Results 341-360 of 3,200 for speaker:Pádraic McCormack

Written Answers — Defence Forces Strength: Defence Forces Strength (26 May 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 38: To ask the Minister for Defence the current strength of the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17548/05]

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (26 May 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Defence the situation with respect to the disappearance of a person (details supplied). [17646/05]

Written Answers — Public Service Contracts: Public Service Contracts (26 May 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria used by the national public procurement policy unit in its competitive processing system for short-listing contractors who can tender for major road works; when the change was made in the tendering process; and the way in which the contractors are selected and the persons allowed to tender (details supplied). [17673/05]

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (26 May 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the provision of a Garda barracks (details supplied) in County Galway. [17672/05]

Written Answers — Special Areas of Conservation: Special Areas of Conservation (31 May 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 467: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason 80% of the nationally proposed SAC areas are in counties Galway and Mayo; if there will be a more even distribution of proposed designated areas throughout the country; if the EU directive sought 70% of land to be designated; the reason it is proposed that 14% of land nationally be designated; and...

Leaders' Questions. (1 Jun 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: Will the Taoiseach be there in the autumn?

Nursing Homes: Motion (Resumed). (1 Jun 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: The Fine Gael motion calls for the introduction of a uniform assessment criteria for all nursing home, and nothing could be more simple. The motion was prompted by the revelation in RTE's "Prime Time" programme on Monday night. The Government has seriously neglected the care of the elderly for years. This morning the Taoiseach made a feeble attempt to say that inspections were carried out on...

Nursing Homes: Motion (Resumed). (1 Jun 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: This gives politics a bad name in the same way this is giving nursing homes a bad name, which in some cases is not deserved. The crux of the problem is that most elderly people do not wish to spend their final days in a nursing home. If there were proper back-up facilities for carers, fewer people would spend their latter years in nursing homes. Given their experience, elderly people in...

Written Answers — Programmes for Government: Programmes for Government (1 Jun 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has not satisfied himself with the progress of any area in implementing the programme for Government. [18358/05]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (1 Jun 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department will consider providing additional speech therapy services to persons with learning difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18546/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Jun 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will consider eliminating the anomaly whereby a person giving full-time care to an invalid is means tested on all of an income from an English pension of approximately €100 per week when in the normal course of events there is an exemption income of €270 per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18540/05]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (1 Jun 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 187: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to introduce regulations to allow widows who have no other income except the widow's pension to qualify for the free schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18541/05]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (2 Jun 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the timescale for the decentralisation of Development Cooperation Ireland to Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18630/05]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (2 Jun 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 234: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to regularise the situation regarding special needs assistants in primary schools; her further plans to make those posts full-time; if re-deployment arrangements will be entered into where special needs assistants become surplus to requirements in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18752/05]

Written Answers — Early School Leavers: Early School Leavers (14 Jun 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of students who failed to make the transition from primary to secondary education in 2003 and 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19717/05]

Leaders' Questions. (15 Jun 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: The Tánaiste has other things on her mind.

Leaders' Questions. (15 Jun 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: Definitely.

Leaders' Questions. (15 Jun 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: Himself.

Leaders' Questions. (15 Jun 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: He is not showing much sign of it now.

Leaders' Questions. (15 Jun 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: Great intentions.