Results 901-920 of 1,391 for speaker:Patrick Nulty

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: FÁS Training Programmes (28 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if training courses are provided by FÁS/SOLAS in oracle and java computer software in order to ensure that trainees can secure the IT skills needed to take up employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25151/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (28 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to ensure that new qualified teaching graduates can take up employment in their profession here; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many newly graduated teachers have been forced to seek work abroad, and the great loss this is to the education sector here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outstanding actions that are needed to bring a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 from stage 2b to stage 3 in the construction process. [25254/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (28 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the proposed extension to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 and if he will outline when construction will begin. [25255/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Literacy Levels (28 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support the National Adult Literacy Agency's request that a specific commitment be included in the Further Education and Training (SOLAS) Bill 2013 to raise adult literacy and numeracy levels and to develop a national adult literacy and numeracy strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25851/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Accommodation (28 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 306. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the discussions he or his Department have had regarding the provision of funding to build an extension to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [25256/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (28 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 353. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for invalidity pension will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25109/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (28 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 374. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of instances recorded, either through the relevant form or on the integrated short-term schemes system, in 2011 by area and the number of instances in 2012 by area in which a community welfare officer has noted Article 38 of S.I. 412 of 2007 in the reason for an increased payment of rent...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: House Purchase Schemes (28 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 473. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if persons who hold affordable housing mortgages with local authorities are allowed apply to transfer their mortgage to a larger home, if their current home no longer meets their family needs due to overcrowding, or due to them having children with special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25413/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Bodies (28 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 500. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will examine if it will be appropriate or possible to amend the legislation that established the property services regulatory authority to allow existing property managers who are in business to retain their licence to operate if they have at least 120 ECTS credits and are working to get the 240 credits required by the legislation in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Bodies (28 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 501. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to amend the legislation that established the property services regulatory authority to allow existing businesses who are in operation and have been registered for at least two years between 2007 and 2012 to continue to operate provided they are tax compliant. [25577/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Numbers (28 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 622. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time and full-time equivalent environmental health officers covering the Dublin region employed by the Health Service Executive for each year from 2006 to 2013 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25106/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Services Funding (28 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 651. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form funding for intellectual disability services in Dublin for 2008 to 2013 inclusive. [25421/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Services Funding (28 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 652. To ask the Minister for Health the reason funding for respite care in respect of families with intellectual disability services has been reduced in Dublin; and the reason respite care was suspended in the Daughters of Charity Service in St. Vincent's on the Navan Road, Dublin 7. [25422/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (28 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 691. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and young persons aged under 18 years waiting for the fitting of dental braces by the Health Service Executive in Dublin 15; if he will outline in tabular form, each treatment waiting list category, including a written explanation and definition for each category; the number of persons awaiting treatment in each category; and if he...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: I am happy to contribute to this section of the debate. While I will not make the point ad nauseam, I wish to put on record that the length of time given to debate such substantial legislation is profoundly inadequate. I often have heard the Minister, in his previous capacities, speak of the need for reform and for more open and transparent debate. While he may not admit it today, he must...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)

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Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: ----- to put this on the record in the only opportunity available to me. Section 1 of the actual Act refers to the context for the Bill, that is, of Ireland receiving financial support from the IMF and the European Union. It refers to targets in respect of Ireland's budget deficit agreed with the European Union and the troika. However, this does not in any way justify the need to take...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: I believe this pertains to the section of the Bill because section 1 relates to the context in which this Bill is being presented.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: It refers to external finance from the European Union and other international agencies and this is the entire context behind the rationale for the introduction of this Bill. It is reasonable to make the point for other measures or other forms of legislation, rather than the contents of this Bill, which provides for pay cuts and an increment freeze, which have no justification and are in no...