Results 4,041-4,060 of 21,588 for speaker:Denis Naughten
- Schools Building Projects. (9 Apr 2008)
Denis Naughten: So it is not the next bundle, but the one after that.
- Schools Building Projects. (9 Apr 2008)
Denis Naughten: Does the Minister even have a ballpark date?
- Schools Building Projects. (9 Apr 2008)
Denis Naughten: It will be considered sometime after the local elections.
- Schools Building Projects. (9 Apr 2008)
Denis Naughten: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps which she will take to upgrade facilities and the capacity of science laboratories at second level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33288/07]
- Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (9 Apr 2008)
Denis Naughten: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when his attention was drawn to the health risks associated with asbestos in the workplace; when legislation was introduced to protect workers; his plans to review legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13428/08]
- Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (9 Apr 2008)
Denis Naughten: Question 215: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in processing an application for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin for long-term residency; the waiting time for each application; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the delay is blocking the approval of a mortgage for the person in question; and if he will make a...
- Written Answers — Asbestos Remediation Programme: Asbestos Remediation Programme (9 Apr 2008)
Denis Naughten: Question 229: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his attention was drawn to the health risks associated with asbestos; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13429/08]
- Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (10 Apr 2008)
Denis Naughten: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding options open to support groups, play-schools and other agencies to establish communal areas, family supports and child care to children of asylum seekers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13673/08]
- Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (10 Apr 2008)
Denis Naughten: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 13 March 2008, the position regarding the issue of interest owing to long stay patients and the recommendations and conclusion as a result of these meetings; the estimate of the value of interest which is owed to patients; when repayment will commence; the cost of the administration of this...
- Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (10 Apr 2008)
Denis Naughten: Question 174: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his policy on the provision of communal areas, other than kitchens, in self-catering accommodation provided to asylum seekers; the policy in relation to the provision of family supports for asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13671/08]
- Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (10 Apr 2008)
Denis Naughten: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the funding options open to support groups, play-schools and other agencies to establish communal areas, family supports and childcare to children of asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13672/08]
- Written Answers — Special Areas of Conservation: Special Areas of Conservation (10 Apr 2008)
Denis Naughten: Question 216: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason it is taking three years to complete the purchase of designated bogs; the steps which he is taking to expedite these purchases by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13704/08]
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
Denis Naughten: Fianna Fáil said the same about the Green Party before the general election.
- World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)
Denis Naughten: The European Commission's WTO negotiating position is not the deal that Irish farmers signed up to when agreeing to the mid-term review of CAP in 2003 and the introduction of the single farm payment. It is unacceptable for the European Commission to put together a deal on agriculture under the mid-term review, setting out the spending and funding measures for farmers up to 2013 and now try to...
- Asylum Support Services. (17 Apr 2008)
Denis Naughten: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost of the asylum direct provision accommodation centres in 2005, 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14216/08]
- Asylum Support Services. (17 Apr 2008)
Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for his reply. In recent years, the number of asylum applications has dropped by two thirds, yet there has not been a significant fall in the cost of providing accommodation. On average it is costing approximately â¬210 per asylum seeker per week. Will the Minister explain why this is the case? The reason the cost to the taxpayer has not fallen is that it is taking...
- Asylum Support Services. (17 Apr 2008)
Denis Naughten: What is the time for leave-to-remain applications?
- Asylum Support Services. (17 Apr 2008)
Denis Naughten: It will give me the greatest pleasure to deal with it on Committee Stage but I want to focus on what is within the Minister's competency. The reality is that it is taking years for applications to be processed to completion. What checks and balances are in place to ensure that these asylum centres are up to an acceptable standard of accommodation? I have visited some of these centres...
- Asylum Support Services. (17 Apr 2008)
Denis Naughten: The Minister has no answer in the case of his Department.
- Written Answers — Rural Policing: Rural Policing (17 Apr 2008)
Denis Naughten: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to improve rural policing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25234/07]