Results 24,141-24,160 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Public Transport. (22 Jun 2005)

Róisín Shortall: I put it to the Minister that there has been a considerable delay. This plan was first announced in the budget last December and the Minister told me in a reply to a parliamentary question in March that he had made the presentation to the Cabinet sub-committee. Three months have passed since that presentation and no decision or announcement has been made. Will the Minister accept that the...

Public Transport. (22 Jun 2005)

Róisín Shortall: When will the Minister announce the plan?

Public Transport. (22 Jun 2005)

Róisín Shortall: When does the Minister expect to be able to announce it?

Public Transport. (22 Jun 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Plans were in existence in the past but the Government did not deliver on them — that is the difficulty. I asked the Minister when he might announce details of the ten-year plan. The public wants to know when it can expect relief from the chronic congestion it deals with daily, particularly in Dublin city. The Minister has already given the go-ahead to the extension of the M50. However,...

Public Transport. (22 Jun 2005)

Róisín Shortall: It will not make any difference to congestion.

Public Transport. (22 Jun 2005)

Róisín Shortall: The environmental impact statement stated it would not make any difference to congestion.

Public Transport. (22 Jun 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Does the Minister accept the findings of the EIS on the M50?

Public Transport. (22 Jun 2005)

Róisín Shortall: It will have no impact on traffic congestion.

Public Transport. (22 Jun 2005)

Róisín Shortall: All the Minister is doing is talking about public transport. We want decisions and action.

Public Transport. (22 Jun 2005)

Róisín Shortall: When?

Public Transport. (22 Jun 2005)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister is making promises but there is no action.

Public Transport. (22 Jun 2005)

Róisín Shortall: People are sick and tired of traffic congestion.

Public Transport. (22 Jun 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Nobody said anything about a magic wand.

Written Answers — Health Service Funding: Health Service Funding (21 Jun 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the capital projects in the health area for which funding has been provided and which are expected to commence in 2005; if any further such capital allocations will be made during 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20854/05]

Written Answers — Alternative Medicine: Alternative Medicine (21 Jun 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she expects to receive the report of the national expert group considering ways of strengthening the regulatory environment for alternative therapies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20853/05]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Jun 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 255: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of blood pressure monitors currently available for outpatient use at the Mater Public Hospital; the current waiting time for such a monitor; the cost of a blood pressure monitor; if she will make immediate funding available to the hospital for the purchase of additional blood pressure monitors; and if she will...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Jun 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 396: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason it is the policy that both child benefit and family income supplement are stopped from the end of May for parents of children who have finished school but who are sitting the leaving certificate in June of the same year; and if he will address this anomaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20765/05]

Written Answers — National Car Test: National Car Test (21 Jun 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 413: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will consider introducing a reduced rate NCT fee for pensioners; and his estimate of the cost of halving the applicable charges for all those over 65 and over 70 (details supplied). [20777/05]

Written Answers — Arts Council: Arts Council (16 Jun 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to recent comments from the arts programme director of the Arts Council, John O'Kane, that financial crises and problems with corporate governance are contributing to serious difficulties in the Irish arts world; if he has received a copy of the Arts Council's draft strategy regarding its future...

Written Answers — Departmental Offices: Departmental Offices (16 Jun 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the status of the Finglas social welfare office; the staff numbers located there at present; the plans to locate additional staff there; the proportion of the building which is currently unoccupied; and if there are any proposals for the use of this space in the future. [20509/05]