Results 27,281-27,300 of 27,613 for speaker:Heather Humphreys

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering Standards (28 Nov 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of licensed operators available for the on-farm slaughter of casualty animals; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that delays in attending to these animals mean that they cannot enter the food chain which causes unnecessary financial loss to the farmer; if he will consider increasing the number of licensed...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Administration (28 Nov 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of land eligibility inspections carried out for single farm payments in the years 2010, 2011, 2012, and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51220/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (27 Nov 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will receive their disadvantaged areas payment and their single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50949/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (27 Nov 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will receive their single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50951/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (27 Nov 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will receive their disadvantaged areas and single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51024/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax Collection (26 Nov 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the second phase of the carbon tax which is due for implementation in May 2014; if he will consider deferring the further increase in view of the difficulties many coal and fuel merchants in the Border counties are experiencing due to the fact that only a 5% VAT rate is applied to coal in Northern Ireland in comparison with 13.5% in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (21 Nov 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 118. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of carer's allowance claims that were awarded following an appeal to the appeal's office in the years 2008 to 2012, inclusive, and to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50047/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (21 Nov 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 154. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the Government’s review of Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000; the guidelines given to local authorities to assist those in arrears with their county council mortgages; the consideration that will be given to those who participated in the shared ownership scheme and now...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (21 Nov 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will receive their disadvantaged area scheme payment and single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49970/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (21 Nov 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will receive their single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50035/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (21 Nov 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will receive their disadvantaged area scheme payment and their single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50063/13]

Youth Employment: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Nov 2013)

Heather Humphreys: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the important issue of youth unemployment. While I accept that there are still far too many young people out of work in Ireland, it is clear that we are heading in the right direction in reducing the numbers on the live register. Employment grew last year by 34,000 and, on average, 3,000 jobs are now being created a month. That is clear evidence that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid Grid25 Project: Discussion (20 Nov 2013)

Heather Humphreys: I thank the delegations for appearing before the committee and for their presentations, in particular the delegation from Monaghan for whom this has been an ongoing issue for many years. The main issue today is the failure of EirGrid to engage in proper consultation and take on board the public's views around health, visual impact, property devaluation and so on. Is there any scope for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Issues (19 Nov 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 415. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding tax requirements for agricultural quad bikes; if he will consider introducing a similar system to the UK where farmers can register quads as light agricultural vehicles when using the quad on the road to travel distances of less than 1.5km between sites; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (14 Nov 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of appeals received in the social protection appeals office in each of the past five years; the number of appeals in respect of each social welfare payment; the steps currently being taken to reduce appeal waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48788/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases Issues (14 Nov 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the current delay in the collection of reactor cattle; the steps his Department is taking to resolve this issue in view of the considerable distress it is causing to farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48699/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roadworthiness Testing (14 Nov 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider extending the NCT exemption for vintage cars and tractors to cover vintage lorries registered prior to 1980 in view of the fact these lorries are generally used at charity events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48675/13]

Other Questions: Sports Capital Programme Applications (7 Nov 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will invite applications for the next round of the sports capital programme; if there will be changes to the terms and conditions of the programme and the application process from the last round; if special consideration will be given to those applications which were unsuccessful in the last round; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Tax Collection (7 Nov 2013)

Heather Humphreys: 17. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the introduction of a pay as you go motor tax system for the haulage industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47062/13]

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2013)

Heather Humphreys: I commend the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, on the competent way in which he has negotiated on our behalf in Europe and I compliment him on his huge achievements in the context of regaining our credibility on the European stage. He and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, have skilfully crafted difficult budgets in order to reduce expenditure and meet troika...