Results 381-400 of 907 for speaker:Seán Ryan

Written Answers — Census of Population: Census of Population (28 Feb 2006)

Seán Ryan: Question 413: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the population figures from each Garda district as determined by the 1996 census of population. [7905/06]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (28 Feb 2006)

Seán Ryan: Question 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will respond to the application from a school (details supplied) in County Dublin for a replacement school and in the interim additional temporary accommodation; and the way in which she proposes to improve the pupil-teacher ratio for small schools such as in this case. [8171/06]

Written Answers — United Nations Reform: United Nations Reform (23 Feb 2006)

Seán Ryan: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will expand on comments made at the ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of Ireland's membership of the United Nations that crucial to UN reform is the need to speed up its decision making process; the specific issues relating to international security to which he was referring; his priorities regarding reform of the UN Security Council; and...

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Seán Ryan: He is the third man.

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (22 Feb 2006)

Seán Ryan: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had occasion to review the position of the Government with respect to the legality of the current war and occupation in Iraq, in view of the information available regarding the legal position communicated by Lord Goldsmith the Attorney General of the United Kingdom to the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair by memo on 7 March...

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (22 Feb 2006)

Seán Ryan: Question 167: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had occasion to review the position of the Government with respect to the legality of the current war and occupation in Iraq in view of the views recently published by the former Attorney General of Ireland, Mr. Declan Costello, in an article in a publication (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6977/06]

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (21 Feb 2006)

Seán Ryan: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if measures will be brought forward to establish a buy-out scheme for drift-netting to protect Irish salmon stocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6707/06]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (21 Feb 2006)

Seán Ryan: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the measures he is proposing to tackle the ongoing broadband deficit in view of the fact that his recent broadband demand report stated that only 17% of the long-term potential broadband market here had signed up for broadband by the end of 2005. [6724/06]

Written Answers — Disabled Person's Grant Scheme: Disabled Person's Grant Scheme (21 Feb 2006)

Seán Ryan: Question 673: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he proposes to respond to the contents of a letter of 18 November 2005 from a person (details supplied) in County Dublin in which the daughter of an elderly couple was denied an opportunity to apply for a disabled person's grant in respect of her parents by the local authority; and his views on the...

Written Answers — Genetically Modified Organisms: Genetically Modified Organisms (16 Feb 2006)

Seán Ryan: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of submissions received by the 1 February 2006 deadline for receipt of submissions on the report of the working group on the coexistence of GM crops with conventional and organic farming; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5939/06]

Written Answers — Literacy Levels: Literacy Levels (15 Feb 2006)

Seán Ryan: Question 165: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her response to the report from the Education Research Centre at a school (details supplied) which indicates that there has been no improvement since 1999 in the statistics for the literacy difficulties of poor children which remain unacceptably high; what precisely she intends to do to address this; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (15 Feb 2006)

Seán Ryan: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount of extra money that will be spent to address educational disadvantage in 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5746/06]

Written Answers — Nuclear Safety: Nuclear Safety (14 Feb 2006)

Seán Ryan: Question 190: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the commitments given to him by Commissioner Franco Frattini and Commissioner Andris Piebalgs about the action they intend to take against the UK Government regarding the continued operation of Sellafield. [5216/06]

Written Answers — Nuclear Safety: Nuclear Safety (14 Feb 2006)

Seán Ryan: Question 139: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, in view of the European Court of Justice's preliminary court ruling regarding the State's legal action against the UK under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, the legal action the State intends to pursue against Sellafield at this stage. [5215/06]

Written Answers — Schools Recognition: Schools Recognition (14 Feb 2006)

Seán Ryan: Question 560: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation in respect of permanent recognition of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin and the provision of a permanent school for the children who are being educated at two locations. [5099/06]

Written Answers — Schools Recognition: Schools Recognition (14 Feb 2006)

Seán Ryan: Question 561: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Dublin is on band two of her Department's building programme; and if in view of justification by the board of management for a band one status in terms of viability, financial provision and health and safety, the school will be reclassified as a band one project. [5100/06]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Feb 2006)

Seán Ryan: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he expects to introduce the revised diet supplement payment he promised when he launched the recent report on the cost of healthy eating and the cost of special diets; the way in which the revised payment will differ from the current one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4699/06]

Written Answers — Natural Heritage Areas: Natural Heritage Areas (9 Feb 2006)

Seán Ryan: Question 231: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Sluice River Marsh, Portmarnock, County Dublin will be designated a natural heritage area or as a nature conservation area and same has the support and recommendation of Dúchas-National Parks and Wildlife Service. [4916/06]

Social Welfare Benefits. (9 Feb 2006)

Seán Ryan: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the recommendations of the NESF report Care for Older People for which his Department has responsibility and in particular the recommendation of a broad-based group to develop a national strategy for carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4698/06]

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (8 Feb 2006)

Seán Ryan: Question 123: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has received a copy of the recent report on cocaine use here by the National Advisory Committee on Drugs; his views on the finding that cocaine use here is almost twice as high as in Northern Ireland; his further views on the report in general; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4435/06]