Results 45,741-45,760 of 46,267 for speaker:Simon Harris

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (1 Feb 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 123: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he intends to launch the buy-to-rent scheme for private home owners in which owners can surrender their house to their local authority and rent the property back; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5725/12]

Written Answers — Clamping Industry: Clamping Industry (1 Feb 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 200: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current guidelines governing the regulation of private clampers; if he intends to reform this area during his tenure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5706/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (31 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 313: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason she has decided to withdraw domiciliary care allowance payments for a child (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4800/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (31 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 314: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will direct the social welfare appeals office to order an oral hearing for a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow to enable the affected family to demonstrate their ongoing need for support for their child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4801/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (31 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 327: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the policy criteria and rationale underlying her decision to pay certain social welfare benefits (details supplied) at different weekly rates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4883/12]

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (31 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 377: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the community employment status of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if she will arrange for a representative of FÁS to contact the person to discuss their employment and training options; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5450/12]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (31 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 651: To ask the Minister for Health when exactly free general practitioner care will be extended to all claimants of medicines under the long term illness scheme as per the Minister for Finance's announcement in budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5600/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (26 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a loophole in governing legislation that grants a block exemption to certain public sector workers which absolves them of the requirement to pay PRSI on secondary income streams and unearned income such as rental and investment income as well as income from dividends, deposits and savings and from...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (26 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 117: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she intends to extend full welfare benefits to self-employed persons on a par with PAYE employees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4654/12]

General Medical Services Scheme (26 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, for responding to this matter. I congratulate her on her promotion. I am pleased to have the opportunity to raise in the House the need to re-examine the current system of issuing prescriptions in light of what I believe are inefficiencies and inequities created by requiring GPs to reissue all prescriptions from hospital consultants, in...

General Medical Services Scheme (26 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: I thank the Minister of State for her comprehensive reply. I am sure she will not mind me respectfully disagreeing with much of it. I cannot accept that this is best practice when it is a practice that only applies to medical card holders. If a private patient seeks psychiatric medical attention in the morning, he or she will get a prescription, go to the pharmacy, pay for the prescription...

General Medical Services Scheme (26 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: I thank the Minister of State.

Inter-Country Adoption: Statements (26 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Like other Deputies, I welcome the opportunity to be provided with this forum to speak on the important issue of intercountry adoptions. Clearly this is an issue which is of great interest to many families, considering Ireland has one of the highest rates of intercountry adoption across Europe. For the children and the families involved in the adoption process this is a significant...

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (25 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the advice he will offer to parents of children about to reach school-going age in an area (details supplied) which seems to fall outside the catchment area for local schools, if he has any role in asking schools to re-examine their catchment areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4215/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (25 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list the members of the new schools establishment group; the way they were appointed; their expert qualifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4276/12]

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (25 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an information technology course (details supplied) is no longer offered at third level through FÁS programmes; if his attention has been drawn to the importance of this course and the benefits that accrue to students who participate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4463/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (24 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 337: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she would be amenable to altering the criteria for rent allowance payments by capping the amount of rent allowance that can be paid to a property owner rather than limiting the amount of rent that can be claimed for by rent allowance recipients, as is the case currently. [3428/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (24 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 338: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent allowance limits for an area (details supplied) have been reduced by a significantly greater degree than other administrative areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3429/12]

Written Answers — Assisted Human Reproduction: Assisted Human Reproduction (24 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 685: To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to introduce legislation to deal with the area of assisted reproduction and, in particular, surrogacy, in line with the recommendations of the Commission on Assisted Human Reproduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4039/12]

Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (18 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline the supports and grants that exist for musicians; the way these schemes can be accessed by interested parties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2678/12]