Results 2,701-2,720 of 3,519 for speaker:Michelle Mulherin

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Schemes (16 Apr 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that he has no plans to interfere or change the interest rates, terms and conditions of tracker mortgages held by many borrowers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17386/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (16 Apr 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the positon regarding an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the appeal will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16733/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Stations Provision (16 Apr 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will prioritise the approval to Mayo County Council to tender for a new Fire Station in Crossmolina for which a site has been acquired on the basis of the revised design documents which were submitted to his Department in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16735/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Scheme Grants (16 Apr 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the increased grant for group sewerage schemes to €6,500 per house or 75% of the cost of the scheme will become available nationally outside of pilot scheme areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17470/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Redeployment (16 Apr 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the stage at which the redeployment of staff from the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine to the Garda Central Vetting Unit is at; and when he expects the redeployment to be complete. [17476/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences (16 Apr 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the conditions of Part II, section 7 subsection 3 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1997 that will be included in an aquaculture licence for onshore coastal fish farms; the conditions that will be included in an aquaculture licence for offshore fish farms; for each of the conditions, the way in which they differ between those included...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences (16 Apr 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding an application for an aquaculture licence for an onshore coastal fish farm, the scientific assessments that are carried out for each of the conditions of Part II, section 7 subsection 3 of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997; the acceptable measures for each condition; the way a decision is reached as to which conditions will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (16 Apr 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a single farm payment is no longer paid to to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the options available to them to have this decision changed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17634/13]

Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Mar 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. The statistics show that 94,500 private home mortgage accounts are in arrears of more than 90 days, with 23,500 in arrears of more than 720 days. These statistics are very sobering, recording as they do the nightmare situation facing families. Most of these purchasers started out with dreams and hopes spawned in a Celtic tiger era. People...

Topical Issue Debate: Electricity Transmission Network (27 Mar 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: I thank the Minister for his response. I acknowledge that I have had discussions with EirGrid which were helpful. I am asking that something more firm, like a commitment, would be given by next summer because investors in projects are being asked to spend a lot of money on signing up connection agreements by that date and they need to know where they stand in respect of the implementation...

Topical Issue Debate: Electricity Transmission Network (27 Mar 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: I am delighted the Minister is in the Chamber to take this matter. I know he had an important engagement with the representative organisation of some major wind industry leaders and ambassadors, the Irish Wind Energy Association, today. I welcome his announcement today that the REFIT scheme is to be extended by two years to 2017. I asked the Minister to consider that issue as recently as...

Order of Business (27 Mar 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: When does the Government intend to publish legislation to provide for a regulatory regime for gas storage at offshore sites under the seabed, at sites where extraction activities are taking place, in depleted gas wells and at virgin sites?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed Circuit Television Systems (26 Mar 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Garda CCTV system in Ballina, County Mayo will be commissioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14760/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Mar 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: To ask the Minister for Health the number of oncology patients in Mayo General Hospital on average for each week over the past year that have been left awaiting an oncology bed at their nearest Cancer Centre of Excellence at University Hospital Galway; the reason for this delay; if he will direct immediate action to address the problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14984/13]

Disability Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Mar 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: Freedom of choice is a fundamental principle underlying our autonomy and dignity as persons. Our ability to decide for ourselves is cultivated early in our lives, before even the age of majority is reached, according to our laws. This ability can be impaired by any number of disabling agents as well as how we are born; these might include illness or accidents. Therefore the need for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Mar 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle in-patient and day case waiting lists nationally; the impact of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14260/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Mar 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle in-patient and day case waiting lists for children in Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin; the impact of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14296/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (20 Mar 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provision and courses for personal development and education that are available to a young person with autism after they attain the age of 18 years recognising their special needs and the desirability of developing their potential; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13743/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Applications (20 Mar 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application for funding to Mayo North East LEADER (details supplied) in County Mayo and when a decision will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13966/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (20 Mar 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way the proposed changes to Garda districts will affect the policing arrangements at a station (details supplied) in County Mayo; if the two Gardaí currently stationed there will remain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13666/13]