Results 301-320 of 27,613 for speaker:Heather Humphreys

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (17 Oct 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will receive their disadvantaged area payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44070/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (17 Oct 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will receive their disadvantaged area payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44071/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (22 Oct 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 422. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will receive their disadvantaged areas payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44094/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (22 Oct 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 522. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44343/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Services (23 Oct 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 161. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made to tackle the issue of overgrown hedges and trees in privately-owned gardens; if he will consider enacting legislation similar to the High Hedges Act 2011 in Northern Ireland; his views in terms of a legal remedy to the problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45287/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Mortgage Loan Book (24 Oct 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to the pending sale of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation mortgage loan books, if individual mortgage holders of the former Irish Nationwide Building Society will be permitted to buy out their mortgages; if there are any legislative barriers for such individual mortgage holders to do so; the process of the sale of such mortgages; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Administration (24 Oct 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications processed by Student Universal Support Ireland for the 2013-14 academic year; if he will provide comparative figures for the 2012-13 academic year; if he will outline on a county basis the number of students who have received payment; the total amount paid to applicants to date; the number of applications still...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (24 Oct 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 267. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider basing the income threshold for the over 70s medical card on net income as opposed to gross income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45518/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Sales Legislation (24 Oct 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 268. To ask the Minister for Health the present position regarding legislation to tackle the below-cost selling of alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45531/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (5 Nov 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 868. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will receive their disadvantaged area payment and single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45780/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (5 Nov 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 896. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will receive their disadvantaged area and single farm payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46221/13]

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2013)

Heather Humphreys: I commend the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, on the competent way in which he has negotiated on our behalf in Europe and I compliment him on his huge achievements in the context of regaining our credibility on the European stage. He and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, have skilfully crafted difficult budgets in order to reduce expenditure and meet troika...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (6 Nov 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will instruct the State Examinations Commission to ensure that in future the leaving certificate rechecks are completed before the new academic year commences in view of the difficulties and distress caused to students who receive their correct results in mid-October, some six weeks into the academic year, when many students have already...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (6 Nov 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 83. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a jobseeker's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47281/13]

Other Questions: Sports Capital Programme Applications (7 Nov 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will invite applications for the next round of the sports capital programme; if there will be changes to the terms and conditions of the programme and the application process from the last round; if special consideration will be given to those applications which were unsuccessful in the last round; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Tax Collection (7 Nov 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 17. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the introduction of a pay as you go motor tax system for the haulage industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47062/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (14 Nov 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of appeals received in the social protection appeals office in each of the past five years; the number of appeals in respect of each social welfare payment; the steps currently being taken to reduce appeal waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48788/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases Issues (14 Nov 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the current delay in the collection of reactor cattle; the steps his Department is taking to resolve this issue in view of the considerable distress it is causing to farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48699/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roadworthiness Testing (14 Nov 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider extending the NCT exemption for vintage cars and tractors to cover vintage lorries registered prior to 1980 in view of the fact these lorries are generally used at charity events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48675/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Issues (19 Nov 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 415. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding tax requirements for agricultural quad bikes; if he will consider introducing a similar system to the UK where farmers can register quads as light agricultural vehicles when using the quad on the road to travel distances of less than 1.5km between sites; and if he will make a statement on the...