Results 401-420 of 904 for speaker:Ray Butler
- Order of Business (8 Oct 2014)
Ray Butler: When is publication of the health (transport support) Bill to provide a scheme to make individual payments-----
- Order of Business (8 Oct 2014)
Ray Butler: -----to people with severe disabilities who cannot access public transport to help with their transport costs expected?
- Order of Business (8 Oct 2014)
Ray Butler: A bit like the Deputy.
- Order of Business (8 Oct 2014)
Ray Butler: It is not promised legislation.
- Order of Business (2 Oct 2014)
Ray Butler: When is publication expected of the criminal justice (proceeds of crime) Bill which proposes to strengthen the powers of the CAB and allow for the forfeit of the proceeds of crime? I refer to the article in today's edition of the Irish Independentabout online gambling. When is publication expected of the gambling control Bill to update and consolidate the law on betting and gambling?...
- Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2014)
Ray Butler: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill and congratulate the Minister of State and the Departments concerned on getting agreement to have part of the Euro 2020 championship finals played in Ireland. The Sports Bill 2014 provides for the dissolution of the Irish Sports Council, ISC, and the National Sports Campus Development Authority, NSCDA, and for the merger of the functions into a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Vote 26 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2014)
Ray Butler: I am aware of several schools where it is happening.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Vote 26 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2014)
Ray Butler: I asked the Minister whether the Department has any data for how much money is coming into schools via these donations. Do schools keep accounts showing that information?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Vote 26 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2014)
Ray Butler: Yes, but is the Department aware of how much money is coming into schools by way of these contributions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Vote 26 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2014)
Ray Butler: I am referring to donations to schools in which fees do not apply.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Vote 26 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2014)
Ray Butler: That is not very helpful. It is like the Minister is saying, "Maybe I do and maybe I do not."
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Vote 26 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2014)
Ray Butler: It is a very important issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Vote 26 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2014)
Ray Butler: The book rental scheme was a huge success. A survey report came through this committee which among other issues referred to donations to schools. There are schools in my area asking for €100 per locker key. If students do not give the €100 they do not get the key. Therefore, children have to carry their school books and school bags around until they give €100. In my...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Vote 26 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2014)
Ray Butler: I would like to make the Minister aware that even in colleges the first moiety is due on 30 September.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Vote 26 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2014)
Ray Butler: In some colleges one cannot go into the library if one has not paid. The parents of some students may not be paid until the end of the month and may be paid on a Friday. Their sons or daughters cannot go into the college library and take a library book because they have not paid
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Vote 26 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2014)
Ray Butler: It is third level.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Vote 26 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2014)
Ray Butler: It has to stop.
- Order of Business (24 Sep 2014)
Ray Butler: I refer to the social welfare Bill and measures to be announced in the budget. Will the Government look at the Mangan report on the new social insurance stamp for the self-employed? It is a huge issue and everybody wants such a stamp. When is publication of the family leave Bill to consolidate with amendments all family leave legislation expected?
- Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2014)
Ray Butler: Do not fly business class to Australia.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2014)
Ray Butler: When is publication expected of the family law Bill to make provision for pension adjustments in the context of separation agreements and certain other reforms in family law?