Results 781-800 of 17,531 for speaker:Jan O'Sullivan

Social Welfare Benefits. (1 Dec 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in regard to the promised review of his decision to withdraw the €9 per week fuel allowance that was previously paid to pensioners living in sheltered housing in inner city Dublin; if he will reverse the decision in view of the relatively small amounts involved and the potential hardship for persons who will lose...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (1 Dec 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he has taken or plans to take to implement the recommendations contained in the report of the Joint Committee on Social and Family Affairs, the Position of Full-Time Carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37219/05]

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (1 Dec 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 192: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a decision on leave to remain here with regard to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37414/05]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (1 Dec 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 217: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the application for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be prioritised. [37387/05]

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (6 Dec 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if funding will be provided in 2006 to develop a post-primary programme to complement the discover primary science initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32753/05]

Written Answers — Labour Inspectorate: Labour Inspectorate (6 Dec 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date in 2005 with regard to consideration of the discussion document covering the operation of the labour inspectorate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37889/05]

Written Answers — Third Level Funding: Third Level Funding (6 Dec 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 470: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will seek funding in the context of the 7 December 2005 budget to commence the implementation of the McIver report in order that the further education sector can be properly resourced and structured and that the 28,000 students in that sector will be given an equality of esteem with other students; and if she will make a...

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: What about the PLC sector?

Written Answers — Departmental Estimates: Departmental Estimates (7 Dec 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Defence the spending priorities for his Department following publication of the 2006 Book of Estimates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38169/05]

Written Answers — Public Service Contracts: Public Service Contracts (7 Dec 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance his response to concerns expressed by the Construction Industry Federation regarding the nature of the fixed price lump sum contracts proposed by Government for major construction projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38407/05]

Written Answers — Sexual Offences: Sexual Offences (7 Dec 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 185: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures which are in place to ensure that information relating to convicted sex offenders is made available to the relevant members of the Garda Síochána at operational level to ensure the protection of the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38277/05]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (7 Dec 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on whether there is no evidence that disadvantaged schools that have lost resource teaching hours as a result of the introduction of the weighted system no longer need them as implied in replies to parliamentary questions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38274/05]

Written Answers — Educational Projects: Educational Projects (7 Dec 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 209: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received an application for funding from a council (details supplied); if a decision has been made to fund the council in view of the rapidly growing demand from schools for their projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38275/05]

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (7 Dec 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 210: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she has taken to provide modern texts in Irish for leaving certificate students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38276/05]

Food Industry. (8 Dec 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to encourage the uptake of ICT in the agri-food business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38380/05]

Requests to Move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (13 Dec 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the need for the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Hanafin, to make further additions to the schedule of the Residential Institutions Redress Act, including the Morning Star Mother and Baby Home and Bethany Home in advance of the closing deadline this week.

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme. (13 Dec 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome the opportunity to raise this issue and thank the Minister for Education and Science for being here to respond to the debate. She will be aware that this issue has been raised by a number of Deputies by way of parliamentary questions and on the Order of Business. Today on the Order of Business, three Opposition party leaders raised the issue of Ms Marie Therese O'Loughlin who is...

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme. (13 Dec 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Surely where babies were born in these places, there had to be some responsibility on the part of the State.

Written Answers — Interest Rates: Interest Rates (13 Dec 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance his Department's assessment of the implications for the economy here of the recent 0.25% increase in interest rates announced by the European Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39003/05]

Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (13 Dec 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the recently published estimates of receipts and expenditure for the year ending 31 December 2006. [39002/05]