Results 241-260 of 382 for speaker:Seán Connick

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (7 May 2009)

Seán Connick: Question 115: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a decision on an application by a local authority (details supplied) in County Wexford for permission to rebuild houses in a local authority housing estate will be made by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18340/09]

Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (7 May 2009)

Seán Connick: I am delighted to get the opportunity to speak today in support of the Government's amendment to the motion. There is no doubt that we have made significant progress in recent years in investing in the education of young people with special needs and educational difficulties. As a country, we will probably never reach the stage where we can say we have done absolutely everything we can and...

Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (7 May 2009)

Seán Connick: I had 35 or 36 classmates who looked out for me and ensured that I was included in every aspect of school life.

Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (7 May 2009)

Seán Connick: I am referring to my own experience. Sometimes one must listen to what people with disabilities have to say rather than telling them what one believes they want to hear.

Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (7 May 2009)

Seán Connick: Deputy Brian Hayes might learn from such an approach. A very interesting book, Pupils with Learning Difficulties in Mainstream Schools, was published in Britain a number of years ago. The first paragraph of the book was written by a woman called Mabel who was then in her 50s. She was born with learning difficulties and because of her age she grew up in a system that isolated her from the...

Written Answers — National Emergency Plan: National Emergency Plan (6 May 2009)

Seán Connick: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Defence when the task force on emergency planning last met; the items discussed; if there is a programme of simulated exercises in place for 2009; the nature of these exercises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17748/09]

Written Answers — Air Corps Operations: Air Corps Operations (6 May 2009)

Seán Connick: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of hours flown by the Air Corps aircraft on all training and operational duties in 2008; the breakdown of these flying hours and the percentage of flying time spent on training, on air ambulance, search and rescue, ministerial transport, security, aid to the civilian power and other duties in 2008; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (6 May 2009)

Seán Connick: Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the role that exports produced by foreign companies located here play in the Irish economy; her further views on the importance of assisting these companies to access new export markets for their Irish produced products; if she will instruct Enterprise Ireland to promote the export of these...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (6 May 2009)

Seán Connick: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will facilitate a transfer for a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17372/09]

Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2009)

Seán Connick: I would like to start by offering my congratulations to Deputy Dara Calleary on his appointment as Minister of State. I wish him well in his new role and I am sure he will do us proud. The surveillance of criminals is one of the cornerstones of good police work. The recent increase in gangland crime and the renewal of terrorist activity has tested the ability of the Garda Síochána to...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (29 Apr 2009)

Seán Connick: Question 232: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in County Wexford has an enrolment which would allow it to keep 15 teachers for the 2009/2010 school year, even though they did not have this level of enrolment on 30 September 2008; if he will allow this school to retain its 15th teacher in a concessionary...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (29 Apr 2009)

Seán Connick: Question 233: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he accepts the justification for including a school (details supplied) in County Wexford in DEIS band two; if he will include this school in DEIS band two; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16900/09]

Written Answers — Average Industrial Wage: Average Industrial Wage (28 Apr 2009)

Seán Connick: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the average industrial wage for each of 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16222/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (28 Apr 2009)

Seán Connick: Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the moratorium on recruitment in the public service applies to hospital consultants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16378/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (28 Apr 2009)

Seán Connick: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the moratorium on recruitment in the public service applies to a position (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16379/09]

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (23 Apr 2009)

Seán Connick: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for funding for closed circuit television in New Ross, County Wexford made under the RAPID scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15963/09]

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (23 Apr 2009)

Seán Connick: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the status of an application for funding for closed circuit television in New Ross, County Wexford made under the RAPID scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15962/09]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (23 Apr 2009)

Seán Connick: Question 199: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 18 February 2008, when he expects to proceed with the compensatory allowance to be awarded to private operators on contract to Bus Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15980/09]

Written Answers — Cardiovascular Health Strategy: Cardiovascular Health Strategy (22 Apr 2009)

Seán Connick: Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is committed to the work of local voluntary cardiac groups; the person in her Department who is responsible for coordinating these groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15321/09]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (22 Apr 2009)

Seán Connick: Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when funding will be released to a hospital (details supplied) in County Wexford to allow completion of phase two of building works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15322/09]