: Heritage Sites (20 May 2008)

Joe Carey: Question 171: To ask the Minister for Finance the person who is responsible for translation of signs such as An tOileán Naofa for Holy Island on signage indicating the monastic settlement of Iniscealtra situated on Lough Derg on the River Shannon; the location where that translation came from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19860/08]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (21 May 2008)

Joe Carey: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position with regard to the capital redevelopment work of Ennis General Hospital; when construction will commence; the length of time the construction phase will take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20099/08]

Written Answers — Water Supply Contamination: Water Supply Contamination (22 May 2008)

Joe Carey: Question 258: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the protocols he has issued to local authorities in respect of dealing with the potential for cryptosporidium entering public water supplies; the funding he has put in place to deal with the issue from a prevention point of view; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20286/08]

Prison Building Programme: Motion (27 May 2008)

Joe Carey: I refer to the juvenile justice aspect of this motion. As part of the Mountjoy complex, St. Patrick's Institution, which deals with 16 to 21 year old offenders, is to close when Thornton Hall prison is completed. The Government has also decided to develop new children's detention facilities on a State-owned site at Oberstown, Lusk, County Dublin. The fact that we are at a relatively...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (27 May 2008)

Joe Carey: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance the take up there as been from the private sector in relation to the amendment to the Finance Bill 2008 regarding the provision of hospice beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20570/08]

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (27 May 2008)

Joe Carey: Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children in County Clare under the supervision or in the care of the Health Service Executive who have gone missing or are unaccounted for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20615/08]

Written Answers — Health Service Expenditure: Health Service Expenditure (27 May 2008)

Joe Carey: Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the protocols in place for the Health Service Executive and the circumstances under which the HSE can divert voted Oireachtas moneys for the provision of a specific health service to another health service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20616/08]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (27 May 2008)

Joe Carey: Question 350: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that his preferred option is for the development of a new school on a green field site in replacement of a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20613/08]

Written Answers — Missing Persons: Missing Persons (27 May 2008)

Joe Carey: Question 393: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the protocols in place for the exiting of children both national and non-national at Shannon Airport, County Clare; if his attention has been drawn to any children, both national and non-national, who have gone missing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20614/08]

Garda Stations. (28 May 2008)

Joe Carey: Deputy Dermot Ahern is the new Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. What we need is a change in direction. I compliment the work of community gardaí and can see their work on the ground. Surely it is time to progress that and open up and re-establish more rural Garda stations, in growth centres and larger areas of population, if needs be. Surely there are premises available...

Youth Diversion Projects. (28 May 2008)

Joe Carey: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in establishing additional youth diversion projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21180/08]

Youth Diversion Projects. (28 May 2008)

Joe Carey: Parents, community leaders, the Garda and project co-ordinators believe these projects are beneficial. The Garda is strongly committed to the principle and practice of youth diversion projects and believes they provide a diversion from criminal activity. The scheme has been 17 years in operation with approximately 100 existing projects and 68 more promised in the programme for Government....

Youth Diversion Projects. (28 May 2008)

Joe Carey: Will the audit on the schemes apply to all projects or just focus on one sample?

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2008)

Joe Carey: Thousands of primary school children in this State are falling behind because of years of neglect by successive Fianna Fáil-led Governments. The Minister last night described the winners and losers in the lottery that is the annual allocation of staff in the primary sector. The system is archaic and is causing massive disruption to our national schools on an annual basis. A school that is...

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2008)

Joe Carey: We have classrooms bursting at the seams, chronic underfunding of schools, prefab after prefab, parents fundraising to pay for basic necessities, such as windows and doors, the discontinuation of the summer works programme, the imposition of water charges and the long, never-ending list of children awaiting assessment for the much-needed services of a special needs assistant. Ireland's...