Results 861-880 of 1,391 for speaker:Patrick Nulty

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (8 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 108. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the way maintenance payments are taken into account for the calculation of rent supplement payments; if she will reference the regulations and or circulars which set this out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21605/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Appointments to State Boards (9 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 170. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to his announcement of 16 April 2013the names of fourteen persons who are to serve as members of the board of the Equality Authority in the interim before the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission is established; the names of the two persons appointed by him on the nomination of representatives of employees as required by Section...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (14 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 347. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if all taxi drivers are refused rent supplement as a matter of Departmental policy; if so, the basis for this policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22486/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staffing (14 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 574. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to allow dental health nurses in the Dublin area apply for the planned new targeted voluntary redundancy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22411/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (14 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 627. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if same will be expedited; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22400/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (14 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 628. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will receive occupational therapy; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22404/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (14 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 716. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1209 of 16 April 2013, if he will confirm the time frame within which the local implementation team is expected to complete the implementation plan for the North West Dublin Early Intervention Team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23065/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Sports Campus Development Authority (14 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 721. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding Abbotstown House, Dublin 15, which is in the ownership of the National Sports Council; if the house can be considered for putting to local community use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22935/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (15 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 126. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of extra revenue per annum that would be generated if a new third rate of income tax of 45% was introduced on incomes over €80,000 per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23328/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (15 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 127. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of extra revenue per annum that would be generated if a new third rate of income tax of 50% was introduced on incomes over €125,000 per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23329/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (15 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if we will reclassify Down syndrome as a disability in all cases so as to ensure that all children with this condition are provided with resource teaching hours which was the pre-2005 position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23327/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Application Numbers (15 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will publish in tabular form for the years 2008 - 2012 inclusive, the number of new applications for the invalidly pension that were received; the number of these applications that were refused and of these the number that were granted on appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23332/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Rates (15 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 180. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the present rates of child benefit will be maintained in Budget 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23334/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Criteria (15 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 189. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Government will reduce eligibility for the rental accommodation scheme from 18 months in receipt of rent supplement to six months as per the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23333/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Universal GP Care (15 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 272. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish a detailed timetable for the introduction of free general practitioner care for all as contained within the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23330/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Application Numbers (15 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 273. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish in tabular form for the years 2008 to 2012 inclusive the number of new applications for medical cards that were received; the number of these applications that were refused and of these refusals the number granted on appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23331/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (15 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: I thank the Chairman for allowing me to contribute to this discussion. I also thank the officials from the Department, Ms Helen Faughnan and her team, for their input. Everybody present would probably agree that the long-term solution to this problem is the provision of social housing, but, unfortunately, the State has failed to provide it. While rent allowance may, in theory, be a...

Topical Issue Debate: Pension Provisions (16 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: Deputy Shortall and I have been tabling this matter for inclusion in a Topical Issue debate for the past three weeks. With all due respect to the Minister of State, Deputy Cannon, it is unacceptable that the Minister for Social Protection has not seen fit to attend the House to debate this crucial issue. It concerns not only the Waterford Crystal workers but also other workers across the...

Topical Issue Debate: Pension Provisions (16 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: I find it astonishing that the Government now intends to drag these workers through the High Court rather than engage with them. They are ready, willing and able to come to a constructive solution which would ensure the rights of workers, as set out by the European Court of Justice, are vindicated while protecting Irish taxpayers by coming up with a practical solution to the challenge we...

Other Questions: European Union Accession (16 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 6. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the urgent need for the European Union to conduct a strategic re-assessment of its approach in Bosnia in view of the serious concerns raised by leading civil society activists in the country and the Bosnian community here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23098/13]