Results 4,901-4,920 of 5,388 for speaker:John Deasy
- Written Answers — Special Savings Incentive Scheme: Special Savings Incentive Scheme (16 May 2006)
John Deasy: Question 220: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the distress caused to people who are widowed during the period of their SSIA account whereby the account holder passes away and the spouse is no longer allowed to continue contributing despite the fact that the payment was made from a joint account; if he will re-examine this matter; and if he will examine the...
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (16 May 2006)
John Deasy: Question 559: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the Environmental Protection Agency report on the quality of water at Ardmore County Waterford, which failed the test for mandatory standards; when he expects the long-awaited sewage scheme for Ardmore to commence in view of the popularity of this seaside resort; the estimated completion date of...
- Europe and the Developing World: Statements. (10 May 2006)
John Deasy: May I intervene with a question submitted by a member of the public?
- Europe and the Developing World: Statements. (10 May 2006)
John Deasy: It is a very simple question.
- Europe and the Developing World: Statements. (10 May 2006)
John Deasy: Regarding the decision of EU Foreign Ministers to withhold further payments to Palestine following the recent elections, who voted for the payments to stop and who voted against it? How was the decision made, by a simple majority or a three quarters majority?
- Europe and the Developing World: Statements. (10 May 2006)
John Deasy: How much pressure is the EU exerting on Zimbabwe to implement internal reform? How much pressure are we putting on the EU to make this happen? Given that the Oireachtas Joint Committee on European Affairs recently held a hearing on this matter, it is germane.
- Europe and the Developing World: Statements. (10 May 2006)
John Deasy: The Minister of State should be talking to the South Africans about it.
- Europe and the Developing World: Statements. (10 May 2006)
John Deasy: South Africa is the one that counts.
- Chairperson of Joint Committee on European Affairs: Statement. (10 May 2006)
John Deasy: My comments are directed at the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Treacy. I would like his opinion regarding the formation of one Department to deal with immigrant affairs. I listened to the contribution of the Minister, Deputy Martin. It is not good enough to say there is some co-ordination between Departments and that this may be sufficient. In the committee's...
- Europe Day: Closing Statement. (10 May 2006)
John Deasy: I asked a question at the start of this debate and I would like to hear the Minister of State's opinion on it.
- Europe Day: Closing Statement. (10 May 2006)
John Deasy: I would like to hear the Minister of State's opinion on immigrant affairs generally and on the conclusion in the committee's report that one Department should deal with this area.
- Europe Day: Closing Statement. (10 May 2006)
John Deasy: Why not?
- Europe Day: Closing Statement. (10 May 2006)
John Deasy: When we ask officials from Departments attending meetings of the committee if they can tell us which Department deals with a particular area of immigrant affairs, many of them are not able to tell us. I wish to comment on the collection of data, on which I wish to ask the Minister of State a question.
- Europe Day: Closing Statement. (10 May 2006)
John Deasy: The system does not know exactly who is doing what. I have a random question for the Minister of State on the collection of data. If I asked him how many Romanians are here and, of those, how many are legally here and how many are illegally here, would he be able to tell me? He is the Minister with responsibility for European affairs. I ask the civil servants not to prompt him. Irrespective...
- Europe Day: Closing Statement. (10 May 2006)
John Deasy: The Minister of State is not the only one who cannot do that â that is the problem.
- Third Annual Report of the European Union (Scrutiny) Act 2002: Statements. (10 May 2006)
John Deasy: The Minister of State is aware that we put together a website in recent weeks to facilitate members of the public to ask questions. Some of the questions directly relate to the issue of EU scrutiny and subsidiarity. One question asked was: Why was the war film, Waterloo, never shown in the Republic of Ireland, or at least in the three channel region andââ
- Third Annual Report of the European Union (Scrutiny) Act 2002: Statements. (10 May 2006)
John Deasy: ââcan the European Broadcasting Union, or whoever oversees such matters, do anything about this? I do not expect an answer right now. We also received some questions relating to subsidiarity. For example: Banking requirements for the general public and business are the same Europe-wide, in particular in the eurozone; the war against money laundering is also the same, however, banks do not...
- Third Annual Report of the European Union (Scrutiny) Act 2002: Statements. (10 May 2006)
John Deasy: The remit of the committee provides that it should reply to these questions with the assistance of the Department.
- Third Annual Report of the European Union (Scrutiny) Act 2002: Statements. (10 May 2006)
John Deasy: A member of the public asks why a person, who is entitled to free travel in another EU state on the basis of a range of serious medical conditions, is not entitled to the free travel in Ireland on medical grounds?
- Third Annual Report of the European Union (Scrutiny) Act 2002: Statements. (10 May 2006)
John Deasy: Is the Minister of State saying a concession is given? What are the grounds for this?