Results 2,601-2,620 of 3,707 for speaker:Brian O'Shea
- Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (21 Mar 2006)
Brian O'Shea: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will undertake major initiatives to combat the crisis surrounding the use and abuse of illegal drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10792/06]
- Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (21 Mar 2006)
Brian O'Shea: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals to develop structures, including a centralised unit, to drive and co-ordinate social inclusion policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10793/06]
- Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (21 Mar 2006)
Brian O'Shea: Question 250: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to address the concerns of home help workers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10707/06]
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (21 Mar 2006)
Brian O'Shea: Question 591: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her proposals to meet the concerns of the Irish Farmers Association regarding the nitrates regulations and Teagasc submission (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11023/06]
- Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (21 Mar 2006)
Brian O'Shea: Question 614: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford concerning whom a deportation order has been signed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10254/06]
- Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (21 Mar 2006)
Brian O'Shea: Question 746: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals to extend the walk tall support service to other areas of disadvantage outside of local drugs task force areas (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10261/06]
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (21 Mar 2006)
Brian O'Shea: Question 786: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if additional funding is available for a person (details supplied) in County Waterford who has been awarded a vocational educational committee scholarship for study in the UK and has dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10662/06]
- Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (21 Mar 2006)
Brian O'Shea: Question 805: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to appendix two of special education circular, SPED 02/05, what exactly constitutes all designated disadvantaged schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11022/06]
- Written Answers — Teacher Secondment: Teacher Secondment (21 Mar 2006)
Brian O'Shea: Question 806: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria and justification her Department has for assigning national school numbers to teachers who were not eligible for secondment; the reason an ICT adviser in County Waterford (details supplied) who has a permanent teaching position in another EU country, cannot avail of such a number or an equivalent incremental pay scale,...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (21 Mar 2006)
Brian O'Shea: Question 807: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 501 of 7 March 2006, if in view of the urgency of the case of the person (details supplied) that a school place will be provided before the end of 2006 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11045/06]
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (21 Mar 2006)
Brian O'Shea: Question 905: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals to meet the concerns of the Irish Farmers Association regarding the nitrates regulations and Teagasc submission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11024/06]
- Proposed Legislation. (21 Mar 2006)
Brian O'Shea: Question 60: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on amending the Dormant Accounts Act 2001 to allow emigrant organisations to seek funding from the dormant accounts fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10958/06]
- Proposed Legislation. (21 Mar 2006)
Brian O'Shea: Does the Minister of State agree the Government had no problem introducing legislation to convert the dormant accounts fund into a slush fund to aid it in the run-up to the next general election? Does he further agree that a significant amount lodged to the dormant accounts fund came from bank accounts belonging to emigrants to England, in particular? They lodged money in Irish banks with the...
- Proposed Legislation. (21 Mar 2006)
Brian O'Shea: I cannot fathom the Minister of State's logic regarding what the Government decided. Money in the dormant accounts fund is used for emigrant services and for the purposes he mentioned. Will the Minister of State at least acknowledge that a substantial number of dormant accounts, the proceeds of which were diverted into the dormant accounts fund, were held by emigrants to England, in...
- Proposed Legislation. (21 Mar 2006)
Brian O'Shea: Will the Minister of State try to get it? Apparently a private individual is trying to get in on this act.
- Proposed Legislation. (21 Mar 2006)
Brian O'Shea: That is illogical. It does not make any sense.
- Proposed Legislation. (21 Mar 2006)
Brian O'Shea: People who were not very well off saved hard.
- Migrant Workers. (21 Mar 2006)
Brian O'Shea: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals to establish local development structures to meet specifically the needs of migrant workers and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10959/06]
- Migrant Workers. (21 Mar 2006)
Brian O'Shea: For the past five years, migrant workers and their families have comprised the largest single group of new residents in the State. There have been problems, most notably with employment and work permits. A report is to be prepared on the pilot project run by Pobal, the Dublin Employment Pact and the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland. I understand the analysis was to have been completed by...
- Migrant Workers. (21 Mar 2006)
Brian O'Shea: We will hold the Minister to it.