Results 4,221-4,240 of 7,604 for speaker:James Bannon

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (19 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband will be fully available in the midlands as economic development is being impeded by lack of roll-out. [35409/07]

Written Answers — Energy Efficiency: Energy Efficiency (19 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way he will make up the shortfall of 50% in Budget 2008 for energy efficient initiatives. [35408/07]

Written Answers — Register of Electors: Register of Electors (18 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: Question 106: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the explained anomalies in voting patterns in the general election in May 2007, he will utilise the information gained from the recent census to produce an electoral register, the validity of which he can vouch for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34831/07]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (18 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the core funding she is providing for the Irish Osteoporosis Society to ensure the continuation and expansion of its work. [34842/07]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (18 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: Question 312: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will abolish the category of qualified adult within the social welfare system making all people so categorised independently eligible for social welfare payments and paying those eligible directly. [34843/07]

Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (18 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: Question 313: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will credit the work of homemakers within the social insurance system abolishing the category disregard and replacing it with a system of credits for this work; and if he will make these credits retrospective. [34844/07]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: Question 314: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will introduce a means tested full-time parental allowance for all low income parents of children up to the age of eight years. [34845/07]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: Question 315: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will introduce a means tested part-time parental allowance for all low income parents of children aged eight to fourteen years. [34846/07]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: Question 316: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will abolish the limitation rule for all social welfare payments. [34847/07]

Written Answers — Natural Heritage Areas: Natural Heritage Areas (18 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: Question 550: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has in relation to parks and wildlife (details supplied). [35494/07]

Written Answers — Energy Efficiency Initiatives: Energy Efficiency Initiatives (18 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: Question 568: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources how he will make up the shortfall of 50% in budget 2008 for energy efficient initiatives, in view of his statement (details supplied). [35493/07]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (18 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss the following matter of national importance, namely, the threat to the education of primary school children in light of the financial burden placed on schools which are unable to meet the demand for excessive water charges levied on a piecemeal basis, without apparent logic or reason.

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (13 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the justice being served by imprisoning a person (details supplied). [34115/07]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (12 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will raise the fuel allowance in view of the rising cost of all fuels and taking into consideration the need for the elderly to keep their homes at a safe temperature; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33247/07]

Road Safety: Motion (Resumed). (12 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: I wish to share time with Deputies Flanagan, Crawford, Carey, Burke and Durkan.

Road Safety: Motion (Resumed). (12 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: Listening to Fianna Fáil speakers this evening one would think that the party was in office for only 11 weeks, let alone 11 years. It has an appalling record in terms of the carnage on our roads.

Road Safety: Motion (Resumed). (12 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: This motion is a genuine attempt to highlight a problem that is leading to unnecessary deaths on our roads. Such appalling fatalities could be prevented if measures were put in place to counteract problems with the penalty points system which promised much but, unfortunately, after a good start, has failed to deliver safety for our road users. I am shocked that the Government could not see...

Written Answers — Salary Agreements: Salary Agreements (11 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if, in view of the pay increase that An Taoiseach has awarded himself and other Government Ministers and the projected pay restraints in the public sector, he will make provision for a Christmas bonus for the political staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas, in line with practice in the private sector and the Department of Social and...

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (11 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: Question 388: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures he will take to counteract the discontinuance of flights (details supplied) in and out of Gatwick Airport from Knock Airport which provided an important link to the Gatwick area of London as currently there is no other direct link to Gatwick. [34402/07]

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (11 Dec 2007)

James Bannon: Question 470: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding investment in research and development which is central to improving management and industry for the continuous growth in industry exports and to improve the quality of business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34405/07]