Results 241-260 of 16,492 for speaker:Ciarán Lynch

Written Answers — Register of Electors: Register of Electors (30 Jan 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 1377: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action required of citizens of other EU states in order to be entered into the electoral register; if an equivalent requirement is placed on Irish citizens living in other EU countries; the position regarding non-EU citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2111/08]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (30 Jan 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 1378: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if teams with responsibility for the negotiation and successful conclusion of Part V agreements have been established by local authorities; if he has placed a requirement on local authorities to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2112/08]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (30 Jan 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 1380: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, where written guidance for developers on Part V policy exists, it encourages a joint approach by developers and housing associations for the development, delivery and management of social and affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2177/08]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (30 Jan 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 1381: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has provided local authorities with detailed guidance on Part V pre-planning discussions; if this guidance emphasises the importance of discussion as a prerequisite to any application for residential development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2179/08]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (30 Jan 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 1388: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authorities that have produced and disseminated written guidance for developers on Part V policy for Part V output and pre-planning negotiation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2191/08]

Written Answers — Register of Electors: Register of Electors (30 Jan 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 1382: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the internationally accepted norm that, of those entitled to register, 85% is the highest number of persons who appear on the register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2180/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (30 Jan 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 1383: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of reports that have been commissioned by his Department since he took office; the number of committees and commissions that have been set up by his Department in that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2181/08]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (30 Jan 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 1385: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the criteria under which certain homeless persons who have been less than 18 months on rent supplement, and who have a long-term housing need, are eligible for consideration under the rental accommodation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2183/08]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (30 Jan 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 1386: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the parameters of the discretion available to local authorities in admitting tenants to the rental accommodation scheme who are less than 18 months on rent supplement and who have been assessed as having a long-term housing need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2184/08]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (30 Jan 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 1389: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a system of standard construction costs has or will be established and introduced to help streamline the negotiation of Part V agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2192/08]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (30 Jan 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 1390: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, where a local authority social housing scheme is below cost limits and where a housing association can demonstrate a capacity to carry out a housing development programme professionally and within costs, there is still a requirement for prior approval from his Department before entering a contract to...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (30 Jan 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 1404: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the Social Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill will be introduced; when a legislative framework will be put in place to enable council tenants who live in flats to purchase their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2398/08]

Care of the Elderly. (31 Jan 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the consultation she and her Department have undertaken with groups and bodies which represent the interests of older people regarding the fair deal legislation; the bodies that were consulted; the account that has been taken of their views in drafting the legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2738/08]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (31 Jan 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the fair deal legislation will be published; when it will be debated in Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2737/08]

Order of Business (5 Feb 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I seek the Ceann Comhairle's guidance on the spending of public moneys. In 2006, the then Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Dick Roche, announced with great fanfare that a number of measures would be put in place in regard to noise reduction and that they would rectify the situation in respect of motorways built before compliances were in place. Recently, I...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (5 Feb 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on legislation to establish the new Dublin Transport Authority; the geographical area the proposed DTA will have responsibility for; the functions it will have; if it will have network ownership, route licensing and price setting roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3401/08]

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (5 Feb 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will introduce a rail freight subsidy on a per tonne basis for materials that are transferred from existing road freight onto rail freight; if his Department has examined developing new rail lines to facilitate modern freight flows; if he will ensure that the Limerick to Foynes rail line will be urgently reconnected to the national...

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (6 Feb 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 127: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the present EU and Irish positions in relation to the future of Kosovo. [3673/08]

Written Answers — Common Foreign and Security Policy: Common Foreign and Security Policy (6 Feb 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the proposals he has for reducing the democratic deficit in relation to common, foreign and security policy at national, Parliamentary and European Union level. [3674/08]

Written Answers — Price Inflation: Price Inflation (7 Feb 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 17: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on reports of recent substantial increases in prices of a range of food prices and forecasts that food prices will rise further by the end of 2008; if he is satisfied that sufficient protection is available to protect consumers against unwarranted price increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter....