Results 1,881-1,900 of 2,137 for speaker:Jerry Cowley
- Disadvantaged Status. (13 Feb 2007)
Jerry Cowley: The Minister is using retention figures, which penalises good schools. This is not about the statistics for the national schools, where the criteria were broad, but about second level.
- Disadvantaged Status. (13 Feb 2007)
Jerry Cowley: Will the same teacher perform the home-school-community liaison?
- Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (13 Feb 2007)
Jerry Cowley: I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order to discuss a matter of major national and local importance, namely, why the Minister for Health and Children has not taken action to ensure that nurses are treated equitably in our hospitals as regards both their working week and their remuneration; and to discuss the fact that there is a 75% drain of nurses out of this country...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (13 Feb 2007)
Jerry Cowley: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide funding for an autism specific educational centre in Mayo which would offer the same services to Mayo children with autism as is available in the Saplings Centre in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4721/07]
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (13 Feb 2007)
Jerry Cowley: Question 303: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received travelling expenses for two years despite negotiations and agreements reached on said expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4687/07]
- Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (13 Feb 2007)
Jerry Cowley: Question 308: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a special tax incentive scheme for County Mayo in view of the decline in manufacturing industry and the need to attract entrepreneurs to the area in the interests of local development in an employment black spot area; the impediments that prevent him from introducing such an incentive scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (13 Feb 2007)
Jerry Cowley: Question 309: To ask the Minister for Finance his views, in view of the population explosion predicted by the Central Statistics Office in Dublin, on whether there is little point in promoting further development of this area when he should be introducing financial incentives to promote the under developed counties such as Mayo, especially with the Border Midland Western region underspend of...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (13 Feb 2007)
Jerry Cowley: Question 355: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no speech therapist employed at Mayo General Hospital; her views on whether this is a scandalous situation, in view of the number of people after strokes, for whom a speech therapist is essential to their recovery; the steps she is taking steps to ensure the employment of a...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (13 Feb 2007)
Jerry Cowley: Question 358: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the occupational therapy and physiotherapy services are being removed from the Dalton Home, run by the Health Service Executive in Claremorris, County Mayo; if this is a retrograde move; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4889/07]
- Written Answers — Fishing Licences: Fishing Licences (13 Feb 2007)
Jerry Cowley: Question 413: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when issues relating to new regulations for salmon anglers in Ballina, County Mayo will be addressed since anglers, who should have been out since the opening of the fishing season on 1 February 2007 have not commenced fishing due to these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4852/07]
- Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (13 Feb 2007)
Jerry Cowley: Question 432: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when an application for funding for an arts centre was made for Ballina, County Mayo; the amount of funding sought; the development by which the request has been made; the status of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4744/07]
- Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (13 Feb 2007)
Jerry Cowley: Question 518: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of the application by a school (details supplied) in view of the expansion of this school in recent years as it is currently a three teacher school with a learning support teacher, with 77 pupils enrolled, additional portacabins which are currently housing some classes which are costing the school â¬600 per week and...
- Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (14 Feb 2007)
Jerry Cowley: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national and local importance, namely, the reason the Minister for Health and Children has not taken urgent action to ensure that nurses are treated equitably in our hospitals as regards their working week and as regards their remuneration, and to discuss the fact that there is a 75% drain of nurses out of our...
- Moriarty Report: Statements (14 Feb 2007)
Jerry Cowley: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Written Answers — Offshore Exploration: Offshore Exploration (14 Feb 2007)
Jerry Cowley: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the results of a review commissioned by him on oil and gas exploration terms for multinational companies here; the results of this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5174/07]
- Written Answers — Regional Airports: Regional Airports (14 Feb 2007)
Jerry Cowley: Question 209: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will provide customs at Ireland West Airport Knock on a 24 hour basis in view of the increasing volume of traffic going through this airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5565/07]
- Written Answers — Regional Airports: Regional Airports (14 Feb 2007)
Jerry Cowley: Question 210: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether sniffer dogs are needed at Ireland West Airport Knock as a detection tool and as a deterrent to drug pushers, taking into account the increasing amount of flights going through Knock Airport including EU and US flights as well as domestic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5566/07]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (14 Feb 2007)
Jerry Cowley: Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether despite the money invested in the health system by her Department, it has not invested a sufficient amount to implement its cancer strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5567/07]
- Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (14 Feb 2007)
Jerry Cowley: Question 303: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his Department will provide funding for an arts centre in Ballina, County Mayo in view of the need for this facility in this progressive town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5587/07]
- Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (14 Feb 2007)
Jerry Cowley: Question 315: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if Mulranny Pier is within the Gaeltacht boundaries which surround it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5594/07]