Results 441-460 of 3,225 for speaker:Paul Connaughton Snr

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: What was the nature of the settlement?

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Who signed that agreement?

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Did the Taoiseach put any spin on that?

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: It is.

Written Answers — Combatting Piracy: Combatting Piracy (16 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the efforts being made at EU level to heighten awareness of the ongoing threat being posed by pirates off the Somali coast; if his attention has been drawn to additional measures which the international community will put in place to combat this threat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7247/10]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (16 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 211: To ask the Minister for Finance the person or organisation responsible for the maintenance of the banks on the River Shannon at Meelick and towards Tiernascragh and Portumma, County Galway; the minimum legal height of those banks which protects the adjoining lands from flooding from the River Shannon; the amount of maintenance work carried out on those banks over the past ten...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (16 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 409: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will issue on a disability benefit appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7667/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (16 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 412: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7670/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 410: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application for farm assist in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7668/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 411: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7669/10]

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (10 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 208: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is at least a six-month delay in mapping at the Property Registration Authority for County Galway; the reason there should be such a delay; if his further attention has been drawn to the adverse economic and social problems caused by such delays; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 241: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4 was deemed to be ineligible for a back to education allowance in view of the fact that they were on social welfare for the approved time; her views on whether the back to education allowance should apply in this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7109/10]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (10 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 288: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the schools in which additional teachers are to be employed in County Galway; the location of the schools involved; when they will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7111/10]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (10 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 289: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the overcrowding at a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if his further attention has been drawn to the lack of facilities at the school and an assessment made by his Department over the past number of years indicated that the plans and proposals are acceptable and that this application is...

Public Service Remuneration: Motion (Resumed) (10 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: He was following the Minister of State's lead.

Public Service Remuneration: Motion (Resumed) (10 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: The Government has made two huge blunders in two years, and it is all to do with lack of fairness. The year before last it made the monumental mistake of treating the elderly in the worst possible fashion in terms of medical cards. Thousands of them marched outside this House. The reason they came to Dublin was because they believed they were being discriminated against and that others...

Public Service Remuneration: Motion (Resumed) (10 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: I know that. Between the lot of them the Government has made a hames of this issue. I know Deputy McGrath fought with his conscience and it is obvious that he won. That type of thing gives politics a bad name. I call on the Deputy, even though I am sure he has been called already to do this, that if he stands for anything, and I always believed he did - I have no reason to doubt otherwise...

Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: I am sorry the Minister for Finance is not here. I have two questions to put to him through the Minister of State, Deputy Tony Killeen. Is there any connection between NAMA, the banks and the countless numbers of young people about to lose their houses? I cannot see a connection. We spent weeks and months debating NAMA here and perhaps I did not pick it up correctly. We all know that...

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (9 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 201: To ask the Minister for Finance if and when a decision will be made to install a single authority to oversee the management of the River Shannon and its tributaries in an effort to reduce the incidence of unnecessary flooding causing untold hardship to so many rural families; if such authority will be empowered to impose regulations over the various constituent bodies such as...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (9 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 320: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that important information is being lost as a result of the shredding of documents as a result of the Property Registration Authority's move towards e-conveyancing; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that such documents are of enormous benefit to persons wishing...