Results 24,541-24,560 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Driver Licensing System. (4 May 2004)

Róisín Shortall: I do not want an accurate figure. I am asking the Minister to give priority to arranging tests for those on provisional licences driving HGVs, a large number of whom end up involved in traffic accidents.

Driver Licensing System. (4 May 2004)

Róisín Shortall: Is it acceptable for a person on a provisional licence to drive an HGV?

Driver Licensing System. (4 May 2004)

Róisín Shortall: What will the Minister do about it?

Light Rail Project. (4 May 2004)

Róisín Shortall: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the very high cost of building a metro and the need for high passenger numbers to make it viable, he will consider selecting a route which serves sites with high-density development potential and funding it by means of development levies from these sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12721/04]

Light Rail Project. (4 May 2004)

Róisín Shortall: Estimates of the cost of providing a metro from Dublin Airport or Swords to the city centre range from €2 billion to €5 billion. Even the lower figure is a considerable amount of money which would be a massive investment, but the cost to the taxpayer of the public private partnership route proposed by the Minister could be much greater than the estimates I have cited. There is a case for...

Light Rail Project. (4 May 2004)

Róisín Shortall: It is a bit disingenuous to sell it on the basis that we will not have to pay a cent until the trains are running but will pay through the nose for it after that. Future generations will be in hock if we go about it the way the Minister proposes. I would like the Minister to clarify his position on the development levies. He said he was exploring the possibility of development levies. I...

Light Rail Project. (4 May 2004)

Róisín Shortall: There are very few sites on the route that are densely populated.

Light Rail Project. (4 May 2004)

Róisín Shortall: Why not select a route?

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (30 Mar 2004)

Róisín Shortall: Question 392: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will have their condition diagnosed by a neurologist; if he has satisfied himself that there is a sufficient number of neurologists at Beaumont Hospital to cater for such demands on its services; if he has further satisfied himself that there is a sufficient number of hours devoted to...

Written Answers — G7 Meeting: G7 Meeting (17 Feb 2004)

Róisín Shortall: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on his attendance at and participation in the G7 meeting in the United States on 8 and 9 February 2004 in his capacity as President of ECOFIN. [4772/04]

Written Answers — Economic and Monetary Union: Economic and Monetary Union (17 Feb 2004)

Róisín Shortall: Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on his attendance at and participation in the meeting of Finance Ministers in Brussels on 9 February 2004. [4773/04]

Written Answers — Inquiry into Child Abuse: Inquiry into Child Abuse (17 Feb 2004)

Róisín Shortall: Question 309: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if an institution (details supplied) in County Westmeath has been investigated for abuse of children placed there by the State in the 1940s and since; if so, the outcome of such investigations; the responsibility his Department have taken for the abuse that occurred in this institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Feb 2004)

Róisín Shortall: Question 458: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has satisfied himself that the number of staff in the immigration and citizenship division of his Department is adequate to meet the demand for its services; if his attention has been drawn to the continuing concerns of the public at the lengthy delays in processing applications to this division; the extra...

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (17 Feb 2004)

Róisín Shortall: Question 479: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 7 October 2003, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the housing scheme in question (details supplied) is unlikely to be ready by 2 April 2004; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a large number of first-time buyers may have difficulty in...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (10 Feb 2004)

Róisín Shortall: Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she intends to take to ease the work permit rules for spouses of persons who are already working here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3802/04]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (10 Feb 2004)

Róisín Shortall: Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in regard to proposals for decentralisation, a survey has been undertaken to establish the number of persons employed in her Department and in boards or agencies operating under the aegis of her Department who are willing to move to the new locations announced by the Minister for Finance in his budget...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (10 Feb 2004)

Róisín Shortall: Question 379: To ask the Minister for Transport the penalties applied in respect of HGVs over 12,000kg or buses over 10,000kg which are found to have a speed limitation device that is not functioning properly; the penalties applied when it is discovered that a cut off switch for the speed limiter may be operated by the driver; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3586/04]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (10 Feb 2004)

Róisín Shortall: Question 402: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has satisfied himself with the enforcement of regulations in respect of the compulsory fitting of speed limitation devices on buses over 10,000 kg and HGVs over 12,000 kg; the number of prosecutions for violations of these regulations recorded in the past three years for which figures are available; and if he will...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (10 Feb 2004)

Róisín Shortall: Question 461: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the details of the funding which has been withdrawn from the local community development programme on Sherkin Island, County Cork; the reasons for the withdrawal of such funding; and if he will review this decision in view of the potential effects on community development and activity on the island. [3574/04]

Health Centres. (3 Feb 2004)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Minister for coming to the House at this late hour to respond to this matter. This is an important matter and it is very important to the people of Ballymun who are in the process of a major regeneration of their area. Ballymun is a significant town of approximately 15,000 people. As the Minister will be aware from the profile of the area, there is a very high social welfare...