Results 21,101-21,120 of 21,307 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Sport and Recreational Development (1 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport his views on the relatively low number of women participating in sport; his plans to improve this level of participation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13699/11]

Written Answers — State Companies: State Companies (31 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has appointed a committee to examine the accounts and cost base of the semi-States, a bord snip for the semi-States; if he will recommend ways to reduce costs and improve efficiencies in each company with a view to passing on any savings to customers as committed to in the NewERA semi-State investment and reform programme; and if he will...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (31 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will re-open the FÁS training centre on Bannow Road in Cabra, Dublin, as part of the jobs initiative training and re-skilling proposals; if this is not his intention, his views on the matter; his plans for the Bannow Road site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13655/11]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (31 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants that schools in the Dublin central constituency will lose in the next academic year 2011-12; and if he will provide details of the schools affected. [13489/11]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (31 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 236: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the additional funding he will allocate to the housing services for which he is responsible for the refurbishment of bedsitter accommodation in the Dublin city area and throughout the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13667/11]

Fair Deal Scheme (31 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the scope of his inquiry into spending in the Health Service Executive in relation to older persons and the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13461/11]

Written Answers — Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministerial Responsibilities (24 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 59: To ask the Taoiseach if he will instruct his Ministers to follow the example of the Minister for Finance by publishing the departmental briefs they received on becoming Ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12536/11]

Written Answers — Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministerial Responsibilities (24 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 60: To ask the Taoiseach if he will instruct his Ministers to follow the example of the Minister for Finance by publishing on their respective websites the incoming Minister Brief 2011 that they received on taking up their positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12537/11]

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (24 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance the consultancy contracts undertaken by a company (details supplied) on behalf of his Department in each of the years from 1993 to 2001; and the amounts paid to same during this period. [12542/11]

Written Answers — Government Expenditure: Government Expenditure (24 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance the date upon which the Government's capital expenditure review, with the focus on programmes and projects that will best support economic recovery, will be completed. [12677/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 197: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of public and civil servants in receipt of family income supplement [12715/11]

Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (24 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 340: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he and the Garda Síochána have identified the increasing problem of prescription drugs being sold illegally; and the measures he and the Garda Síochána are taking to address this problem. [12737/11]

Departmental Expenditure (24 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the cost borne by him and by the Irish Defence Forces in preparations for the visit of Queen Elizabeth II; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12050/11]

Written Answers — Teacher Training: Teacher Training (18 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Professional Development Service for Teachers support service has no Irish version of its website; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this is contrary to the Official Languages Act of 2003; if he will rectify this omission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11997/11]

Written Answers — Teacher Training: Teacher Training (18 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all Professional Development Service for Teachers support service provides bilingual versions as bearla agus as gaeilge of all documentation including but not exclusively handouts, booklets and leaflets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11998/11]

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (18 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 133: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends to fulfil the previous Government's commitment to dispose of the 7,000 e-voting machines; if so, the date of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11916/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (18 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the necessary operational funding for St. Francis Hospice, Blanchardstown, Dublin, will be made available by the Health Service Executive to enable it to begin accepting patients. [12001/11]

Order of Business (18 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach made a pre-election promise on political reform to give voting rights to the diaspora for the presidential election. Will the Government consider fast tracking legislation to afford a right to Irish citizens living in Ireland, but outside the 26 Counties, to participate in the election of the first citizen?

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings: Motion (17 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: This morning, survivors and bereaved relatives of those killed in the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 17 May 1974 and other fatal acts of collusion in this State gathered at the memorial in Talbot Street to remember their loved ones. It was a poignant and dignified ceremony on the 37th anniversary of the greatest loss of life on a single day during the conflict. A total of 34 lives were...

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (17 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 76: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which the task force established to deal with the matter of the sale of voting machine units will conclude its work; and where funds generated from their eventual sale will be directed. [11513/11]