Results 22,221-22,240 of 26,248 for speaker:Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Operations (25 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 23. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the LÉ Eithne’s mission in the Mediterranean; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25087/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Expenditure (25 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 28. To ask the Minister for Defence the additional annual costs in 2013 and 2014 of troops from Dundalk in County Louth, Athlone in County Westmeath, and County Donegal carrying out routine security duties in Dublin, in terms of fuel costs, wear and tear on vehicles, increased requirement for vehicle servicing, security duty allowance, subsistence payments for duty personnel and support...

Order of Business (24 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Maybe the Taoiseach might have a quiet word with the Tánaiste.

Order of Business (24 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I raise again with the Taoiseach the question of the anticipated time for the production of the family courts Bill. I am struck on a regular basis in my constituency by the number of people having difficulties accessing the family courts, the inordinate delays and so on. The Taoiseach has accepted the need for us to take action and produce a family courts system. There was some concern...

Order of Business (24 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: -----and the Tánaiste does not know whether it meets those criteria, we are in a sad position. Will the Taoiseach comment on that for us, please?

Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Time is of the essence because the longer this matter is deferred, the deeper into arrears the people in question will get. People need solutions now. Will the Taoiseach give an indication of the timescale that is involved in the solution that he has put before us? I am interested in the fact that the Central Bank stated there is a problem with seven lenders but it does not name them....

Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: What is being done about local authorities which are also lenders and which, in my experience, are proving to be as ruthless in dealing with borrowers in difficulties as any of the banks? Who is overseeing the activities of local authorities as lenders which are forcing people out of their family homes?

Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: It is accepted nationally and internationally that the scale of mortgage arrears continues to be a major problem, and is one that impedes our economic development and impacts socially on the lives of tens of thousands of people the length and breadth of the country. The Government's approach has been to introduce a mortgage arrears code of conduct in which it gave a veto to the banks. The...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Application Forms (24 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will seek to remove the revised application forms from her Department which include the clear recommendation by her Department to use commercial banks in preference to using the post office network, and replace these with the previous version of forms where payment at a post office was the first option listed and no recommendation was made;...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (24 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, for 2011 to 2014 and for 2015 to date, the total monetary amount of carbon tax and value added tax accrued to the Exchequer from private fuel sales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25208/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Deposit Guarantee Scheme (24 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 137. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the transposition of the deposit guarantee directive into Irish law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25415/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alternative Farm Enterprises (24 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 149. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered the development of an indigenous willow growing industry located in the midlands, underpinned by long term supply contracts; if he has examined any incentive measure including grant aid or tax breaks with the Minister for Finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25206/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alternative Farm Enterprises (24 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 150. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered the case for the development of an indigenous willow growing industry located in the midlands, underpinned by long-term supply contracts with Bord na Móna’s stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25207/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reorganisation (24 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 164. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 398 of 16 June 2015, if he or his Department will provide an estimated costing for the re-establishment of the previous three-brigade structure, as previously requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25319/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tax Code (24 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 239. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address the serious concerns outlined in correspondence (details supplied); his views that it is fair that hauliers in the Republic of Ireland face significantly higher taxation costs than their Northern Ireland counterparts; his plans to address this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Alternative Energy Projects (24 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 262. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources considering the expected demand for biomass, if he has examined the co-firing of Bord na Móna stations with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25207/15]

Order of Business (23 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Across the country tens of thousands of young people are completing their Central Applications Office, CAO, forms. What is happening to the higher education Bill that has been promised? We know there is a crisis in the apprenticeship area, notwithstanding the consultations the Minister for Education and Skills has engaged in. Can the Taoiseach give the House an undertaking that the...

Order of Business (23 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Can the Taoiseach not get what he wants?

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (23 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 389. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will address the concerns raised by the parents of a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24811/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 444. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the concerns raised by the parents of a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24810/15]