Results 2,341-2,360 of 2,712 for speaker:Marian Harkin

Written Answers — Motor Vehicle Registration: Motor Vehicle Registration (24 Apr 2007)

Marian Harkin: Question 260: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is flexibility with regard to payment of vehicle registration tax on a vehicle (details supplied). [14899/07]

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (24 Apr 2007)

Marian Harkin: Question 594: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will clarify the situation with regard to the status of au pairs from Bulgaria and Romania wishing to work here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14522/07]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (24 Apr 2007)

Marian Harkin: Question 645: To ask the Minister for Transport if the N16 will be prioritised as a project for TENS funding at EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14123/07]

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (24 Apr 2007)

Marian Harkin: Question 861: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a review of an application for inclusion in the new school support programme under DEIS can be carried out for a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim. [14666/07]

Written Answers — Legal Costs: Legal Costs (3 Apr 2007)

Marian Harkin: Question 620: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the approximate cost to the State of defending the High Court action on behalf of a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that he may not have received the final bill to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12855/07]

Cancer Incidence. (29 Mar 2007)

Marian Harkin: I wish to raise the matter of the report on cancer statistics published this week. Our cancer survival rate does not compare favourably with many countries in the EU 15. Cancer survival rates are linked to European geography but we learned that this is also the case on a national basis. This makes grim reading for the Minister but does not come as a surprise. Two years ago, a report...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (29 Mar 2007)

Marian Harkin: Question 165: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are guidelines with regard to general practitioners charging for smear tests; if a medical card holder is entitled to a free smear test; if the medical card holder is required to pay the requested fee if the GP requests payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12162/07]

Written Answers — Garda Equipment: Garda Equipment (28 Mar 2007)

Marian Harkin: Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the percentage of Garda stations that have intoxilizers on their premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11802/07]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Mar 2007)

Marian Harkin: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when an assessment will be forthcoming for a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim. [11925/07]

Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (27 Mar 2007)

Marian Harkin: I wish to share time with Deputy Sargent. I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this important Bill, which outlines a new procedure for appointments to public bodies. Its introduction in advance of the general election is timely because the public will now be able to see where the various political parties stand on this issue. While I heard a Minister express his opposition to the...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (27 Mar 2007)

Marian Harkin: I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil to discuss a matter of national importance namely, the fact this Government spent 68 days in the High Court with two high powered legal teams attempting to deny a six year old autistic boy his right to an education that addresses his needs, applied behavioural analysis, ABA, and in doing so disregards and denies the first document we all read when...

Written Answers — Disabled Drivers: Disabled Drivers (20 Mar 2007)

Marian Harkin: Question 274: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is flexibility in the medical criteria for a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon to receive a primary medical certificate under the Disabled Drivers (Tax Concessions) Regulations, 1994. [9574/07]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Mar 2007)

Marian Harkin: Question 721: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the moneys paid out and to whom in respect of a commonage (details supplied); and the written proof of entitlement to payment each of the payees submitted to her Department. [9959/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (28 Feb 2007)

Marian Harkin: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if in view of the recent closure of the 21 bed rheumatology unit in Our Lady's Hospital, Manorhamilton, County Leitrim at weekends, this reflects a change in operational policy by her Department and the Health Service Executive towards Manorhamilton Hospital; if it is envisaged that there will be a change in services provided by the...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (28 Feb 2007)

Marian Harkin: Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to a previous parliamentary question the timeframe for examination of the motorised transport grant for a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim. [7822/07]

Written Answers — Community Drugs Schemes: Community Drugs Schemes (27 Feb 2007)

Marian Harkin: Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to restore the right of pharmacists to be able to engage in collective bargaining on fees for the delivery of the community drugs schemes on behalf of the State; if the same legal advice will apply to the negotiation of fees with other contractors, such as general practitioners, dentists and optometrists; and if she will...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (22 Feb 2007)

Marian Harkin: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will put extra supports in place in schools for children with Roma backgrounds, similar to supports for Irish Traveller pupils, in particular in a school (details supplied) in County Clare. [7006/07]

European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)

Marian Harkin: Looking at the line "having regard to the acts or omissions of which the offence consists", would they trust any Minister or Minister of State with such a power? I think they would reject it overwhelmingly. It is simply too much power to vest in one Minister. They would reject the provision to make this power retrospective without oversight from the Oireachtas. Many do not know we are...

European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)

Marian Harkin: I stand here with a heavy heart because we should not be having this debate. There are a number of reasons that I make this point. What we are trying to do today is to solve a legislative problem using administrative measures. Bluntly speaking, the Government has found itself in a hole but instead of trying to fill it in, it is continuing to dig. We should not be having this debate because...

Written Answers — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (13 Feb 2007)

Marian Harkin: Question 552: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria used by her Department to investigate an appeal under the Education Act 1998 (details supplied). [4896/07]