Results 941-960 of 8,015 for speaker:Jonathan O'Brien
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (24 Apr 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: Question 173: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide the details of all foreign travel undertaken by staff in the Office of the Chief State's Solicitor during each of the past three years. [19778/12]
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (24 Apr 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: Question 174: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of the memberships for staff paid for by the Office of the Chief State's Solicitor. [19779/12]
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (24 Apr 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: Question 175: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of the work outsourced by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution under the category general operative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19780/12]
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (24 Apr 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: Question 176: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide the details of the solicitors and barristers who received payments from the Director of Public Prosecutions during each of the past five years; and the amounts each individual received for their services. [19782/12]
- Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (24 Apr 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: Question 365: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of his proposal to amalgamate employment rights bodies, if he intends to address the unique feature of employment equality cases; if he will make reference to rights enforcement or the concept of anti-discrimination; if he will address the unique investigative nature of employment equality hearings. [20458/12]
- Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (24 Apr 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: Question 366: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether introducing a fee â¬50 for anyone making a complaint under employment rights legislation which will be a huge deterrent to many groups protected under equality legislation. [20459/12]
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (24 Apr 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: Question 367: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if, when the Equality Tribunal's functions are transferred, he will retain the equal status function of the Tribunal in the newly constituted body. [20460/12]
- Written Answers — Public Service Remuneration: Public Service Remuneration (24 Apr 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: Question 550: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money that would be saved in the Property Registration Authority if public sector wages were capped at â¬100,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19771/12]
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (24 Apr 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: Question 667: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of State funding given each year since 1999 to Right of Place; the number of complaints received regarding this organisation; and the nature of these complaints [20147/12]
- Written Answers — General Practitioner Services: General Practitioner Services (24 Apr 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: Question 721: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to transfer resources from hospitals to allow general practitioners a greater role in treating patients with serious illnesses; the locations of the 20 primary care centres to be chosen to act as demonstrator models for a new approach to the treatment of chronically ill patients in the community. [20118/12]
- Written Answers — General Practitioner Services: General Practitioner Services (24 Apr 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: Question 722: To ask the Minister for Health the level of resources that will be transferred from hospitals to primary care and the timeframe in which this will happen [20119/12]
- Workplace Deaths (25 Apr 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: I wish to share time with Deputy Dessie Ellis. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter. The Ceann Comhairle may not be aware that next Saturday, 28 April, is workers' memorial day. Figures I have received this morning indicate that since 2008, a total of 216 people have died in the workplace. There has been a gradual increase year on year. In 2010, 48 people died; 54 people...
- Workplace Deaths (25 Apr 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: I do not agree with the Minister of State's analysis that the current legislation is sufficiently robust. He referred to the 2005 Act, but I would like to know how many people have been prosecuted under that legislation. I will get the answers through tabling a parliamentary question. How many people have received the maximum penalty of two years imprisonment or a fine of â¬3 million? I...
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: They have good supports in place.
- Private Members' Business. Motorist Emergency Relief Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: I will second the brass neck award.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: Can the Tánaiste remember the day before yesterday?
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Apr 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: These amendments were published last Monday. While an impact analysis is carried out on all legislation when published, there was no impact analysis of these significant Committee Stage amendments, which is wrong. People are still trying to get their heads round the proposed amendments and their impact on the most vulnerable in society. Amendment No. 17 states that to qualify for mortgage...
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Apr 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: No one is suggesting that the borrower and lender should not engage. They should. If someone gets into mortgage difficulty, the first port of call should be to engage with the lender. The Minister asked whether we were getting value for the â¬50 million. We have invested billions of euro in banks to pay bondholders and have received no value in return. At least this â¬50 million has a...
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Apr 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: Many more supports are in place.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Apr 2012)
Jonathan O'Brien: If the Minister has to tell herself that to justify her actions the State is in worse trouble than I thought.