Results 401-420 of 2,627 for speaker:Noel Grealish

Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2013)

Noel Grealish: It is a major problem in Galway.

Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Report Stage (12 Jun 2013)

Noel Grealish: I will be very brief because Deputies Boyd Barrett and O'Brien have touched on the same issue about which I wrote to the Minister. This was to make SOLAS responsible for developing an adult literacy and numeracy strategy. That is included in the Bill. It is very seldom that one hears Opposition Members of the Dáil praise the Minister but it is great to see that the Minister of State...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (18 Jun 2013)

Noel Grealish: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding that has been provided by his Department to a school (details supplied) since the school was opened; if he will provide a breakdown of this funding per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28732/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Tenders (18 Jun 2013)

Noel Grealish: 175. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will investigate the full cost of the public procurement scheme and the effect this has on small businesses here who are not in a position to tender or supply goods to local authorities, schools and other Government bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29399/13]

Order of Business (20 Jun 2013)

Noel Grealish: I am sure the Tánaiste and most Members of the House are aware of the position in many estates around the country with regard to noise pollution and disturbances caused to many good and law-abiding citizens. When does he expect publication of the noise nuisance Bill?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Procurement Service Framework Agreements (25 Jun 2013)

Noel Grealish: 318. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a directive has been issued to primary and post-primary schools requiring that they purchase all stationery/paper from an Office of Public Works selected company, identified through the public procurement process or may they purchase from local suppliers using best value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jul 2013)

Noel Grealish: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill and I thank Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan for sharing her time with me. This is one of the most controversial Bills ever to come before the Oireachtas since the foundation of the State. I have never seen such a campaign by all sides to get their point across in trying to convince Members of both Houses to support their case. I want to put on the...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jul 2013)

Noel Grealish: I agree with the Minister.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2013)

Noel Grealish: The Irish population in Australia has increased by 30%.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 201: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2013)

Noel Grealish: A left-wing government.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Lice Controls (18 Sep 2013)

Noel Grealish: 1208. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of his remarks on 8 May 2013 regarding the issue of sea lice, his views on the indication by a company (details supplied), Ireland’s largest producer of farmed salmon, in its last annual report that it has seen a rise in the number of its sites infested with sea lice above the trigger treatment level, from 6.2% in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Lice Controls (18 Sep 2013)

Noel Grealish: 1209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the pilot 764/09/ENV investigation into sea lice and salmon farming (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38103/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Lice Controls (18 Sep 2013)

Noel Grealish: 1210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he cancelled the pilot project to improve sea lice investigation control efficiency in the marine farming sector in Ireland, which was agreed on the advice of senior officials on 21 July 2010 as part of the SEA process of the Aquaculture Operational Programme and was to be 100% funded by the European Union under Article...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Farming (19 Sep 2013)

Noel Grealish: 157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the names of the authors of the environmental impact statement report for the proposed Galway Bay salmon farm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38876/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Lice Controls (1 Oct 2013)

Noel Grealish: 528. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the recent publication in the Journal of Fish Diseases of the comment on Jackson et al Impact of Lepeophtheirus salmonis infestations on migrating Atlantic salmon (details supplied); if he has sought advice on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40482/13]

Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (2 Oct 2013)

Noel Grealish: I will briefly raise a few issues. I support the comments of previous speakers about bringing in more control. During race week in Galway I got a taxi from town that had come from Sligo; the driver was going to work in Galway that evening before heading back to Sligo, which is an example of unfair work practices. I will raise another matter that occurred in Galway a while back, and I had...

Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (2 Oct 2013)

Noel Grealish: I appreciate that, and in all fairness I should have read the Bill but did not. I welcome the fact that the Minister of State is dealing the matter and it is about time it happened. I compliment him on his tidying up those loose ends.

Order of Business (3 Oct 2013)

Noel Grealish: In the context of the landlords and tenants Bill, there is a major issue in certain parts of Galway city. We all know the film "Into The West", where Tito used to keep the horse in the back garden. Unfortunately, that is a big problem in certain estates in Galway. Can the issue of animals being kept in the back gardens of houses be covered in the Bill?

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (3 Oct 2013)

Noel Grealish: 160. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current level of homelessness in Dublin and the other urban areas compared with two years ago; the amount of such homelessness that can be attributed to the new standards in rental accommodation, specifically those relating to the prohibition of bed-sits; if the requirement to have an individual bathroom for each...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (8 Oct 2013)

Noel Grealish: 173. To ask the Minister for Finance in regard to Section 97(2) of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, if the stated deductible expense against rental income called payment of local authority rates covers local property tax in the case of rental properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42170/13]