Results 301-320 of 765 for in 'Written Answers' speaker:Colm Keaveney

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (12 Feb 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on claims that the proposed new model being designed to allocate resources to children with special needs in mainstream schools has the potential to discriminate against so-called high performing schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6456/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (12 Feb 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is the case that children with an assessed low-incidence-special-educational need will no longer be entitled to special-needs-teaching hours under the proposed new model of allocation; if at present, each child who receives resource-teaching has the legal right to a certain number of hours of such teaching, as determined by the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (12 Feb 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding the National Council for Special Education's proposed document entitled Delivery for Students with Special Educational Needs: A better and more equitable way, her views on concerns that if professional diagnosis is eliminated then children will be at the mercy of school staff that often have inconsistent levels of experience and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mental Health Awareness (12 Feb 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 241. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider flying the Amber Flag from his Department buildings, on a chosen day, in order to raise awareness of the Amber Flag programme, which works to raise awareness of mental health issues within second level schools, sports clubs and youth organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6429/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Mental Health Awareness (12 Feb 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 254. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider flying the Amber Flag from his Department buildings, on a chosen day, in order to raise awareness of the Amber Flag programme, which works to raise awareness of mental health issues within second level schools, sports clubs and youth organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6426/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Mental Health Awareness (12 Feb 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider flying the Amber Flag from his Department buildings, on a chosen day, in order to raise awareness of the Amber Flag programme, which works to raise awareness of mental health issues within second level schools, sports clubs and youth organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6437/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Mental Health Awareness (12 Feb 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 265. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider flying the Amber Flag from his Department buildings, on a chosen day, in order to raise awareness of the Amber Flag programme, which works to raise awareness of mental health issues within second level schools, sports clubs and youth organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6424/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programmes (3 Feb 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 185. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on permitting persons on disability allowance to access Gateway and Tús schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4465/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bond Markets (3 Feb 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 237. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether there is a bubble in the sovereign bond market; his views on whether Irish sovereign bonds are currently overvalued; the risk assessment he has carried out in respect of any market correction to the current valuation of Irish sovereign bonds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4461/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Central Bank (3 Feb 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 238. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the recent measures announced by the European Central Bank will be of benefit to Ireland in terms of measurable indicators; his views on what would constitute the criteria of success for these measures with respect to the Irish economy; his views on whether quantitative easing poses a risk of inflating asset bubbles in stocks, bonds,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Central Bank (3 Feb 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 239. To ask the Minister for Finance with reference to the recent measures announced by the European Central Bank, the ceiling the ECB will place on the total holdings of Irish Government Bonds held by the Central Bank of Ireland; the current total holdings of Irish Government Bonds held by the Central Bank of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4463/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banks Recapitalisation (3 Feb 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 240. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions he will take in the Court of Justice of the European Union with respect to the actions of either or both the European Central Bank or the European Commission in addressing the banking crisis here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4464/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (27 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 350. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment to the National Referral Centre for Paediatric Gastroenterology at Crumlin Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3420/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (27 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 353. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment for life saving heart surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3467/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Investigations (21 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 32. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken in response to events at Áras Attracta; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2375/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Inspections (21 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 79. To ask the Minister for Health if CCTV and covert inspections will be introduced in nursing homes to monitor standards of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2376/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Scheme (20 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 297. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role which he and his Department have played in varying a TB herd test at a location (details supplied) in County Galway; the date on which this test was first scheduled; the reason it was re-scheduled and brought forward; the exact results of the first test; the actions taken thereafter; the reasons for and type of the second...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (20 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 371. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons at a centre (details supplied) in County Roscommon continue to pay more each day towards their lunch than a similar service in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2211/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (20 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 372. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form and for each Health Service Executive area and specifically for counties Galway and Roscommon, the additional community nurses that have been provided in 2014; the plans that are in place to provide additional community nurses in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2212/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Investigations (15 Jan 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the result of interviews with 14 meter readers throughout Ireland by officials from the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Social Protection; the reason members of the Association of Meter Readers have received no update or result of these interviews; the reason, despite numerous requests and a High Court ruling, it...