Results 741-760 of 6,783 for speaker:Seán Kyne

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Efficiency Fund (18 Sep 2013)

Seán Kyne: 810. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of the €35 million of seed capital provided for energy efficiency projects in Budget 2013 that has been expended to date; and if he will outline the nature and number of projects which the fund is supporting. [38092/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Bioenergy Strategy Development (18 Sep 2013)

Seán Kyne: 811. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline the current stage of the development of a bioenergy strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38093/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Bioenergy Strategy Development (18 Sep 2013)

Seán Kyne: 812. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress to date made by his Department in the creation of a low-carbon roadmap as sought under the Our Sustainable Future policy framework and which is necessary to enable the transition to a competitive, low carbon and environmentally-sustainable economy. [38098/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Safety (18 Sep 2013)

Seán Kyne: 938. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the assistance from his Department to the Irish Water Safety Organisation will be augmented in the coming year in recognition of the worrying increase in drownings from a record low in 2010 of 112 to 147 in 2012 and in consideration of the high number of fatalities during summer 2013. [38081/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Statistics (18 Sep 2013)

Seán Kyne: 939. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to re-establish a centralised collection and analysis of data pertaining to the construction industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38082/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: EU Directives (18 Sep 2013)

Seán Kyne: 940. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress to date in 2013 of eliminating the number of infringements incurred by Ireland in terms of EU environmental legislation. [38083/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: EU Programmes (18 Sep 2013)

Seán Kyne: 941. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress since 2011 of the implementation of the EU's Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38084/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Low Carbon Roadmap (18 Sep 2013)

Seán Kyne: 1207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress to date in the creation of a low carbon roadmap as sought under the Our Sustainable Future policy framework, which is necessary to enable the transition to a competitive, low carbon and environmentally sustainable economy. [38099/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (18 Sep 2013)

Seán Kyne: 1263. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if evaluations for the pre-school educational year are taking place; if the results of such evaluations will be made available to the public to assist parents in making childcare decisions and to provide information to taxpayers. [38096/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Reports (19 Sep 2013)

Seán Kyne: 20. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the fact that childcare facility inspection reports are compiled in long hand and then stored for scanning and online publication by another staff member is contributing to a delay in publicising reports; and if consideration will be given to providing inspectors with tablet computers to enable a speedier and more efficient process....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Inspections (19 Sep 2013)

Seán Kyne: 31. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if it is the case that certain child care facilities in Dublin and in other locations have not been subject to an inspection by the Health Service Executive or its equivalent prior to that organisation's establishment for over a decade or more; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38607/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Forthcoming General Affairs Council: Discussion (19 Sep 2013)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Chairman and welcome the Minister of State to the meeting. In respect of the priorities he highlighted, I very much agree with him regarding the understanding of people's views of Europe and what Europe is about. I am not sure whether this has been adequately done over the years by members of the European Parliament. In many cases, they are more involved in many local issues...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Forthcoming General Affairs Council: Discussion (19 Sep 2013)

Seán Kyne: Regional funding relating to the European territorial co-operation objective. It is part of the RDF and relates to the development of economic and social cross-border activities. The Minister of State might have a few comments on that.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Equine Passports (24 Sep 2013)

Seán Kyne: 61. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the procedures and practices which have been enacted to safeguard against a repeat of the horse-meat controversy, with particular reference to horse passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39511/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Exports to China (24 Sep 2013)

Seán Kyne: 97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following on from the visit of China's Vice President in 2012, his Department's progress in developing and increasing agri-business related trade and links with China. [39510/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporate Tax Regime Issues (24 Sep 2013)

Seán Kyne: 222. To ask the Minister for Finance the average effective rate of Ireland's corporation tax and the position of his Department on mechanisms being used to reduce the effective rate of corporation tax paid from the headline figure of 12.5%. [39798/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (24 Sep 2013)

Seán Kyne: 354. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the progress of Jobs Plus; the number of places employers have created and the number of citizens who have taken up a Jobs Plus position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39797/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (24 Sep 2013)

Seán Kyne: 350. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether it is appropriate that citizens requiring social welfare assistance from the community welfare service in large parts of County Galway must now travel distances of over 60 kilometres; and her views on whether such an eventuality would be tolerated in Dublin constituencies. [39793/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (24 Sep 2013)

Seán Kyne: 353. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will publish the criteria upon which the decision to reorganise her Department's community welfare assistance structure was taken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39796/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Teanga Gaeilge (24 Sep 2013)

Seán Kyne: 355. To ask the Minister for Social Protection an féidir léi a chinntiú go mbeidh na seirbhísí poiblí a sholáthraíonn an Roinn chomh maith leis an tSeirbhís Leasa Pobail ar fáil trí mheán na Gaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [39805/13]