Results 5,001-5,020 of 14,616 for speaker:Dara Calleary

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (20 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo may expect to have their disadvantaged area payment processed; the reasons for this delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8719/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (20 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo may expect to have their REP scheme 4 payment processed; the reasons for this delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8720/14]

Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: They had it.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Exchange Scheme (25 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teacher exchanges currently in place in primary schools around the country; and his plans to provide more service rights or panel rights to those participating on the schemes. [8883/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (25 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a capital funding building project application from a secondary school (details supplied) in County Mayo; his views that the current condition of the school renders it a health and safety hazard; if he will outline a possible timeframe for the delivery of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9128/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme Applications (25 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give consideration to the provision of the planning and building unit grant to special needs schools and primary schools with special classes for the 2014-15 school year following its reinstatement during the current calendar year; his views on whether this grant is proving very beneficial for such schools in meeting their service...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Redeployment (25 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 340. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the options available to a civil servant who, due to long-term health issues, is no longer able to travel long distances to work and requires a transfer to an office closer to home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8889/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies (25 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 366. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown on a county basis of the number of jobs supported by MicroFinance Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9086/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (25 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 372. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of community development officers employed by her Department in tabular form; their location across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8880/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Programmes (25 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 373. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons presently employed on the community services programme, CSP; the number employed on CSP on a county basis; her future plans for the community services programme; the projected number of persons employed on CSP by the end of 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8884/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (25 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 508. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will give consideration to the possibility of transferring motor tax from one vehicle to another in the event of a person purchasing-changing their car during the lifetime of their existing motor tax certificate; if he will agree that such a proposal may assist in generating business for the motor trade; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (25 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 577. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, may expect to have their disadvantaged area payments processed; when they will receive notification of the outcome of an appeal made in June 2013 regarding their AEOS application; the reasons for delay in both; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8989/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (25 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 670. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money paid by the Health Service Executive to a company (details supplied) in each of the following years 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. [9260/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (25 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 671. To ask the Minister for Health the number of communications staff that are employed directly by each of the new hospital groupings and the Health Service Executive separately; the individual salaries paid to each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9261/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (25 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 672. To ask the Minister for Health the number of communications staff positions that have been created as new positions within the new hospital groupings; the date on which they were filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9262/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (25 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 673. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money that has been paid to health consultants known as Health Partnership by the Health Service Executive and-or hospital groupings in each of 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the purpose for which these payments were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9263/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (25 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 707. To ask the Minister for Health the terms of reference for the proposed review of maternity services; the person carrying out the review; the level of public consultation there will be around the review; the timescale for the review to be published and for decisions to be taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9593/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strengthening the Start-up Community: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: I thank Mr. Sean O'Sullivan and the delegation for their work on the report, which provides much food for thought. There is not much in it that the committee would disagree with. There are a few issues on which I wish to focus. One of Mr. O'Sullivan's statistics indicate that only 8% of Irish people have the aspiration to be an entrepreneur, one of the lowest in the world. He has spoken...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strengthening the Start-up Community: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: Mr. O'Sullivan has mentioned a level of fear, which, I suppose, is related to the first question. Does he think there is a culture here of celebrating failure and, if so, how do we change it? We like to see something that does not work out in sport, in business and in life generally. How do we challenge that? On the issue of finance, Mr. O'Sullivan's proposals on the capital gains tax...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strengthening the Start-up Community: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: On the area of finance, Mr. O'Sullivan had very strong things to say about the practice of banks looking for personal guarantees from entrepreneurs. He said this is outrageous and that Irish banks should begin to follow international standards on this issue rather than continue with this current backwater behaviour. Has he had any response to that from the Central Bank-----