Results 241-260 of 3,550 for speaker:Dominic Hannigan

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Legal Costs (19 May 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 133. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent by his Department in legal fees in 2012, 2013, and 2014 in appealing decisions taken by the High Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19569/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Claims Agency (19 May 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 134. To ask the Minister for Finance the success rate of the State Claims Agency in appeals on behalf of the Health Service Executive of cases which have been lost in the High court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19570/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (19 May 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps the Office for Government Procurement is taking to provide small and medium enterprises with an opportunity to compete for tenders against larger companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19691/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (19 May 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office for Government Procurement has looked into the French system of dividing up tenders, to provide small and medium enterprises with a better chance of being successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19692/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Legal Costs (19 May 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent by his Department in legal fees in 2012, 2013 and 2014, respectively, on appealing decisions taken by the High Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20164/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Legal Costs (19 May 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 182. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent by his Department in legal fees in 2012, 2013, and 2014 in appealing decisions taken by the High Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20163/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Costs (19 May 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 386. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department in legal fees in 2012, 2013, and 2014 in appealing decisions taken by the High Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20162/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Legal Costs (19 May 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 404. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent by his Department in legal fees in 2012, 2013, and 2014 in appealing decisions taken by the High Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20161/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Legal Costs (19 May 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by her Department in legal fees in 2012, 2013, and 2014 in appealing decisions taken by the High Court; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20159/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Legal Costs (19 May 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 507. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount spent by his Department in legal fees in 2012, 2013, and 2014 in appealing decisions taken by the High Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20160/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (19 May 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 521. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when an area (details supplied) in County Meath can expect next generation broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19698/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Legal Costs (19 May 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 524. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount spent by his Department in legal fees in 2012, 2013, and 2014 in appealing decisions taken by the High Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20158/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (12 May 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: 607. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects high speed fibre broadband will be extended to a townland (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18212/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Changing Attitudes towards the European Union: Discussion (7 May 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: We have quite a number of guests today, so I will limit each speaker to about three or four minutes. I ask members to limit their contributions as well. It is a Thursday and I know some members have constituency engagements. We have a photo shoot at 3.15 p.m., so we need to be done and dusted by then. The photo shoot is for Europe Day and all committee members and the Ceann Comhairle will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Changing Attitudes towards the European Union: Discussion (7 May 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: Thank you for that contribution Mrs. Wall. It was very interesting. Our next speaker is Ms Maureen Kavanagh, chief executive of Active Retirement Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Changing Attitudes towards the European Union: Discussion (7 May 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank Ms Kavanagh. We will now hear from the post-Maastricht generation. Those people born not only since we joined the EU, but since the Single Market came about.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Changing Attitudes towards the European Union: Discussion (7 May 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: Ms Coady thinks this committee should be more involved in the structured dialogue process. It might be useful if she could send us a letter outlining how we could do that and what would be useful. We would certainly consider it at a future meeting and bring the witnesses back to discuss that issue specifically.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Changing Attitudes towards the European Union: Discussion (7 May 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: Thank you, wise Deputy Byrne. We are going to hear from Ms Noelle O'Connell and then Deputy John Halligan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Changing Attitudes towards the European Union: Discussion (7 May 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I invite Deputy Halligan to begin the session with the initial questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Changing Attitudes towards the European Union: Discussion (7 May 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: To what extent can we engineer a sense of belonging to Europe? The visits to Brussels help to increase knowledge and awareness of Europe and the European project. I note that the ERASMUS programme helps younger people to understand more about what Europe means. What more can be done to try to engineer a better understanding of belonging to the European project? In particular, what can be...