Results 421-440 of 9,994 for speaker:John Gormley

European Council: Statements. (13 Apr 2005)

John Gormley: The Government has.

European Council: Statements. (13 Apr 2005)

John Gormley: That is not the case.

European Council: Statements. (13 Apr 2005)

John Gormley: No.

European Council: Statements. (13 Apr 2005)

John Gormley: Perhaps it has something to do with the Progressive Democrats.

European Council: Statements. (13 Apr 2005)

John Gormley: I have no problem with meeting the Minister any time.

Road Signage. (14 Apr 2005)

John Gormley: Question 7: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the financial cost of introducing Irish-only road signs in Gaeltacht areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11446/05]

Personal Debt. (19 Apr 2005)

John Gormley: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department has plans to mount an information and education campaign, through social welfare offices, on the dangers of excessive personal debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11812/05]

Waste Water Treatment Plants. (19 Apr 2005)

John Gormley: This is an important issue. Since first requesting this Adjournment debate, more facts have come to light which confirm my worst suspicions and vindicate the position I have taken on this issue for some time. What we have witnessed during the entire sorry saga of the Ringsend waste water treatment plant is a lack of transparency and accountability as well as a level of incompetence which is...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (19 Apr 2005)

John Gormley: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he intends to address the issue of 1950s homemakers who either were not in a position to accumulate stamps or were not in a position to accumulate a sufficient number of stamps, and who are now without a pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11811/05]

Written Answers — Nutrition and Health Foundation: Nutrition and Health Foundation (19 Apr 2005)

John Gormley: Question 242: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) requesting it to endorse the nutrition and health foundation; if her Department intends in any way to sign up to this new foundation; her views on the sponsors of this new organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12258/05]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (20 Apr 2005)

John Gormley: I wish to have the business of the House suspended under Standing Order 31 to discuss an issue of urgent public importance, namely, the revelation that sewage sludge was transported from the Ringsend wastewater treatment plant to a facility in Tullow, County Carlow which was refused planning permission by An Bord Pleanála in 2002, and is stored in an area which has no roof or walls, as is...

Written Answers — Grocery Industry: Grocery Industry (20 Apr 2005)

John Gormley: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on each of the recommendations made by the Joint Committee on Enterprise and Small Business in its report on grocery prices; the recommendations he will be implementing; when he plans to implement them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12197/05]

Common Foreign and Security Policy. (21 Apr 2005)

John Gormley: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason Ireland's membership of the European Defence Agency was not brought before Dáil Éireann for consideration; the terms of Ireland's membership of the agency; if membership will require an increase in defence spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12589/05]

Common Foreign and Security Policy. (21 Apr 2005)

John Gormley: As the Minister knows, the EU constitution has not yet been approved and yet the European Defence Agency is up and running. Will the Minister indicate on what legal basis it is running or is it in a legal limbo? He says this was an intergovernmental decision. Is it not extraordinary that a move of such significance was not debated in this House? Is this considered to be so unpalatable for...

Common Foreign and Security Policy. (21 Apr 2005)

John Gormley: We do not get too much of it.

Common Foreign and Security Policy. (21 Apr 2005)

John Gormley: Better and more.

Common Foreign and Security Policy. (21 Apr 2005)

John Gormley: Question 7: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the 2004 report commissioned by the EU and written by a task force of the EU's Institute for Security Studies, European Defence: a Proposal for a White Paper; if this report has been discussed with the Irish Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12388/05]

Written Answers — Common Foreign and Security Policy: Common Foreign and Security Policy (21 Apr 2005)

John Gormley: Question 244: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding Ireland's participation in the proposed EU battle groups; if the short timeframe for deployment of these forces will prevent Ireland from participating in view of the need for Ireland's armed forces to have a UN mandate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12590/05]

Written Answers — European Council Meetings: European Council Meetings (21 Apr 2005)

John Gormley: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the informal meeting of EU Defence Ministers on 18 and 19 March 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12387/05]

Written Answers — Third Level Education: Third Level Education (26 Apr 2005)

John Gormley: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the aspects of the OECD report into higher education which the Government will implement in the coming 12 months. [13117/05]