Results 2,521-2,540 of 2,980 for speaker:Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Value for Money Reviews (19 Jun 2013)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects to be in a position to publish the final Value for Money Report into Primary Education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29478/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (19 Jun 2013)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the decrease in the number of school Inspectors, his plans to re-hire retired principals to supervise the probation for teachers to obtain their final qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29479/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (19 Jun 2013)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the time between when a new teacher is required to register and when they must complete their probation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29481/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Equality Issues (19 Jun 2013)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 160. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to extend the protections of equality legislation enshrined in the Programme for Government to the Irish transgender and intersex community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29480/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (19 Jun 2013)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Offaly has to repay the grant they received through REP scheme 4 on leased lands of 14.35ha which have been sold by the owner of the lands; if an appeal will be allowed in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29477/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Election Management System (18 Jun 2013)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 302. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to put formal recruitment structures in place for count staff required at all elections and referenda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29254/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Regeneration (18 Jun 2013)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 315. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a grant scheme for the renovation or rebuilding of old vacant houses, not ghost estates, currently estimated nationally at 2,900; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28835/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Numbers (18 Jun 2013)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 316. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of procurement officers appointed by local authorities to date; the location of same; if any local authority has not yet appointed a procurement officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28836/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (18 Jun 2013)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 380. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a Garda is being transferred from a country station (details supplied) in County Offaly leaving the station with just one Garda; when will this vacancy be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28933/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (12 Jun 2013)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application has been received by the Redress Board from a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; if this person is entitled to compensation for the period of time spent in the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28268/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Protecting and Enhancing the Irish Music Industry: Discussion (11 Jun 2013)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I welcome the delegation and, in particular, if the committee does not mind me being parochial, Ms Attracta Ní Bhrádaigh from Offaly. She has been a tremendous representative both local and nationally for Comhaltas and we are all very proud of her in Offaly. The work Comhaltas has done over the years and the experience of the Fleadh in Tullamore reflected what the delegation said...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Members' Remuneration (11 Jun 2013)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 552. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the gratuity scheme/voluntary retirement scheme in place for town and county councillors; the terms of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27100/13]

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Here we are again. Eight months after a Fianna Fáil motion of no confidence in the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, the party is at it again, this time with a different Minister in its sights, the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter. Fianna Fáil knows full well this is another charade designed to get the party the media coverage it so longs for since...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Eligibility (28 May 2013)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 395. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider amending the rules of JobsBridge to allow graduates to apply for positions relevant to their degree even if they have a part-time job that is waitressing or shop assistant which currently excludes them from applying. [25624/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Schemes (28 May 2013)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 450. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will approve the proposal of energy efficient infra red heating panels to be eligible for triple E listing on the ACA scheme. [25751/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (23 May 2013)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Good Shepard Mother and Baby Home, Dunboyne, County Meath, has not been included under the scheme of State involvement in religious run residential institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24920/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: IHREC: Discussion with Members Designate (22 May 2013)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Professor Mullally mentioned the A status and what is required to achieve that. Perhaps she would elaborate a little further on that issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: IHREC: Discussion with Members Designate (22 May 2013)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I join with colleagues in welcoming our guests and congratulate them on their positions. It is a question of how the body will reprioritise. On foot of Senator O'Donovan's question, a number of priorities were outlined, but I have in mind a number of more topical issues that we are currently addressing, for example, prostitution reform. The Constitutional Convention has debated marriage...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Procurement Service Framework Agreements (22 May 2013)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 126. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has considered the impact of the introduction of tendering of school supplies on small and medium enterprises in Ireland vis a vis UK suppliers and the fact that they do not pay VAT here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24579/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Compensation (22 May 2013)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if compensation is available to farmers who have lost part of their herds through BVD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24580/13]