Results 46,541-46,560 of 49,836 for speaker:Stephen Donnelly

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (25 Jun 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of parents who have received the one-parent family payment for 22 years or more. [25462/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (25 Jun 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of parents in receipt of the one-parent family payment and the family income supplement in each year from 2007 to 2014 and in 2015 to date. [25463/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Co-operatives (23 Jun 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 410. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the areas of the State which are covered by an out-of-hours general practitioner co-operative; the areas which are not covered; if north Wicklow is not covered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24611/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (23 Jun 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name of the organisation that was awarded the tender to design, build, provide and service the new information technology system for school transport that was advertised on eTenders in 2011-2012. [25143/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (23 Jun 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of information technology services which were advertised for tender for a new information technology system for school transport; the total costs for those services to date; if she will provide a copy of the contract award notice; and if she will confirm the date that the provision of those services was completed. [25144/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Telecommunications Infrastructure (16 Jun 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will subsidise the activation and connection of business premises to the metropolitan area network structure where the stand-alone commercial case is insufficient; if so, when he will do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23248/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Telecommunications Infrastructure (16 Jun 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: Does the Minister agree that there is a case to be made for the State to subsidise the connection for business premises to metropolitan area networks where the commercial case is not there for e-net, which is managing it, and where e-net has, therefore, decided that it will not make the connections?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Telecommunications Infrastructure (16 Jun 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: The State paid a lot of money a few years ago to put these fibre loops in the ground and then passed over management to connect them to a commercial entity called e-net. E-net's position is that if it can make money out of connecting them, it will do so but if it cannot make money out of connecting them, it will not do so. There is a lot of fibre in the ground that e-net has said it will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Charges (16 Jun 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that the wholesale pricing being offered by enet is sufficient to allow retail service providers to provide a service and a reasonable margin. [23148/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (16 Jun 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there are any expected delays in the implementation of the national broadband plan; if so, the details of the updated schedule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23146/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (16 Jun 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 818. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to create a database of the existing broadband assets of the State with details on utilisation, pricing and access to each asset; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23151/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Generation (16 Jun 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 819. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of plans to create a smart electricity grid, including enabling sell-back to the grid at the household level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23152/15]

Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (9 Jun 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: I welcome today's order establishing a commission of investigation concerning transactions entered into by IBRC and note that this is only occurring due to the excellent parliamentary work of Deputy Catherine Murphy. Had Deputy Murphy not pursued her own investigation, we would not know that Department of Finance officials had raised serious concerns in 2012 about large IBRC transactions....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Applications (9 Jun 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 1053. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a derogation will be granted to qualify for the mortgage to rent scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [21683/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education (27 May 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 12. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs with regard to the payment per child for the early childhood care and education scheme, the estimated cost of provision for child care providers relative to that payment, and therefore the expected margin for the provider per week, per child. [15677/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (26 May 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 906. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on the patronage of the recently announced school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20721/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (26 May 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: 958. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the number of projects approved, by local authority, under phase 1 of the social housing strategy; and a breakdown by local authority of the amount of funding applied for and awarded under the direct building programme. [20351/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB (13 May 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Chairman. I will be brief. I thank the representatives for appearing before the committee. My two questions are not specific to Permanent TSB, but I would like their views as to the running of the bigger banks. The first matter on which I would like to hear their view is on reducing the bankruptcy period, at least for a limited period, and the second is on the cost of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB (13 May 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank Mr. O'Sullivan for that. Certainly, when the then Minister, Deputy Alan Shatter, brought it through, he was very clear that they were not meant to be target times. They were set in the legislation as maximum times and, as was predicted at the time, unfortunately, they became a default. The second issue is the cost of borrowing. We know that the Irish banks' blended cost of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB (13 May 2015)

Stephen Donnelly: That is not the question I am asking - I am taking that at face value. I am asking whether Members of the Oireachtas can do anything to help drive down those costs.