Results 361-380 of 7,670 for speaker:Jackie Cahill

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (14 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 316. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason decentralised Government Department offices are precluded from purchasing office supplies locally in favour of centralised purchasing in view of the fact the practice is contrary to the concept of Government decentralisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7246/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Court Accommodation Refurbishment (15 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for a building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7659/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Prisoner Releases (15 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way a person (details supplied) was allowed to leave the State and travel to Egypt in 2009 while under the supervision of the Prison Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7741/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (15 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason teachers who work in an ASTI school but choose not to join a union have not received pay increments, with collective bargaining being cited as the reason, as it is not the role of the employer to couple pay parity with union membership; if it is constitutional to treat non-union member teaching staff in this way; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Projects (15 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 180. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action the Office of Public Works plans to take to address a building (details supplied). [7660/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Supports (15 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 291. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of future developments at a company plant (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7653/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Supply Project for Eastern and Midlands Region: Irish Water (15 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: The presentation was comprehensive. I represent the constituency where the abstraction is due to take place. There is considerable unease among the public regarding the pipeline. I will not repeat the points raised by colleagues but consultation to bring the public onside and to outline what the end product will be and what impact it will have on communities is essential. Smaller projects...

Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: The review of DEIS took place this week. The programme for Government sets out the objectives of the DEIS programme. Tipperary town in my constituency had five schools applying for DEIS status which felt they should have qualified. Tipperary town ticks all of the boxes according to the DEIS criteria. We have been told there is no appeal process for schools to appeal the decision of the...

Topical Issue Debate: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (16 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: Earlier this week, the schools that acquired DEIS status were announced. Tipperary town, which has five primary schools, has suffered from much social deprivation over a number of years. There is serious unemployment there and much social housing and social issues. The criteria that must be met for a school to obtain DEIS status would seem to be tailor-made for Tipperary town. We had a...

Topical Issue Debate: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (16 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: We acknowledge that five schools in County Tipperary have been accepted into the scheme, but we are discussing Tipperary town which, by any objective assessment, is an underprivileged area. Its community feels let down. Will the Minister commit to reviewing the five primary schools in the town? In any examination of the criteria they would qualify for DEIS status. Their principals are...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (16 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will instruct local authorities and his Department's rent offices to remove the threat of withdrawing rent supplement from tenants who have engaged meaningfully with the council in the transfer to the HAP scheme but whose private landlord is refusing to engage with the new scheme and-or cannot access new private rented accommodation due to...

Topical Issue Debate: Greyhound Industry (21 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I am a greyhound owner and the director of a greyhound track. Our industry is in serious bother. There has been a dispute for the past three weeks and as far as I can see the Department is washing its hands of it. Our premier track has had no racing for the past three Saturday nights. Last Friday only six dogs turned up to race at Shelbourne Park. This dispute is doing our industry...

Minerals Development Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: As Deputy James Lawless said, Fianna Fáil will be supporting this Bill. The economic value of the mining industry to Ireland is very important. In 2012 the value of mining to this country was €810 million and we had more than 1,300 people employed full-time in the industry. All those were employed outside Dublin which adds greatly to the importance of the industry. My own...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Resources (23 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 144. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 14 February 2017 (details supplied), that the public can continue to call to the Thurles office without appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9373/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Security of the Elderly (23 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 204. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there are any grants available to old age pensioners for the installation of a house alarm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9374/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (28 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 184. To ask the Minister for Finance the regulations under which a bank regulated for lending by the Central Bank can refuse to procide a mortgage to a person for the sole reason that the person's parent has a right of residence at the home upon which the mortgage is sought; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9820/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (28 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 417. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans for the successful Tús programme following media reports that there are plans to cease it and in view of the fact this programme has contributed greatly to communities here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9750/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: CLÁR Programme (28 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 494. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of projects in County Tipperary that have been received under the CLÁR programme; the value of funding allocated for those projects; if there are still funds available under this programme for County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9784/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Expenditure (28 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 692. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date he first received a draft copy of the Irish Greyhound Board's 2015 annual report; when the final report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10135/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Fleet (28 Feb 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 774. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of buses which make up the fleet at the Clonmel bus depot; the age of the fleet; when a new vehicle was last received by the depot; the mileage on the fleet, both the highest and lowest, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10247/17]