Results 781-800 of 3,523 for speaker:Lucinda Creighton

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 May 2009)

Lucinda Creighton: Question 367: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 525 of 6 May 2009 on the external legal costs of his Department in 2008, the breakdown of these costs explaining the persons to whom they were paid and for what they were incurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19702/09]

Hospital Services. (20 May 2009)

Lucinda Creighton: I listened with interest to the pervious comments, which I assume are those of the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney, regarding the Government being committed to ensuring the best quality health services possible are delivered in the most efficient and effective way possible. I find it quite extraordinary, in the context of those comments, that it is proposed to scrap...

Hospital Services. (20 May 2009)

Lucinda Creighton: That is not true.

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (20 May 2009)

Lucinda Creighton: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if future inspection arrangements for the nitrates directive will be carried out by his Department or the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government; the discussions he has had with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Health Insurance: Health Insurance (21 May 2009)

Lucinda Creighton: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a decision from the European Commission with regard to the new health insurance levy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20585/09]

Airport Development Projects. (26 May 2009)

Lucinda Creighton: Question 57: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has communicated concerns to the Dublin Airport Authority over delayed or cancelled aviation infrastructure projects in view of deteriorating finances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21169/09]

Written Answers — National Flag: National Flag (28 May 2009)

Lucinda Creighton: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the national flag is no longer flown in the front courtyard of a complex (details supplied) in Dublin 4 which is under the management of the Office of Public Works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21938/09]

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Lucinda Creighton: What is Fianna Fáil doing?

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Lucinda Creighton: We left a surplus.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Lucinda Creighton: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak to the motion. I have no doubt a general election is needed. Despite the claims made by Ministers in recent days, there is an appetite for a general election. This message was driven home loud and clear in recent weeks as we campaigned and canvassed in our constituencies and, more important, last Friday when people went to the polling stations...

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Lucinda Creighton: Have the voters run out of ideas?

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Lucinda Creighton: Increasing taxes and failing to reform the public service are the Government's angle.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Lucinda Creighton: That is because the Government let them run out of control. They are the Government's responsibility.

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Lucinda Creighton: By the people when they give the Government its P45.

Small Claims (Protection of Small Businesses) Bill 2009: Second Stage (10 Jun 2009)

Lucinda Creighton: I am delighted to have an opportunity to speak to this important Bill, the importance of which should not be understated. I congratulate Deputy Varadkar on introducing it and the work he has done in highlighting the plight of businesses over the course of recent months, in particular. A significant problem faces us; SMEs are the lifeblood of the economy, yet they are struggling to cope, stay...

Order of Business (11 Jun 2009)

Lucinda Creighton: I would like to follow up on the question raised on the Lisbon treaty and the proposed legislation. I am concerned there seem to be plans for significant bilateral discussions with other member states, but there are no plans for multilateral discussions between parties in this House.

Order of Business (11 Jun 2009)

Lucinda Creighton: It is very relevant, because it is relevant to the preparation of the legislation. For example, this morning we will have a brief discussion, related to the guarantees, with the Minister for Foreign Affairs in advance of the GAERC meeting. However, no detailed discussions are planned. We should have discussion in the Chamber in order to get meaningful input from all parties so that we can...

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (16 Jun 2009)

Lucinda Creighton: Question 212: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding will be made available to the Private Residential Tenancies Board in order that the backlog of disputes will be tackled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23542/09]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (16 Jun 2009)

Lucinda Creighton: Question 261: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will reverse the decision made to reduce the number of special needs teachers from five to two at a national school (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23703/09]

Written Answers — Energy Regulation: Energy Regulation (18 Jun 2009)

Lucinda Creighton: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will change the regulatory model for setting the price in respect of domestic household electricity in order to allow the ESB compete on price; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24154/09]