Results 361-380 of 1,494 for speaker:Deirdre Clune

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (28 Jan 2009)

Deirdre Clune: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person who is over 70 years and widowed in late 2008 will qualify for a medical card for three years if his or her income is less than €1,400; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2494/09]

Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)

Deirdre Clune: I wish to share time with Deputies Timmins and Crawford. Deputy Conlon outlined how the Opposition should behave in a responsible fashion but in the past five or six years we pointed out that Government spending was unsustainable. We had responsible opposition but the Government took no responsibility. The boom and bust policies of the past seven years, not the 1980s, are a major...

Energy Prices: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)

Deirdre Clune: I am delighted to speak to this motion, which is very important at a time when many are experiencing difficulty operating businesses. Consumers are finding it extremely difficult to make ends meet. I am especially conscious of the high rate of unemployment, which is continuing to rise. This is an important motion. I am pleased the Minister, albeit belatedly, has instructed the regulator to...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (10 Feb 2009)

Deirdre Clune: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he is taking to promote the decentralisation of power through encouraging microgeneration at a domestic and business level. [4613/09]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (10 Feb 2009)

Deirdre Clune: Question 599: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will reconsider his decision not to provide substitute cover for the first day of uncertified sick leave in respect of special needs teachers in view of the particular difficulties that this is causing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4349/09]

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (11 Feb 2009)

Deirdre Clune: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding she has committed towards the development of the breast cancer services at the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital in Cork prior to and since it's establishment in 1992; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5109/09]

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (11 Feb 2009)

Deirdre Clune: Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reasoning behind her decision to establish BreastCheck on a site adjacent to the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5110/09]

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (11 Feb 2009)

Deirdre Clune: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding she has committed towards the establishment of the BreastCheck unit in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5111/09]

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (11 Feb 2009)

Deirdre Clune: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding she has made available to relocate breast cancer services from the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital to the Cork University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5112/09]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (12 Feb 2009)

Deirdre Clune: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has received the needs assessment of priority humanitarian aid in Gaza carried out by the United Nations inter-agency mission; if he plans to respond to the needs assessment by providing additional humanitarian aid to Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5232/09]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (17 Feb 2009)

Deirdre Clune: Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools and the number of classroom units within each school in the Cork South Central constituency area that are availing of accommodation under the temporary accommodation scheme; the average rental cost of each unit per annum in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5612/09]

Hospital Staff. (19 Feb 2009)

Deirdre Clune: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made in implementing the European working time directive for non-consultant hospital doctors which limits the working week to 48 hours; the manpower implications this will have; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6626/09]

Job Protection. (24 Feb 2009)

Deirdre Clune: Question 48: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she has taken be satisfied that employment in the pharmaceutical industry is secure; if she has met with representatives in the industry in the past six months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7746/09]

Job Protection. (24 Feb 2009)

Deirdre Clune: I asked a question on the security of existing employment in the pharmaceutical industry and the Minister of State referred to the additional investment o which IDA Ireland is focused. I would like if the Minister of State could answer me on two issues that have come into the media recently. These are GlaxoSmithKline, GSK, which is reported to plan to cut back 6,000 to 10,000 jobs...

Job Protection. (24 Feb 2009)

Deirdre Clune: What about Lipitor, the drug that will go off patent in 2011? What steps is the Department taking to address that? This is coming down the tracks. We do not want another Dell situation where the change is well signalled in advance, yet we are fumbling when the job announcement happens. There are serious questions around these companies and people working in them are concerned about their...

Employment Regulation Orders. (24 Feb 2009)

Deirdre Clune: It is because of an ERO that employers in the security industry are obliged to implement a pay increase of 10% to 13% that many of them cannot afford. I have spoken to employers and employees in the industry who do not want to take it because they realise their jobs and businesses are at risk. They cannot afford the pay increases. Has the Minister of State met the security industry? What...

Employment Regulation Orders. (24 Feb 2009)

Deirdre Clune: Their hands are tied.

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (24 Feb 2009)

Deirdre Clune: Question 342: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement on land owned by his Department in Templebreedy, Crosshaven, County Cork in view of the fact that under the Cork County Development Plan 2009, Templebreedy Fort and lands are classified as a protected structure; his views on providing this land to Cork County Council to be used as a public amenity; and if he will...

Banking System: Motion (25 Feb 2009)

Deirdre Clune: Not until such time as we get our banking system right will our economy begin to recover. We need to get to the bottom of the problems in the banking systems and then we can move forward. Nobody believes that we have got to that stage. We need only look at the share prices of our two main banks. It is quite evident that there is no international confidence whatsoever in the banking system...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Payments: Social Welfare Payments (25 Feb 2009)

Deirdre Clune: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he co-operates with the Department of Social and Family Affairs when the latter is processing social welfare applications for State benefits by persons who are known to be engaged in criminal activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7689/09]