Results 521-540 of 27,019 for speaker:Michael Noonan

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (18 Dec 2007)

Michael Noonan: Question 460: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are steps a person (details supplied) in County Limerick can take to return to teaching; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35559/07]

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (18 Dec 2007)

Michael Noonan: Question 548: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the committee which is reviewing local election boundaries in Limerick City and County will report; when he will make the report public; if the committee have discretion to recommend either an increase or reduction in the number of seats in either or both local authorities; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (19 Dec 2007)

Michael Noonan: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress that has occurred to date in the preparation for the launch of digital terrestrial television; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35475/07]

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (19 Dec 2007)

Michael Noonan: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the proportion of the fuel used in electricity generation here that is imported from the UK; the action he proposes to reduce this dependence on one country for this vital function; the contingency plan he has in place to deal with a fuel shortage in the UK and the consequent effect on the electricity...

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (30 Jan 2008)

Michael Noonan: Question 927: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason two schools (details supplied) in County Limerick have not been included under the auspices of NEPS; if she will arrange to have them included; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1247/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 Jan 2008)

Michael Noonan: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide an undertaking that there will be no further delay in the implementation of the recommendations of the Pollock Report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2694/08]

Written Answers — Carbon Emissions: Carbon Emissions (5 Feb 2008)

Michael Noonan: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans in relation to the reduction of carbon emissions from the transport sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3492/08]

Written Answers — Carbon Emissions: Carbon Emissions (5 Feb 2008)

Michael Noonan: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will encourage the reduction of carbon emissions in air transport by encouraging eco-friendly flights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3493/08]

Written Answers — Garda Vetting Services: Garda Vetting Services (5 Feb 2008)

Michael Noonan: Question 641: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the delay in the vetting by the Gardaí of personnel being hired for the care of children and that certain special schools are suffering from staff shortages due to these delays; the additional resources he will provide to the Gardaí to enable such vetting to take place as quickly as...

Finance Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Feb 2008)

Michael Noonan: I wish to share time with Deputies Durkan and Deenihan. I had the pleasure of watching the Budget Statement on television because I was not in the House that day. It was a non-event; there was very little of significance in it. The same criticism applies to the Finance Bill which enacts the budget and puts it on a statutory basis. With two exceptions, the measures on VRT and stamp duty, it...

Telecommunications Networks. (7 Feb 2008)

Michael Noonan: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the communication he has had with the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to ensure next generation access style fibre optic broadband is readily available across Dublin for business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4217/08]

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2008)

Michael Noonan: With the permission of the House I wish to share time with my colleagues, Deputies Sheahan, Naughten and Joe Carey.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2008)

Michael Noonan: Five minutes is a short time in which to say anything illuminating about the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill. I thank the Minister and the Department of Social and Family Affairs for the excellent service they provide to me and I am sure to my colleague TDs when we raise queries on behalf of our constituents. When I entered the Dáil in the early 1980s it was a Department which occupied...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2008)

Michael Noonan: The Chair should have prompted me when four minutes had elapsed.

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (13 Feb 2008)

Michael Noonan: Question 389: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the establishment of a Garda station in the western suburbs of Limerick city in the general neighbourhood of the Mid-West Regional Hospital; if he will consult with the Garda Commissioner on this matter at the earliest possible date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5428/08]

Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)

Michael Noonan: The House has agreed to an extension of the Limerick urban boundary, which will have knock-on effects on local election boundaries. The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government has established two committees to redraw local election boundaries. Part of the terms of reference for those committees is that the chairman Mr. Niall Callan must take cognisance of constituency...

Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)

Michael Noonan: I ask the Tánaiste to deal with this as a matter of urgency. I am sure it is the case in Fianna Fáil, as it is in all other parties, that various units of political organisations are drawing up submissions on boundaries now, on a national basis. On the face of it, it looks as if the submissions to align the local areas to Dáil constituencies relates to the existing constituency...

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2008)

Michael Noonan: I wish to share time with Deputy Breen.

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2008)

Michael Noonan: The Bill has two purposes. The first objective is to increase motor tax, which was the purpose of the Financial Resolution passed on budget night on 5 December. The Bill simply gives effect to that. I cannot welcome that portion of the Bill. It is just a tax measure, which increases motor tax by an amount far in excess of the rate of inflation. What happened was quite clear. During the...

Planning Issues. (27 Feb 2008)

Michael Noonan: Question 23: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the planning guidelines published in February 2008 will take effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8191/08]