Results 1,561-1,580 of 13,254 for speaker:Seán Sherlock

Fishing Vessel Licences. (27 Jan 2010)

Seán Sherlock: To suggest it was incumbent on every applicant to read the fishing press is a disgrace. In this situation, a father had passed away as well as three crew and a brother. Does the Minister think their extended family would be reading the fishing press? What we are seeking here is natural justice. This is borne out by the fact that the Ombudsman, an independent arbiter, has made a ruling in...

Fishing Vessel Licences. (27 Jan 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Certain people got a heads-up from sources about the scheme.

Grant Payments. (27 Jan 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Deputy Cuffe asked a question on the possibility of establishing a code of practice or ombudsman. The second proposal is the wrong approach. Does the Minister of State agree that a code of practice would not be worth the paper it was written on until such time as a legislative mechanism is put in place to ensure primary producers of animals and vegetables are given a fair crack of the whip...

Grant Payments. (27 Jan 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Is Deputy Cuffe satisfied with the Minister of State's response?

Pigmeat Sector. (27 Jan 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Does the Minister acknowledge that some of the problems encountered by the pig and food industries are due partly to the fact that legislation on packaging has not been amended and that the issue of substantial transformation still impacts on the comparative advantage Irish producers might enjoy if the issue were to be sorted out?

Biotechnological Inventions. (27 Jan 2010)

Seán Sherlock: In that review I ask the Minister of State to recognise that €1,450 is too modest a grant sum because the input cost is high enough for individual farmers who might wish to move into growing miscanthus. If the sum were to be increased it would encourage more growers. There is no doubt about the potential of miscanthus especially for the anufacture of pellets and firelogs, as the Minister...

Biotechnological Inventions. (27 Jan 2010)

Seán Sherlock: I accept that a marketing exercise will have to be undertaken. However, a great deal of micromarketing is taking place in various regions - Limerick and east Cork are two examples of which I am aware - in respect of certain sectors. Those involved in the industry have informed me that if the start-up grant paid to farmers is increased, and if a proper education process to accompany this is...

Written Answers — Road Repairs: Road Repairs (27 Jan 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the instigation of a grant system to encourage landowners to drain water from public roads. [3883/10]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (2 Feb 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when it is intended to publish the legislation to amend the Competition Acts 1991 to 2006 to uphold the right of certain freelance workers such as actors and musicians to engage in collective bargaining, which was promised as part of the review of the Towards 2016 agreement; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Workplace Accidents: Workplace Accidents (2 Feb 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will make a statement on the report of the Health and Safety Authority on workplace accidents during 2009; the steps she will take to ensure that the decrease in workplace accidents and deaths continue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4849/10]

Written Answers — Site Management: Site Management (2 Feb 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 229: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works has established a working group to develop an approach to the management of the Haulbowline site in County Cork; if so, the progress it has made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4610/10]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (2 Feb 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a medical card application has not been expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4503/10]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (2 Feb 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 304: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time for the processing of a medical card application in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4780/10]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (2 Feb 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 305: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time for an application for a medical card since the centralisation of the process in August 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4781/10]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (2 Feb 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 392: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the report by an organisation (detail supplied). [5374/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (2 Feb 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 427: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to review the habitual residence conditions on social welfare entitlements in view of the number of returning Irish diaspora; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4491/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Feb 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 460: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application for rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4613/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Feb 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 523: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5142/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Feb 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 527: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to apply for the back to education allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5171/10]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (2 Feb 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 601: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on recent calls for the construction of new metropolitan area networks in the five national spatial strategy centres in Shannon, Ennis, Mallow, Tuam and Castlebar that do not have such networks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5369/10]