Results 441-460 of 27,613 for speaker:Heather Humphreys

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (3 Apr 2014)

Heather Humphreys: 136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the progress of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15902/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (9 Apr 2014)

Heather Humphreys: 42. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding single farm payment entitlements and land that have been leased under the early retirement scheme and the lessee now wishes to purchase the entitlements before 15 May 2014; if this transaction would be subject to the €37,500 VAT limit; if this sale would be subject to capital gains tax; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Programme (15 Apr 2014)

Heather Humphreys: 279. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the Public Service Management Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17271/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (15 Apr 2014)

Heather Humphreys: 527. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be any grant assistance towards the construction of silage pits under the new rural development plan; when he expects to make an announcement regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17853/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Post Office Network (16 Apr 2014)

Heather Humphreys: 107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline the conditions that apply for the transfer of the position of postmaster or postmistress; if it is permitted for this position to be transferred to a family member; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18090/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Application (17 Apr 2014)

Heather Humphreys: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the age limit for stamp duty exemption for the transfer of land to a young trained farmer from 35 to 40 in line with the definition of a young farmer under the new Common Agricultural Policy arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18496/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (17 Apr 2014)

Heather Humphreys: 224. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the serious difficulties being caused to child care providers due to the delay in Pobal issuing CETS payments on time; the steps that are being taken to remedy this problem; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18495/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (30 Apr 2014)

Heather Humphreys: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the taxation of childcare income for grandparents who are minding their son's or daughter's children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18916/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (30 Apr 2014)

Heather Humphreys: 853. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the deployment of ambulance and other medical emergency response vehicles, the consideration he has given for the use of mobile phone positioning technology that will give an accurate location to the emergency responders and precise coordinates of the location of the person that made the emergency call through their mobile phone, in order...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process (Resumed): Central Bank of Ireland (30 Apr 2014)

Heather Humphreys: I want to ask a few questions on the issue of credit unions in the role of mortgage arrears resolution. Why has the Central Bank not eased or shown more flexibility in terms of credit union lending? For the credit unions to start lending, as the Minister has said, the Central Bank must ease or lift unreasonable or inflexible lending restrictions. Serious consideration must be given to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process (Resumed): Central Bank of Ireland (30 Apr 2014)

Heather Humphreys: The emergency loan is €500. If one has a loan and it has been restructured-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process (Resumed): Central Bank of Ireland (30 Apr 2014)

Heather Humphreys: -----section 35 applies. The problem is that if somebody has a difficulty in that they need to replace their car to get to work, which also feeds into their mortgage arrears arrangement, they cannot get a loan from their credit union.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process (Resumed): Central Bank of Ireland (30 Apr 2014)

Heather Humphreys: There needs to be discretion and common sense in such cases.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process (Resumed): Central Bank of Ireland (30 Apr 2014)

Heather Humphreys: Professor Honohan stated the average credit union loan is €6,000. The problem here is that there are aggregate loans and contingent liabilities and these all are being aggregated to come up with a figure that is away above €6,000 and well outside the lending restriction in the credit union. That is causing a lot of problems. When one takes in all the other connected...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process (Resumed): Central Bank of Ireland (30 Apr 2014)

Heather Humphreys: I thank the Vice Chairman.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (1 May 2014)

Heather Humphreys: 94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount identified by her Department through the detection of overpayments in 2013; the amount of these moneys that has been recouped; the amount that is still outstanding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19853/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (1 May 2014)

Heather Humphreys: 95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19866/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Exemptions (1 May 2014)

Heather Humphreys: 127. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if houses with private wells or currently on group water schemes will have to pay water charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19881/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Appeals (1 May 2014)

Heather Humphreys: 163. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue on a LPIS appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19876/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Programme (1 May 2014)

Heather Humphreys: 167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue on a beef data programme appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19910/14]