Results 101-120 of 2,341 for speaker:Paul McGrath

Written Answers — Prison Committals: Prison Committals (12 Oct 2004)

Paul McGrath: Question 287: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of non-EU national mothers in prison here who have children in care; the number of such children; the period for which they are in care to date; the reasons for the detention of these mothers; the sentences imposed by the courts on these persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24116/04]

Written Answers — Prison Committals: Prison Committals (12 Oct 2004)

Paul McGrath: Question 288: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of mothers in jail for not complying with deportation orders; and the status of the children of such mothers (details supplied). [24117/04]

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (12 Oct 2004)

Paul McGrath: Question 293: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí based at each of the major Garda stations in Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway; and the population served by each station. [24169/04]

Written Answers — Register of Electors: Register of Electors (12 Oct 2004)

Paul McGrath: Question 343: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason persons who were born in Northern Ireland and who are now resident in the Republic could not vote in the recent referendum to amend the Constitution despite the previous constitutional guarantees that persons from Northern Ireland would be considered to be citizens of this State; and the steps he...

Written Answers — Fire Safety Personnel: Fire Safety Personnel (12 Oct 2004)

Paul McGrath: Question 354: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of fire officers and fire brigades for each of the divisions in Dublin city and county, Limerick city, Cork city and Galway city. [24158/04]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (12 Oct 2004)

Paul McGrath: Question 355: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of appeals made to An Bord Pleanála against council planning decisions for each of the 32 planning authorities for each of the past five years; the number and percentage of planning appeals granted and refused; the number of times An Bord Pleanála's inspectors' recommendations to grant permission...

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (19 Oct 2004)

Paul McGrath: Question 167: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the political situation in Chechnya; the level of support being given by the Government in the aftermath of the Beslan school siege; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25235/04]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (19 Oct 2004)

Paul McGrath: Question 261: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the development control plan for phase 2[i]B[/i] of the Midland Regional Hospital at Mullingar was lodged in her Department; if she will make this plan available for review; and the indicative time frame for the implementation of this plan. [25084/04]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (19 Oct 2004)

Paul McGrath: Question 262: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the stages through which the proposed phase 2[i]B[/i] of the Midland Regional Hospital at Mullingar must proceed on its progress to the finalisation of this project. [25085/04]

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (19 Oct 2004)

Paul McGrath: Question 424: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the details of the ownership by the Government, past and present, of an area (details supplied) in County Roscommon. [25476/04]

Written Answers — Land Reclassification: Land Reclassification (19 Oct 2004)

Paul McGrath: Question 428: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if there is a timeframe within which persons who have acquired land from the Land Commission cannot dispose of such property. [25086/04]

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (2 Nov 2004)

Paul McGrath: Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science , further to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of 12 October 2004, if Fingal County Council will reserve a secondary school site in the Castleknock electoral area as much of the increased population in the Dublin 15 area will be in this general locale and nowhere near the proposed sites in Mulhuddart-Tyrellstown and Castaheany-Ongar....

Tax Code. (23 Nov 2004)

Paul McGrath: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the tax treatment of the housing sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30129/04]

Tax Code. (23 Nov 2004)

Paul McGrath: I would appreciate if the Minister would forward to me the figures to which he has referred rather than put them on the record of the House. The figures put forward by the Construction Industry Federation, to which the Minister appears to be alluding, suggests that on a house in Dublin costing €295,000, VAT amounts to €35,000; site taxes, €30,000; labour taxes, €29,000; and profit...

Tax Code. (23 Nov 2004)

Paul McGrath: May I ask the Minister a question?

Tax Code. (23 Nov 2004)

Paul McGrath: The Minister is filibustering.

Tax Code. (23 Nov 2004)

Paul McGrath: How can the Minister condone the payment by a first-time buyer of €75,000 in tax on a new house in Dublin costing €300,000?

Tax Collection. (23 Nov 2004)

Paul McGrath: Miriam Lord was right.

Decentralisation Programme. (23 Nov 2004)

Paul McGrath: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to use budget 2005 to make further announcements on decentralisation. [29917/04]

Decentralisation Programme. (23 Nov 2004)

Paul McGrath: Will the Minister comment on the fact that he has not included any figure for decentralisation in the Estimates for 2005? Was this an oversight or the deliberate policy of the Minister? The Minister of State responsible for decentralisation has already acquired eight facilities for decentralisation throughout the country. The Minister's predecessor, Deputy McCreevy, in last year's budget...