Results 961-980 of 9,145 for speaker:Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (18 Apr 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Finance the methodology used by him in calculating the structural deficit; and whether that methodology is the same as that currently used by the European Commission. [19309/12]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (18 Apr 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 402: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the costs associated with transporting children with special needs from Inishowen to Letterkenny, County Donegal, for school, including the cost of the special needs assistant who travels with the children. [19354/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Apr 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 598: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason her Department accept that child or working tax credits paid to cross border workers is a benefit, but the community welfare officers advise that child or working tax credits are seen as an income and must be included in a means test. [18717/12]

Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (18 Apr 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 722: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide details of the groups in County Donegal whose funding was cut by the Arts Council; and if he will outline the amount their funding has been cut over the past five years. [19441/12]

Written Answers — Water Services: Water Services (18 Apr 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 787: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans regarding the establishment of an Irish water company; the options he is considering, be they amalgamation into an existing semi State, formation of a new company or a private operation and which of these is his preferred option. [17687/12]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (18 Apr 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 1183: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a motorised transport grant from the Western Health Board. [17741/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (18 Apr 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 1421: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid to private companies operating toll roads here in order to compensate for lost revenue. [18765/12]

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Apr 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will start by taking us back a few steps. To understand where we are now, we must look at where we came from and how we got here. Sinn Féin's criticism of the Maastricht treaty and the proposition of economic and monetary union related to the idea of a one size fits all policy working. We said having a single interest rate for all of the eurozone would not work. During our economic...

Written Answers — Apprenticeship Programmes: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 Apr 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to change the statutory remit for remodelling apprenticeships that will allow future apprentices to have direct entry from their leaving certificate to the institutes of technology to begin their courses. [19514/12]

Written Answers — Teachers' Remuneration: Teachers' Remuneration (19 Apr 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland assertion that cuts to teachers' allowances may breach the Croke Park agreement. [19515/12]

Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (24 Apr 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Secretary General of his Department has written to all other secretaries general asking them to publish on their website the quarterly purchase orders for goods and services of more than €20,000; the measures of enforcement he intends to pursue to ensure that all Departments publish these figures. [20305/12]

Written Answers — Apprenticeship Programmes: Apprenticeship Programmes (24 Apr 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to change the statutory remit for remodelling apprenticeships that will allow future apprentices to have direct entry from their leaving certificate to the institutes of technology to begin their courses. [19514/12]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (24 Apr 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that according to Channel 4's recent documentary, the Sudanese Government is using drones which contain elements made in Ireland in its targeting and killing of civilians; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland could be supplying this kind of...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (24 Apr 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 691: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to develop a transparent scoring system to evaluate all sites put forward for the National Children's Hospital to the review group; and his views on whether the scoring system should be made available to the general public in the spirit of transparent decision making [19882/12]

Written Answers — Enterprise Support Services: Enterprise Support Services (26 Apr 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken to ensure that small and medium enterprises can benefit from the EU progress micro enterprise fund. [20894/12]

Written Answers — Enterprise Support Services: Enterprise Support Services (26 Apr 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the first loans to businesses will be granted through the new proposed micro enterprise scheme. [20893/12]

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I hope Deputy Rabbitte has written down that.

Written Answers — Scéimeanna Teanga: Scéimeanna Teanga (1 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 127: To ask the Aire Gaeltacht Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta a mheasúnú a thabhairt ar an scéim is déanaí a deimhníodh anuraidh. [21649/12]

Written Answers — EU Programmes: EU Programmes (1 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to the European Union media programme for the European audio visual industry, the number of projects that are running here. [21413/12]

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (1 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 229: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider his decision to refuse funding for roof works to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal following their application under his Department's emergency repairs grant. [21401/12]