Results 241-260 of 1,319 for speaker:Paudge Connolly

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (12 Apr 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 270: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position on the provision of a CAT scanner for Monaghan General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10688/05]

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (12 Apr 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 325: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount of lottery funding advanced to date on a yearly basis to projects outside this State; the number of such lottery grants on a yearly basis [11526/05]

Written Answers — Special Savings Incentive Scheme: Special Savings Incentive Scheme (12 Apr 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 373: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in regard to disclosure declarations by SSIA depositions prior to the maturity of their accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10672/05]

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (12 Apr 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 388: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of lottery funding advanced to date on a yearly basis to projects outside this State; the number of such lottery grants on a yearly basis [11524/05]

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (12 Apr 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 476: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of lottery funding advanced to date on a yearly basis to projects outside this State; the number of such lottery grants on a yearly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10718/05]

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (12 Apr 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 603: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of lottery funding advanced to date on a yearly basis to projects outside this State; and the number of such lottery grants on a yearly basis [11521/05]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (12 Apr 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 925: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress that has been made towards the commitment in the programme for Government 2002 to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio in our schools, and over the succeeding five years to progressively introduce maximum class size guidelines to ensure that the average size of classes of children under nine years old will be below...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (12 Apr 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 923: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the functions carried out by the special needs organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10653/05]

Written Answers — Student Councils: Student Councils (12 Apr 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 924: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to encourage the development of student representative councils for post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10654/05]

Written Answers — Third level Courses: Third level Courses (12 Apr 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 926: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of third level places provided for speech and language therapy students per year; her proposals to address the shortage of speech and language therapists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10656/05]

Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (12 Apr 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 927: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she proposes to implement the McIver report on adult education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10657/05]

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (12 Apr 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 1041: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of lottery funding advanced to date on a yearly basis to projects outside this State; the number of such lottery grants on a yearly basis [11523/05]

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (12 Apr 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 1049: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of lottery funding advanced to date on a yearly basis to projects outside this State; the number of such lottery grants on a yearly basis [11522/05]

Written Answers — Recycling Policy: Recycling Policy (12 Apr 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 1095: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his initiatives to establish a recycling lottery with a view to encouraging households to become more environmentally conscious; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10663/05]

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (12 Apr 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 1121: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of lottery funding advanced to date on a yearly basis to projects outside this State; the number of such lottery grants on a yearly basis [11525/05]

European Council: Statements. (13 Apr 2005)

Paudge Connolly: In one of the shortest EU summits on record in March this year, which lasted for a total of five hours, the EU leaders agreed to give governments considerably more latitude to spend their way out of recessions. With a somewhat fetching display of Dutch courage, they also backtracked on plans to liberalise the EU's internal trade and services. They demonstrated a lack of bottle to take the...

Cancer Screening Programme: Motion (Resumed). (13 Apr 2005)

Paudge Connolly: The BreastCheck service, which was introduced on a pilot basis in 2000, offered many women the possibility of early diagnosis of breast cancer and, as a result, had the potential to reduce the incidence of mortality due to breast cancer. Cavan-Monaghan was fortunate that the service was rolled out in the north east. Figures released in January 2004 indicate that 10,700 ladies availed of the...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (14 Apr 2005)

Paudge Connolly: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the serious misgivings being expressed about the effects of unmonitored levels of chemical fluoridation of drinking water on public health; the correlation between dental fluorosis and bone fractures in children, the Republic's rate of dental fluorosis which is triple that of Northern Ireland...

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (14 Apr 2005)

Paudge Connolly: I extend a welcome to this Bill but not without some misgivings and reservations. The Garda Síochána has served this nation extremely well as an unarmed Garda force over the past 83 years since the foundation of this State. It has a proud record of service to the people since the formative years of the State when its future was anything but assured. The introduction of this legislation at...

Water Fluoridation. (19 Apr 2005)

Paudge Connolly: There are many implications for public health in the fluoridation of public drinking water. Far from protecting public health, it has been claimed that the fluoridation of public drinking water is damaging the health of children. There is evidence that there is an epidemic of dental fluorosis. This was presented to Members last week by Dr. Don McCauley, who is chairman of a group of 100...