Results 24,201-24,220 of 26,256 for speaker:Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Other Questions: Cultural Institutions Merger (25 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Notwithstanding what the Minister has said, am I to understand that no cost-benefit analysis at all has been carried out?

Other Questions: Arts Funding (25 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Minister for his encouragement for the scheme. I wish to avail of this opportunity to ask the Minister in these difficult times to request his Department to engage more actively with other Departments to ensure that this scheme is taken up. While the Minister is correct to mention art works by our roads and in schools, it has become a feature of life recently that the NRA and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Cultural Institutions (25 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 1. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures he is taking to audit and secure valuable artefacts and materials held by the State following recent high profile robberies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19540/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Cultural Institutions (25 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I commend the Minister on his response. I note that the gardaí have made an arrest in respect of one of these thefts. Two things arise. First, there is general concern among the public and the Members of this House that twice in the last 12 months, artefacts have been stolen from what we believed to be secure locations that had been acquired by the State. I suppose it is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Cultural Institutions (25 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I wish I could share the Minister's optimism about the security that is in place. When I read about what happened on Balheary Road, I learned that the sole security man on the premises was tied up and that the thieves spent an hour on the premises before making off with the rhinoceros horns. Thank God nobody in this House needs the particular aphrodisiacs that are apparently produced from...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Cultural Institutions (25 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Nonetheless, it is frightful to think they could be stolen in such a manner. The Minister omitted to deal with the point I raised about artefacts that are out of sight. Why are we not attempting to maximise the number of artefacts that can be made available to the public, not just in the Dublin cultural institutions but throughout the country?

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (25 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 36. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made in the implementation of the Forum on Philanthropy report's recommendations within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19272/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (25 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 104. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will approve an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19554/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I am supportive in general of what Mr. Cooney has said and the presentation that has been made.

Other Questions: Job Creation Issues (23 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions he has taken to promote employment creation in Ireland and in Europe in the course of Ireland's presidency of the EU Council. [18656/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: FÁS Training Programmes (23 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18784/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (23 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who was given the benefit of a reader and waiver for the junior certificate may be given similar supports as they undertake their leaving certificate in view of the fact that the student has a broad based learning disability and will be without assistance unable to successfully negotiate the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers (23 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who qualified for a student maintenance grant in each of the past five academic years, detailed by the level of award and the awarding authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18789/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers (23 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students enrolled in higher education; the number of grant applications received for the current academic year from students living in County Wicklow (details supplied); the number of successful applicants; the number of grants remaining to be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18790/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes Provision (23 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the total number of participants who have successfully completed a springboard programme; the success rate of programme participations in subsequently finding employment; the process in place to track the success of the initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18793/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Statistics (23 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 316. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown of the level of employment, job losses and job creation in companies supported by the Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland for each of the past five years on a county-by-county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18792/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (23 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 386. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding persons in mortgage arrears; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18858/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Unemployment Levels (23 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 383. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the current level of unemployment, including details of long-term unemployment, on a county-by-county basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18791/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (23 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 384. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18818/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (23 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 390. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of rent supplement awarded to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18915/13]