Results 81-100 of 6,307 for speaker:Gerald Nash

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (6 Jul 2011)

Gerald Nash: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with the cross-party Oireachtas group established to support the work of the organisation assisting the alleged victims of a struck-off medical practitioner (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19107/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (6 Jul 2011)

Gerald Nash: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue in respect of a funding application made by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19110/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (6 Jul 2011)

Gerald Nash: Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the provision of services at the Louth County Hospital, Dundalk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19112/11]

Written Answers — Certificates of Irish Heritage: Certificates of Irish Heritage (12 Jul 2011)

Gerald Nash: Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to develop a certificate of Irish heritage scheme directed at the Irish diaspora worldwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19960/11]

Written Answers — State Savings Products: State Savings Products (12 Jul 2011)

Gerald Nash: Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a scheme to issue national recovery bonds aimed at the Irish diaspora; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19958/11]

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (12 Jul 2011)

Gerald Nash: Question 279: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when he will make appointments to fill the relevant vacancies on the board of the Arts Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19966/11]

Written Answers — Sports Funding: Sports Funding (12 Jul 2011)

Gerald Nash: Question 484: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he operates any schemes to provide financial support to Irish sports scholarship students awarded scholarships in universities in the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19941/11]

Written Answers — Flower Sector: Flower Sector (13 Jul 2011)

Gerald Nash: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he or the relevant State agency has carried out an analysis of the flower propagation, production and export industry; his views that this area could be further exploited and developed from an economic point of view; his plans to further develop this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20172/11]

Written Answers — Food Safety Standards: Food Safety Standards (13 Jul 2011)

Gerald Nash: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the apparent increase in the use of glucose fructose in food products; if he is concerned at claims that the ingredient contributes to weight gain, obesity and other major public health problems; if he will take action to limit the use of the ingredient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20140/11]

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jul 2011)

Gerald Nash: As a contribution to the challenge we face over the need to protect and secure the wages and conditions of those employed in areas governed by the JLC and ERO system, I welcome the publication of this Bill and the opportunity to speak on its provisions. Elements of the Bill attract my support and that of the Labour Party and Government in general. The basic principals are philosophically...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (20 Jul 2011)

Gerald Nash: Question 152: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when he plans to convert the Money Advice and Budgeting Service into a strengthened personal debt management agency with strong legal powers as described in the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21633/11]

Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (20 Jul 2011)

Gerald Nash: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance when mortgage interest relief will be increased to 30% for first time buyers between 2004 and 2008 as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21631/11]

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (20 Jul 2011)

Gerald Nash: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance if all financial institutions in receipt of State support have provided cost-cutting plans to him to avoid increases in interest rates as described in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21632/11]

Written Answers — Roads Network: Roads Network (20 Jul 2011)

Gerald Nash: Question 328: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to continue the local improvement scheme; if existing schemes will continue to be supported in the event of its withdrawal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21448/11]

Order of Business (15 Sep 2011)

Gerald Nash: The Tánaiste is only too well aware of the uncertainty and anxiety experienced by many thousands of lower paid workers in sectors of the economy such as the hospitality sector when Mr. Justice Feeney struck down the statutory wage-setting mechanism as unconstitutional. The many thousands of citizens who depend on the joint labour committee system for a fair and decent wage for them and...

Employment and National Internship Scheme: Motion (27 Sep 2011)

Gerald Nash: I welcome the opportunity to respond to the motion. The second paragraph lays an implicit charge of dishonesty at the Government's door. Even on a cursory analysis, this charge does not amount to much. It is more of the unfortunate, empty rhetoric and bogus claims we have come to expect from Members on the benches opposite, albeit with some notable exceptions. From day one of this national...

Employment and National Internship Scheme: Motion (27 Sep 2011)

Gerald Nash: What we get from the Members opposite is more akin to the constant cries of "We are doomed" by Private Frazer in "Dad's Army". I accept that the Opposition has a duty to perform. All I ask is that it do so constructively and honestly. Even a cursory perusal of the motion leads me to the sad conclusion that a large number of Members on the benches opposite, with some exceptions, inhabit...

Written Answers — Strategic Investment Fund: Strategic Investment Fund (27 Sep 2011)

Gerald Nash: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the establishment of a strategic investment fund to support small and medium enterprises; the way the fund will be resourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25697/11]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (27 Sep 2011)

Gerald Nash: Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the important findings and conclusions of the internal Revenue Commissioners report, Economics of Smoking: Modelling the Market for Cigarettes in Ireland, which are significantly at variance with the international peer reviewed published literature on this topic, if he will arrange for the report to be peer reviewed internationally to...

Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (27 Sep 2011)

Gerald Nash: Question 304: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to the state of disrepair of the historic Castleblayney courthouse building; if his attention has been drawn to any plans by Monaghan County Council to restore this building with a view to turning it into a facility for community use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26308/11]