Results 3,001-3,020 of 19,401 for speaker:Aengus Ó Snodaigh
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (6 Nov 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will prevail upon the Health Service Executive to release the ban on staff recruitment to ensure that critical front-line staff positions such as the already funded suicide prevention nurse for Tallaght Hospital, can be filled as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27139/07]
- Written Answers — Languages Programme: Languages Programme (6 Nov 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 379: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the consultants' review of English language provision for mature learners; if a budget has been developed for the provision of language and introductory programmes in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26631/07]
- Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (6 Nov 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 460: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if and when Ireland will ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; if Ireland has signed the optional protocol; if not, the rationale for not doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27117/07]
- Joint Policing Committees. (7 Nov 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: In reply to a parliamentary question I tabled recently, the Minister indicated, as he confirmed in reply to this question, that none of the â¬500,000 allocation has been drawn down, which is strange considering JPCs have been in existence for more than a year. The Department is only getting around to resourcing the committees at this stage. Will the Minister encourage council officials and...
- Joint Policing Committees. (7 Nov 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: What steps will the Minister take to address the lack of community and voluntary representation on some of the committees? Some community and voluntary representatives were appointed but their appointments have lapsed. It is difficult to keep people such as these in particular involved, which was one of the key features of these committees when they were set up.
- Prison Building Programme. (7 Nov 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The cost of the road being put in to service this complex was never taken into account when the Minister's predecessor, former Deputy Michael McDowell, kept saying he had got value for money, despite the skulduggery involved in the purchase of the site and the fact that it rode roughshod over the local community. Has the local community been kept informed about the lie of this land and the...
- Prison Building Programme. (7 Nov 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: He would love to do that, but what other services are being planned for this of which the community or this House have not yet been made aware?
- Prison Building Programme. (7 Nov 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: There is no Garda station at Cloverhill Prison.
- Prison Building Programme. (7 Nov 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Last year, when I asked specifically whether trains on the route would be endangered, the former Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Michael McDowell, denied the underground railway was next to the facility.
- Criminal Prosecutions. (7 Nov 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Is the Minister concerned about an article written by Mick McCaffrey, a former confidante of the former Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, which was published in a newspaper last Sunday? This study found that only 5% of fatal shootings resulted in convictions. Is the Minister concerned about this finding? Is there a need for additional training for the Garda SÃochána to...
- Written Answers — Garda Ombudsman Commission: Garda Ombudsman Commission (7 Nov 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has applied to the Department of Finance for additional resources to be made available to the Garda Ombudsman Commission in Budget 2008. [27397/07]
- Written Answers — Joint Policing Committees: Joint Policing Committees (7 Nov 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has satisfied himself that the Joint Policing Committees will have an opportunity to input into the formulation of local policing plans for 2008, as per guideline 5.3 of the Ministerial Guidelines under which the JPCs were established, in time for their publication pre-January 2008 in view of the fact that JPC...
- Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (7 Nov 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 240: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the criteria and exact procedure for spouses of Irish citizens who wish to enter the State if they are a visa required national; the procedure to enter the State if they are not a visa required national; the criteria and exact procedure for them to gain a stamp four after they have entered the State; and if he will make a...
- Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (7 Nov 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 241: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way the circumstances of persons who are granted a C visa and D visa differ if they are spouses of Irish citizens when entering the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27656/07]
- Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (7 Nov 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 242: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the exact criteria used by the Garda National Immigration Bureau and local officers when deciding whether the spouse of an Irish citizen is immediately granted a stamp four on presentation or informed that they have to formally apply for residency to INIS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27657/07]
- Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (7 Nov 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 243: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether it is acceptable that families of Irish emigrants wishing to return and make a life here are hindered when one spouse is prevented from working for up to 18 months after arriving in Ireland due to the long processing times in INIS for residency based on marriage to an Irish citizen; if steps will be...
- Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (7 Nov 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 266: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps that will be taken to address the backlog and delays in processing applications for long-term residency and for citizenship in view of the fact that it appears that possibly 14,000 parents with IBC/05 status presenting in three years time for long-term residency or citizenship could fall into a status of...
- Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (7 Nov 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 267: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way he will secure the rights and facilitate the integration of parents of Irish citizen children who were unable to access employment due to their status as a single parent, particularly in cases where family reunification has been refused on the basis of stated Government policy, leaving the parent without family...
- Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (7 Nov 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 268: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the requirement for a police clearance certificate from country of origin for the processing of applications for long-term residency was put into effect; if all applicants or selected applicants in the system on that date have been required to produce a police clearance certificate; the number of applicants who have...
- Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Tá sé tráthúil go bhfuil muid ag déileáil leis seo. NÃl an tuarascáil léite ina iomlán agam, tá sé beagáinÃn ró-fhada le léamh i gceann cúig nó sé lá ach tá a lán ann ba chóir dúinn machnamh an-dhian a dhéanamh air. Is gá dúinn gnÃomhú go práinneach uirthi. Tá sé leagtha amach go soiléir sa chuid atá léite agam go dtà seo go bhfuil cruachás ann ó thaobh...