Results 421-440 of 1,227 for speaker:Derek Keating

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Support Agency (13 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline to Dáil Éireann the timeframe, structure and other details of the establishment of a new Child Protection Agency; if it will involve negotiating with Social Workers and other professionals’ Trade Union and representative groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49667/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Detention Centres (13 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the children's detention centre in Lucan, County Dublin; her plans for the premises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49584/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (13 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline in tabular form moneys and grants that her Department has awarded from 9 March 2011 to 9 September 2012; the number of applications she has received that she was unable to grant aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49668/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (13 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that the FETAC level five and six will be recognised as the base qualification for childcare workers in private and public crèche facilities; the current standard being operated at European level; if this requires examination to ensure harmonisation and recognition by the European Union Member States; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the report on Narcolepsy published on 19 April 2012 regarding the increased incidence of this condition as a result of the vaccination of Pandemrix, if he has studied the report; his response to the parents of children and the organisation called SOUND that a paper would be put to Government regarding the State Vaccination Programme; if his attention...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: I too join with you, Chairman, and the committee in welcoming staff from the VEC. It is my first time as a recently appointed member of the Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection to meet members of the City of Dublin VEC. I admire so many initiatives provided by the VEC, not least adult education and post-leaving certificate courses. I too very much welcome the decision of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: May I just say-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: On a point of order, I do not seek a supplementary question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: There is a critical issue in respect of access to libraries-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: -----equipment and accommodation-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: -----which has not been dealt with. Moreover, I asked that first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: I seek clarification on access to libraries, equipment, accommodation, laboratories, etc., in the meantime.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: Is there a total budget for the scheme? What would be a typical student grant for a year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: Has the CDVEC considered how the system in, for example, the UK operates? What are its structures and how successful has it been? Does the CDVEC have an annual budget for the grant process? What does the typical student grant amount to each year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: For 2012.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: What is the typical value of a grant?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will intervene in the school bus service that is provided by CIÉ and that has been withdrawn from the parents and school children from the Lucan area, County Dublin, who attend a school (details supplied), while at the same time the service remains in place for families from nearby Celbridge, County Kildare, and in view of the very close...

Supreme Court Ruling in the X Case: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: I have already had the opportunity to express publicly my condolences and my heartfelt feelings to the family of Savita, whose tragic circumstances one can only imagine. It is very difficult for me to discuss or even contemplate the subject of abortion without recalling an experience I had when I encountered a very good friend a long time ago. It is an experience I will never forget. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Transport (27 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: The Deputy did not buy a Leap card.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme (27 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: The Deputy never lost it.