Results 261-280 of 2,935 for speaker:Michael McNamara in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (30 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: 888. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities who benefitted from services he funds for person with disabilities within County Clare; and if he will provide a breakdown in respect of the Health Service Executive and each NGO. [19427/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (30 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: 889. To ask the Minister for Health the amount assigned to rent, transport and salaries for each NGO. [19428/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (30 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: 890. To ask the Minister for Health the number of organisations within County Clare who are providing services on a voluntary basis to persons with disabilities. [19429/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (30 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: 891. To ask the Minister for Health the number of disabled persons in County Clare who are awaiting aids and appliances for a time period in excess of six months. [19432/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (30 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: 927. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Irish Rail services from Galway, via Limerick, to Cork, the fourth, third and second largest cities in the State take from 3 hours 55 minutes to 4 hours 45 minutes, when private bus competitors can cover the journey in 2 hours 50 minutes and the estimated travel time by car is 2 hours 38 minutes. [18623/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (30 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: 928. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason express trains between Dublin and Limerick all travel via Limerick Junction, thereby servicing only stations already serviced by express trains between Dublin and Cork, when the route via Ballybrophy is substantially shorter and also serves potential customers in Clare and Tipperary. [18624/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (30 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: 929. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will appoint a management team to Irish Rail which will run the rail network so as to provide a service across as much of the State as possible and thereby attract greater revenues for the company. [18625/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations Car Park Charges (30 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: 930. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he believes pay and display at Irish Rail car parks, which requires customers to decide in advance the exact return train they will take, is an incentive to use Irish Rail services. [18626/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Freedom of Information Remit (30 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: 931. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in the absence of any competition to Irish Rail, he is of the opinion that Irish Rail can legitimately use the excuse of commercial sensitivity to refuse to provide information to elected representatives. [18627/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Local Improvements Scheme (30 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: 959. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make an allocation to local authorities to fund works under the local improvement scheme and thereby remove their discretion to divert such funding to other areas. [19516/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Local Improvements Scheme (30 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: 960. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make an allocation to local authorities specifically to fund works under the local improvement scheme and thereby remove their discretion to divert any such funding to other areas. [19517/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (6 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: 187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if State funding will be provided for architectural technology courses in third level institutes here in view of the changed context for architectural technology graduates here on foot of recent BCAR legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20187/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (6 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on whether to give the go-ahead for a school (details supplied) in County Clare to progress to planning for an autism unit in its revised location and for a new access road occasioned by the sale of the existing road by the school's patron body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20227/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rural Development Policy (6 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: 301. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to nominate pilot areas as contained in the CEDRA report on energising Ireland's rural economy; if he has considered any areas of County Clare in that regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20201/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (6 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: 406. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for speech and language therapy here; if speech and language therapists on maternity or long-term sick leave are replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20163/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (7 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: 109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the cost of raising public roads and the economic loss resulting from flooding to agricultural land have been considered when arriving at the conclusion that the economic argument is tilted in favour of raising the railway line (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20609/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (7 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: 149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the recreational facilities or areas for residents to exercise that will be retained at the asylum seeker centre Knockalisheen after the proposed sale of lands adjacent to the centre by the Department of Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20383/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (7 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: 161. To ask the Minister for Defence the recreational facilities or areas for residents to exercise that will be retained at the asylum seeker centre Knockalisheen after the proposed sale of lands adjacent to the centre by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20384/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grassland Sheep Scheme Payments (7 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: 168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the proposal to subsume the sheep grassland scheme into the single farm payment from 2015; if any resultant increase in such payments will be in addition to or instead of any increase resulting from convergence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20564/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (14 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: 121. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider allowing cars first registered before 2008 to opt to pay road tax based on the CO2 emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21757/14]