Results 701-720 of 6,044 for speaker:John O'Mahony
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (28 Jan 2009)
John O'Mahony: Question 273: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason payments for the farm waste management scheme have been stopped since January 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2564/09]
- Social Welfare Benefits. (3 Feb 2009)
John O'Mahony: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of individuals on a national basis and by local social welfare office waiting for their application for jobseeker's benefit to be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3313/09]
- Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (3 Feb 2009)
John O'Mahony: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which the new cutter vessel will be assigned to operating around the northwest coast; the port at which the vessel will be based; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that due to no vessels being on patrol along the northwest coast shipments of drugs can be landed along the coastline without any restriction; and if he will make...
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (3 Feb 2009)
John O'Mahony: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Finance the safeguards in place to prevent an individual from purchasing machinery and equipment in Northern Ireland or in the United Kingdom using the VAT number of another individual's company thus avoiding payment of VAT; if the Revenue Commissioners are aware of this practice; the number of seizures of plant and machinery in which this practice...
- Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (3 Feb 2009)
John O'Mahony: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of ships or boats which were searched for drugs and tobacco products by customs officers at all ports in County Donegal and County Sligo in the years 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3359/09]
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (3 Feb 2009)
John O'Mahony: Question 253: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will begin proceedings to transpose European Union Directive 2008/96/EC on Road Safety Infrastructure Management; if he will extend the scope of the proposal to all roads not just the TERN system; if a new independent body will be created to carry out the tasks laid down in the directive or if an existing body will be given the tasks;...
- Written Answers — Aquaculture Protection: Aquaculture Protection (3 Feb 2009)
John O'Mahony: Question 393: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the preventive measures in place, including licence conditions to minimise risk of the Pacific oyster gigas spawning and settling in high value bays and estuaries around the coast, particularly Natura 2000 sites and sites with indigenous native oyster beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3193/09]
- Written Answers — Aquaculture Protection: Aquaculture Protection (3 Feb 2009)
John O'Mahony: Question 396: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the rapid action he is taking to halt the spread and to try to get the Pacific oyster under control in effected Natura 2000 sites in view of reports from local fishermen and the first study by Coastwatch in Lough Swilly, County Donegal demonstrating that the Pacific oyster is behaving as a typical invasive alien species...
- Written Answers — Aquaculture Licences: Aquaculture Licences (3 Feb 2009)
John O'Mahony: Question 394: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on whether licensed dredging activities in Lough Swilly, County Donegal, are damaging the native oyster and that failure to ensure an adequate impact assessment before the automatic renewal of the licence has contributed to the decline in oyster stocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3194/09]
- Written Answers — Aquaculture Licences: Aquaculture Licences (3 Feb 2009)
John O'Mahony: Question 395: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will confirm that there was no appropriate assessment undertaken for licence renewals given to all aquaculture operators who reapplied for licences they held when the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997 was amended to include section 101 of the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006; his views on whether failure...
- Energy Prices: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)
John O'Mahony: I am glad to contribute to the debate on this motion and I commend Deputy Coveney on bringing it before the House and for continuing to highlight the burden of some of the highest energy prices in Europe being carried by the households and business sector of this country. I also congratulate Deputy Coveney for pressurising the Minister, Deputy Ryan, to come out, even at this late stage, to...
- Energy Prices: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)
John O'Mahony: Everybody knows what happened subsequently. Oil and gas prices dropped dramatically from almost $150 per barrel to between $35 and $40 which it is at present. It was reasonable to assume that hard-pressed consumers, businesses and households would get some respite at a time when a bit of good news is badly needed. It was a chance to restore some sense of competitiveness into industries and...
- Energy Prices: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)
John O'Mahony: Incredibly, we were told the ESBââ
- Energy Prices: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)
John O'Mahony: I stated I wasââ
- Energy Prices: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)
John O'Mahony: This is what is being said on the streets.
- Energy Prices: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)
John O'Mahony: Incredibly, we were told that the ESB and Bord Gais had booked most of their fuel requirements at peak price for the coming six months and therefore were not in a position to pass on the reductions quickly. Why did this rule not apply when prices for the consumer rocketed within weeks of increases in world prices earlier in the summer? Last summer, people paid â¬1.40 per litre for petrol...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (4 Feb 2009)
John O'Mahony: Question 158: To ask the Taoiseach the number of press conferences and policy launches which were held by his Department in 2007 and 2008; the cost of hosting each one; if he will supply the information in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3715/09]
- Written Answers — IDA Properties: IDA Properties (4 Feb 2009)
John O'Mahony: Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the landbanks owned by the Industrial Development Authority in all locations in County Mayo; the extent of such landbanks; the extent of each such landbank not being used; her plans for each such landbank in the coming period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3696/09]
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (4 Feb 2009)
John O'Mahony: Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of press conferences and policy launches which were held by her Department in 2007 and 2008; the cost of hosting each one; if she will supply the information in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3708/09]
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (4 Feb 2009)
John O'Mahony: Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of press conferences and policy launches which were held by his Department in 2007 and 2008; the cost of hosting each one; if he will supply the information in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3710/09]