Results 161-180 of 1,319 for speaker:Paudge Connolly

Written Answers — Workplace Inspections: Workplace Inspections (22 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 203: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workplace inspections that were carried out by the labour inspectorate in 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5572/05]

Written Answers — Workplace Inspections: Workplace Inspections (22 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 204: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workplace inspections that were carried out by the labour inspectorate in 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5573/05]

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (22 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 217: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of Maltese nationals who have applied for PPS numbers since 1 May 2004 to permit them to work here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5562/05]

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (22 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of nationals of Hungary who have applied for PPS numbers since 1 May 2004 to permit them to work here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5563/05]

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (22 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 219: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of Latvian nationals who have applied for PPS numbers since 1 May 2004 to permit them to work here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5564/05]

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (22 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 220: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of Polish nationals who have applied for PPS numbers since 1 May 2004 to permit them to work here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5565/05]

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (22 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 221: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of Estonian nationals who have applied for PPS numbers since 1 May 2004 to permit them to work here. [5566/05]

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (22 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 222: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of Lithuanian nationals who have applied for PPS numbers since 1 May 2004 to permit them to work here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5567/05]

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (22 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 223: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of Slovenian nationals who have applied for PPS numbers since 1 May 2004 to permit them to work here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5568/05]

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (22 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 224: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of Slovakian nationals who have applied for PPS numbers since 1 May 2004 to permit them to work here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5569/05]

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (22 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 225: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of Cypriot nationals who have applied for PPS numbers since 1 May 2004 to permit them to work here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5570/05]

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (22 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 226: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of nationals of the Czech Republic who have applied for PPS numbers since 1 May 2004 to permit them to work here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5571/05]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 327: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grant aid advanced to the Institute of Design and Disability for the years 2003 and 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5690/05]

Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed). (23 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: I wish to share time with Deputies James Breen, Cowley and Boyle. I acknowledge the great advances that have taken place in special needs education in recent years such as the establishment of the National Educational Psychological Service with the appointment of 142 psychologists with regional structures. I welcome the appointment of special educational needs officers with responsibility to...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (24 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: I seek the adjournment of Dáil Éireann under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following matter of urgent local and national concern, namely, that in terms of expenditure on information technology on hospital services, Ireland's hospitals lag behind the rest of Europe, spending just 2% to 3% of their budgets on IT equipment, compared with over 5% in the majority of other European countries,...

Order of Business. (24 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Regarding moneys owed to pensioners in nursing homes, will compound interest rates of 6% or 7% per annum be applied?

Order of Business. (24 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: I thought it might arise under the Health (Amendment) Bill.

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (24 Feb 2005)

Paudge Connolly: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill, although I will have great difficulty in supporting it. It is a retrograde step to remove an independent board and place its duties in the hands of a Department. That sends out the wrong signal and will leave the Government open to the charge of political favouritism, particularly when grants are given in Ministers' areas. We have only to look...

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (1 Mar 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if interest will be applied in the return of moneys illegally taken from elderly nursing home patients over many years with the same vigour as when health boards sought the return of previous superannuation benefits; if the interest will be compounded at 7% p.a. on moneys taken prior to 1 January 1987 and at 6%...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Mar 2005)

Paudge Connolly: Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when an operation to remove kidney stones will be performed on a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan. [7005/05]