Results 1,481-1,500 of 5,388 for speaker:John Deasy
- Written Answers — Sport and Recreational Development: Sport and Recreational Development (12 May 2009)
John Deasy: Question 291: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of national lottery funding allocated to projects in the area of youth, sports and amenities in each of the years 2007 and 2008; the planned allocation to youth, sports and amenities in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18481/09]
- Written Answers — Public Service Pay: Public Service Pay (13 May 2009)
John Deasy: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance the way he plans to operate the early retirement and employment embargo; and the savings in the public service pay bill which he estimates from each measure. [19040/09]
- Written Answers — Departmental Offices: Departmental Offices (20 May 2009)
John Deasy: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the proposals to rationalise the office network within his Department nationwide; the assessments conducted on the impact of this decision for service delivery and staff numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20236/09]
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (21 May 2009)
John Deasy: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of her co-location hospital plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20590/09]
- Order of Business (28 May 2009)
John Deasy: A coincidence.
- Order of Business (28 May 2009)
John Deasy: Not Deputy Kelleher.
- Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2009)
John Deasy: My involvement in this issue started when I spoke to my colleague, Deputy Noonan, about a short article we had both read in a national newspaper. We were surprised that the report suggested there had been an increase in the number of legally-held handguns in this country. A couple of other Deputies later told me they knew of people who had applied for and received permission to purchase...
- Overseas Development Aid. (28 May 2009)
John Deasy: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will introduce legislation to ensure that 0.7% of gross national product is devoted to overseas development aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21951/09]
- Overseas Development Aid. (28 May 2009)
John Deasy: Mr. Gay Mitchell, MEP, who is a member of the European Parliament's Committee on Development, recently made a suggestion in respect of this matter. The Minister of State quoted the OECD report. I accept that the marks out of ten for the Government and Irish Aid in respect of the work they have done were extremely high. However, the OECD expressed one main concern with regard to the type of...
- Overseas Development Aid. (28 May 2009)
John Deasy: This begs the question as to how the Minister of State defines the word "commitment". He will forgive me for reaching the conclusion that the commitment the Government made means nothing and never did.
- Foreign Adoptions. (28 May 2009)
John Deasy: The Minister of State did not have a chance to finish his response. I had not planned to contribute but I will give an example from Waterford. A man with three children came into my clinic. One of his children has Down's syndrome. He had initiated the process of adopting a child in Russia, who also has Down's syndrome. How long do we expect this process to take? The child in Russia is...
- Emigrant Support Services. (28 May 2009)
John Deasy: The working holiday arrangements and the bilateral efforts on the E3 visa mean absolutely nothing to the undocumented. There is no solution within those legislative frameworks for the undocumented Irish in the US. The answer of the Minister of State means nothing. There is no progress. There has been much discussion over the past five years. Can the Minister of State tell us where we are...
- Emigrant Support Services. (28 May 2009)
John Deasy: Why did the Minister of State go on about the undocumented?
- Emigrant Support Services. (28 May 2009)
John Deasy: Deputy Roche is the Minister of State, he was the one who mentioned the E3 visa and he mentioned the undocumented people. I did not mention them. Where is this issue at?
- Emigrant Support Services. (28 May 2009)
John Deasy: No, Deputy Roche did not.
- Emigrant Support Services. (28 May 2009)
John Deasy: Has there been any progress on the E3 visa?
- Emigrant Support Services. (28 May 2009)
John Deasy: There is a different response from the Minister and Ministers of State depending on to whom the question was directed. It has been openly expressed that the E3 visa will not accommodate all the undocumented Irish. What is the Minister of State talking about? Has any progress been made on the E3 visa issue in the past few months? Is it in draft legislation in the House Committee on the...
- Emigrant Support Services. (28 May 2009)
John Deasy: The Government does not want to know.
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (28 May 2009)
John Deasy: Question 14: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way the reduction of â¬45 million in the amount of the overseas aid budget being allocated to the nine core programme countries in 2009 will be allocated to each of them; the programme areas within each of the countries that will be affected by these reductions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21794/09]
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 Jun 2009)
John Deasy: Question 572: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a REP scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will ensure that payment issues immediately. [22489/09]