Results 301-320 of 11,258 for speaker:Séamus Kirk

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (13 May 2014)

Séamus Kirk: 687. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the assessment of the sports capital grant in respect of a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21513/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (13 May 2014)

Séamus Kirk: 686. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the complaint regarding the issuing of driving licences (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21512/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (8 May 2014)

Séamus Kirk: 144. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the serious budget shortfall of the Women's Aid facility in Dundalk; if an application for additional funding has been submitted; and if so, when will this be looked at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20693/14]

Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (7 May 2014)

Séamus Kirk: I welcome the opportunity to contribute briefly to this important debate. When the legislation to establish Irish Water was brought before this House the amount of time allowed to debate it was truncated. The Private Members' motion provides Members on this side of the House with an opportunity to have an input into what is a fairly complex issue. There is nothing straightforward about...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Strategy on Dementia Implementation (6 May 2014)

Séamus Kirk: 408. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the national strategy on dementia; if a timescale has been set out for its implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20165/14]

Ambulance Service: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (16 Apr 2014)

Séamus Kirk: I welcome the opportunity to contribute briefly to the motion brought before the House in the name of my party's health spokesperson, Deputy Billy Kelleher. It is a timely motion which arises in the context of the recent "Prime Time" programme and on the basis of individual incidents and anecdotal evidence regarding the ambulance service generally throughout the State. The reality is that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Design of Ballot Papers: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (16 Apr 2014)

Séamus Kirk: I thank Mr. Deering and Mr. Falvey for attending the meeting. I have two questions. What type of comparisons were there in the research work relating to this referendum and previous referenda regarding the confusion issue, which is at the heart of what is being raised here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Design of Ballot Papers: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (16 Apr 2014)

Séamus Kirk: Is it possible to proof the wording formula by the Supreme Court in advance of it being put on a ballot paper?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Design of Ballot Papers: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (16 Apr 2014)

Séamus Kirk: There is no provision in the Constitution to do it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Design of Ballot Papers: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (16 Apr 2014)

Séamus Kirk: I think 55% is particularly high. There are different levels of confusion - serious confusion, less confusion, mildly confused.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: North South Ministerial Council (15 Apr 2014)

Séamus Kirk: 140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, in the context of the North South Ministerial Council agenda, consideration will be given to the prioritisation of cross-border infrastructural projects which have clear mutual benefits North and South; his views on such proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17303/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Drainage Schemes Expenditure (15 Apr 2014)

Séamus Kirk: 530. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals he has to provide financial assistance towards land drainage in view of the substantial costs involved in such work and the need for drainage works to be undertaken in view of the heavy rainfall over the past few years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17936/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UK Referendum on EU Membership (10 Apr 2014)

Séamus Kirk: 33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a contingency plan has been initiated by his Department in the event of a negative referendum result in the UK on EU membership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17019/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Expenditure (8 Apr 2014)

Séamus Kirk: 493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the capital expenditure, both Exchequer and EU, on the various schemes funded under his Departments on-farm capital investment programmes on an annual basis from 1997 to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16316/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Oversight (8 Apr 2014)

Séamus Kirk: 650. To ask the Minister for Health if the fair deal scheme is under review; if so, when he will have a report on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16540/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Middle East Issues (1 Apr 2014)

Séamus Kirk: Over the weekend, the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly met here in the city. During the course of an exchange between the Minister of State at the Department of Finance and a number of other delegates, the Minister of State candidly told us that all those earning incomes over €32,000 are now paying taxation at the rate of 53%, including the universal social charge. Is the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Middle East Issues (1 Apr 2014)

Séamus Kirk: The Finance Bill.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (1 Apr 2014)

Séamus Kirk: 561. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the early access to the medicines scheme launched in the UK; if there is a comparative plan here; and, if not, if he has any plans to develop one in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15194/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (1 Apr 2014)

Séamus Kirk: 594. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paramedic staff that are employed on the ambulance service in the north east; the number of staff on full pay who are not being utilised as part of the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15369/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Canal By-laws and Naomh Éanna: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Mar 2014)

Séamus Kirk: It would be worth exploring that possibility because it would address some of the difficulties that have clearly arisen.