Results 661-680 of 1,494 for speaker:Deirdre Clune
- Written Answers — Water Services: Water Services (20 Jan 2010)
Deirdre Clune: Question 285: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide details in tabular form of the amount spent each year for the past ten years on the upgrading of water mains; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2423/10]
- Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (26 Jan 2010)
Deirdre Clune: Question 145: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the target date for the switch off of analogue television broadcast services. [3352/10]
- Civil Partnership Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jan 2010)
Deirdre Clune: I am glad to contribute to the debate on this Bill. It is an important step forward in family law legislation, recognising same-sex couples, their rights as well as their responsibilities and the State's obligation to them. There is a strong consensus with and welcoming of the Bill's provisions. All parties have put forward proposals in this area such as former Fine Gael Senator, Sheila...
- Civil Partnership Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jan 2010)
Deirdre Clune: I wish to focus on the part of the Bill which relates to unmarried or unrelated cohabitants, whether they be of the same sex or the opposite sex. This relates to people who are in intimate and committed relationships and it provides rights in respect of succession, and so on. Qualified cohabitants who have lived together for three years, or two years if they have a child, will have extra...
- Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (27 Jan 2010)
Deirdre Clune: Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the research advisory group on head shops was set up under the aegis of the national advisory committee on drugs; the number of members of this group; when the group will report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4128/10]
- Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (27 Jan 2010)
Deirdre Clune: Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the research advisory group on head shops, set up under the aegis of the national advisory committee on drugs, will report; the length of time it will take her Department to bring in regulations once this report has been made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4129/10]
- Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (27 Jan 2010)
Deirdre Clune: Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has plans to regulate the head shops that exist; if she will take action before the research advisory group on head shops, set up under the aegis of the national advisory committee on drugs, reports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4130/10]
- Economic Competitiveness. (2 Feb 2010)
Deirdre Clune: Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the recommendations of the recent National Competitiveness Council report aimed at promoting innovation will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5350/10]
- Economic Competitiveness. (2 Feb 2010)
Deirdre Clune: The funding for Science Foundation Ireland, â¬179 million in 2009, was reduced to â¬165 million in budget 2010. Enterprise Ireland's capital funding spending was reduced by â¬126 million and the science budget of the Department of Education and Science was reduced from â¬256 million to â¬150 million. There has been a severe reduction in the spending on science, technology and...
- Economic Competitiveness. (2 Feb 2010)
Deirdre Clune: Can the Minister published those results and metrics so that we can see how things have changed and how the shift towards commercialisation has come about? That is important. Can the Minister comment on the NCC and its comments on credits for research and development? Rather than having an emphasis on foreign companies and the benefit going to headquarters that may be abroad, there should...
- Gangland Crime: Motion (2 Feb 2010)
Deirdre Clune: There have been five gangland murders in the first three weeks of 2010. One of them was in Cork when Gerard Staunton, 42 years of age, was shot in front of his partner and children in a quiet, residential area near Wilton. That has had a chilling, shocking and frightening effect on the local community. A garda reported last week that one shot hit the rear seat of a car where the two...
- Written Answers — Work Placement Programme: Work Placement Programme (2 Feb 2010)
Deirdre Clune: Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will report on the implementation on the work programme for graduates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5384/10]
- Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (2 Feb 2010)
Deirdre Clune: Question 266: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce supports for home owners who will be refused home insurance as a result of November 2009 flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5377/10]
- Written Answers — Community Pharmacy Services: Community Pharmacy Services (2 Feb 2010)
Deirdre Clune: Question 342: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to reduce the cost of prescription drugs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5176/10]
- Written Answers — Community Pharmacy Services: Community Pharmacy Services (2 Feb 2010)
Deirdre Clune: Question 343: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the options open to her to control the price of prescription drugs from the production line to the consumer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5177/10]
- Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (2 Feb 2010)
Deirdre Clune: Question 404: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the steps he has taken to ensure the control and regulation of head shops and the products they sell. [5385/10]
- Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (2 Feb 2010)
Deirdre Clune: Question 537: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the supports available to persons whose homes were damaged in the November 2009 flooding; the amount that will be provided; the amount that has been paid out to date in 2010; the action that will be taken for persons with no home insurance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5376/10]
- Written Answers — Electricity Supply Board: Electricity Supply Board (2 Feb 2010)
Deirdre Clune: Question 602: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Electricity Supply Board will be entitled to an indemnity from the State if found to have been responsible for any part of the damage to homes in Cork as a result of the flooding in late November 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5379/10]
- Flood Relief Works (3 Feb 2010)
Deirdre Clune: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this issue. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh, to the House. I am raising the issue in response to the Minister of State's launch of the draft catchment flood risk assessment management study for the River Lee in Cork. This is the third time I have raised this issue on the Adjournment since September. Cork city is...
- Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (3 Feb 2010)
Deirdre Clune: Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a couple who have already adopted a child from Russia and have met with a second child from the same country that they hope to adopt; if that adoption can proceed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5679/10]