Results 301-320 of 2,551 for speaker:Pat Carey

Written Answers — School Services Staff: School Services Staff (18 Oct 2005)

Pat Carey: Question 744: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason, in view of the enormous workload of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who is employed as part-time secretary cannot be approved and funded by her Department to work in a full-time capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29276/05]

Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (19 Oct 2005)

Pat Carey: Question 326: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her Department's budget for literacy in adults in each year from 2000 to 2005; if there is a separate literacy budget for the Prison Service; the amount which has been allocated to the City of Dublin Vocational Educational Committee for literacy initiatives in each of the years 2000 to 2005; the number of literacy organisers who are...

Extradition Application. (20 Oct 2005)

Pat Carey: I join with Deputy Quinn and Deputy Gormley in supporting this motion. The facts, as they have been outlined, are clear. The fact it has taken five months for this warrant to be enforced and, furthermore, that it was enforced in Belfast raises important questions. The fact that a president of an Irish political party was arrested in this manner on the first night of a party conference raises...

Lisbon National Reform Programme: Statements (Resumed). (25 Oct 2005)

Pat Carey: It appears that, while nuances on this issue differ, most speakers share a broad consensus. We are bedevilled in terms of the Lisbon process because we unfortunately discuss only the mantra that Europe will become the most knowledge based and competitive economy in the world by 2010. That has not and will not be achieved. The Barcelona process also has laudable objectives but the Lisbon...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (25 Oct 2005)

Pat Carey: Question 310: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 should pay tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30021/05]

Written Answers — School Closures: School Closures (25 Oct 2005)

Pat Carey: Question 523: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Question No. 787 of 14 June 2005, if she has initiated discussion with the trustees of a school (details supplied) with a view to discharging the leasehold on the property; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30132/05]

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (27 Oct 2005)

Pat Carey: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important progressive social legislation. As Deputy Dennehy reminded the House, while the Bill proposes to amend the Parental Leave Act 1998 it proposes also to implement the EU directive on parental leave. I agree with him that were it not for the EU we would be very far behind in the area of social protection legislation. The Bill arises from...

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (27 Oct 2005)

Pat Carey: I have already made my point here many times previously. From experience of dealing with parents——

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (27 Oct 2005)

Pat Carey: Members of the Government do not listen to me any more than the Deputy's party leader does not listen to him, unfortunately.

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (27 Oct 2005)

Pat Carey: The Deputy speaks much more sense than his party leader.

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (27 Oct 2005)

Pat Carey: From experience in dealing with parents in my constituency, I can see that it is mostly mothers who are put at risk of not being able to take advantage of parental leave. As studies carried out in other countries have shown, the availability of parental leave for the first year of a child's life makes economic sense. For example, it has been clearly shown that women who are allowed to spend...

Company Closures. (27 Oct 2005)

Pat Carey: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this matter. In my constituency, the regeneration in Ballymun is a massive development that is very much welcomed by the residents. The Ballymun project is the biggest urban regeneration scheme in Europe and it is something of which we should all be proud. When I look at the new facilities for young people and families, the plans for the...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (2 Nov 2005)

Pat Carey: Question 264: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there is any source of funding within her Department which would assist CASA to have a secure funding stream to support the running of its two break houses as only 2.3% of the organisation's income comes from public funds (details supplied); and ifshe will make a statement on the matter. [31920/05]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (2 Nov 2005)

Pat Carey: Question 591: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has examined the case of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 for permanent accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31919/05]

Irish Unification: Motion (Resumed). (3 Nov 2005)

Pat Carey: I support the amendment. Fianna Fáil entered the peace process as leaders of Nationalist Ireland and has tried to bring all strands of Nationalist Ireland together to our analysis of Irish unity and partition. For the past 20 years Fianna Fáil and other parties in this House have tried to convince the Provisional IRA that a united Ireland can never be delivered down the barrel of a gun. For...

Ferns Report: Statements (Resumed). (9 Nov 2005)

Pat Carey: Like many of my colleagues, I also begin by paying tribute to all those who came forward to speak to the inquiry and outline the appalling abuse they suffered over a number of years. As the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Lenihan, said, these courageous people have offered the inquiry, and Irish society as a whole, a crucial, though harrowing insight into the nature and extent of this problem...

Employment Permits Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed]. (10 Nov 2005)

Pat Carey: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. While there has been considerable criticism of Ireland's policy for dealing with immigrants, we are beginning to introduce policies in a reasonably coherent fashion. The Employment Permits Bill represents another stage in bringing coherence to the issue of work permits and the integration of new communities into society. Given that the...

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (resumed). (10 Nov 2005)

Pat Carey: Please allow Deputy Ó Caoláin to continue.

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (10 Nov 2005)

Pat Carey: Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of diabetes patients here who are in receipt of a GMS or LTI card to date in 2005 and in 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33628/05]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Personnel: Defence Forces Personnel (10 Nov 2005)

Pat Carey: Question 222: To ask the Minister for Defence if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 is entitled to reimbursement for private medical treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33629/05]