Results 2,441-2,460 of 3,707 for speaker:Brian O'Shea
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (29 Oct 2008)
Brian O'Shea: Question 173: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the outside organisations working on the national broadband scheme; the amount that has been paid out to them since the start of the scheme; the reports and advice they have provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37149/08]
- Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (29 Oct 2008)
Brian O'Shea: Question 414: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the provision he has made to finance improvement works at the Ardmore fisheries harbour, County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36891/08]
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (29 Oct 2008)
Brian O'Shea: Question 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on whether it is fair that his Department at the information meeting in Tullamore in 2008 regarding the third level grants, stressed that in cases in which divorced parents have joint custody of their children but no maintenance is being paid that both spouses income will be reckoned for means test purposes in respect of...
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (29 Oct 2008)
Brian O'Shea: Question 480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the withdrawal of a third level grant from a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36913/08]
- Written Answers — Teaching Qualifications: Teaching Qualifications (29 Oct 2008)
Brian O'Shea: Question 549: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the regularity with which restricted recognition was granted to resource teachers in the primary school system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37395/08]
- Written Answers — Sheep Production: Sheep Production (30 Oct 2008)
Brian O'Shea: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the proposals contained in the Aylward report for a sheep maintenance payment on a per ewe basis, to arrest decline in numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37457/08]
- Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (30 Oct 2008)
Brian O'Shea: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the initiatives in place to encourage farmers to grow crops for fuel which will not only assist in the reduction of greenhouse emissions but also assist in rural development by providing and sustaining new enterprise and employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37456/08]
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (30 Oct 2008)
Brian O'Shea: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when BreastCheck will be available in Waterford city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37600/08]
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (30 Oct 2008)
Brian O'Shea: Question 169: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if legislation is required to put into effect the merging of the National Archives and the Irish Manuscripts Commission with the National Library; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37599/08]
- Financial Resolution No. 15: General (Resumed) (4 Nov 2008)
Brian O'Shea: Ba mhaith liom mo chuid ama a roinnt leis an dTeachta Liz McManus. Ba mhaith liom déileáil ar dtús leis an dá ábhar as a bhfuil mé freagrach mar urlabhraÃ, an Ghaeilge agus cúrsaà cosanta. Bliain ó shin, ar an 31 Deireadh Fómhair 2007, dúirt an tAire Gnóthaà Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta go raibh fochoiste Rialtais á chur ar bun chun déileáil le todhchaà na Gaeilge sa...
- Written Answers — Capitation Grants: Capitation Grants (4 Nov 2008)
Brian O'Shea: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the capitation grant for primary schools was not doubled in budget 2009 from â¬178 to â¬356 per pupil; his views on the situation whereby school communities are forced to depend on an increasing need to fund raise in order that basic costs can be covered; his further views on whether the rhetoric on world class...
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (4 Nov 2008)
Brian O'Shea: Question 127: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures he will take to improve the ranking of Ireland as 27th out of 29 OECD countries when it comes to the amount of GDP [i]per capita [/i]spent on each second-level student; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38006/08]
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (4 Nov 2008)
Brian O'Shea: Question 492: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the proposals he has to find a solution to the difficulties for a school (details supplied) in County Waterford arising from budget 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37989/08]
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (4 Nov 2008)
Brian O'Shea: Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his proposals to resolve the difficulties arising from budget 2009 for a second level school (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38147/08]
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (4 Nov 2008)
Brian O'Shea: Question 495: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the solutions he proposes in regard to the extent of the education cuts and their impact on a school (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38148/08]
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (4 Nov 2008)
Brian O'Shea: Question 496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the solutions he proposes in regard to the effects of the education cut back on a community college (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38149/08]
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (4 Nov 2008)
Brian O'Shea: Question 524: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the solutions he will provide to address the concerns of teachers from a secondary school (details supplied) in County Waterford arising from the proposed education cuts announced in budget 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38337/08]
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (4 Nov 2008)
Brian O'Shea: Question 535: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the solutions he proposes to address the consequences of the proposed budget cuts in second level education to a school (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38439/08]
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (4 Nov 2008)
Brian O'Shea: Question 536: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his proposals regarding the concerns and the suggestions of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford in regard to the proposed education cuts in budget 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38440/08]
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (4 Nov 2008)
Brian O'Shea: Question 499: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the impact that the proposed education cuts will have on the capacity of secondary schools to maintain and develop the quality of teaching and learning offered to their students (details supplied); the solutions he proposes in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38196/08]