Results 501-520 of 1,391 for speaker:Patrick Nulty

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Services Funding (28 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 651. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form funding for intellectual disability services in Dublin for 2008 to 2013 inclusive. [25421/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Services Funding (28 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 652. To ask the Minister for Health the reason funding for respite care in respect of families with intellectual disability services has been reduced in Dublin; and the reason respite care was suspended in the Daughters of Charity Service in St. Vincent's on the Navan Road, Dublin 7. [25422/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (28 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 691. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and young persons aged under 18 years waiting for the fitting of dental braces by the Health Service Executive in Dublin 15; if he will outline in tabular form, each treatment waiting list category, including a written explanation and definition for each category; the number of persons awaiting treatment in each category; and if he...

Order of Business (22 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: The revelations about Apple this week have brought tax justice back into sharp focus and public debate. Does the Government intend to bring in legislation to support a financial transactions tax which it continues to oppose at European level despite the outstanding work of MEPs like Nessa Childers to push this agenda?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (22 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 303 of 5 February 2013, if a matter raised in correspondence in respect of a student (details supplied) in Dublin 15 regarding their registration fees will be examined; if the student's concerns can be addressed in detail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24575/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Labour Standards (21 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will join the call for brands and retailers active in the Irish and single European markets to accede to the Bangladesh Fire and Building Safety Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23754/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (21 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 603. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine ways in which continuous positive airway pressure machines could be purchased by those who need them as an alternative to long term renting of these machines; if he will put in place a scheme by which these machines can be purchased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24046/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (21 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 622. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the cuts to chiropody treatments offered by health care executive, North West Dublin: his views on whether three visits to a chiropodist per medical card holder is insufficient; and if he will intervene to change the decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23775/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Licensing (21 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 688. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the approval of sativex medication, for the treatment of persons with multiple sclerosis; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the European Mutual Recognition Procedure has been ratified in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24360/13]

Other Questions: European Union Accession (16 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: I thank the Tánaiste for his response and welcome his comments. He will be aware there is a strong and vibrant Bosnian community in Ireland. It is important to note that morale within that community is very low. There is much concern about the future of their fledgling state and country. The Bosnian state is coming out of a bloody and dreadful conflict where more than 100,000 people...

Other Questions: European Union Accession (16 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: There is the view among international observers and civil society representatives in Ireland that there is an unhealthy relationship between business leaders, political leaders and organised crime within Bosnia and that the elite which is running the country is not acting in the best interests of the broad citizenry. I ask the Tánaiste very specifically if he would be prepared to meet...

Other Questions: European Union Accession (16 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 6. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the urgent need for the European Union to conduct a strategic re-assessment of its approach in Bosnia in view of the serious concerns raised by leading civil society activists in the country and the Bosnian community here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23098/13]

Topical Issue Debate: Pension Provisions (16 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: Deputy Shortall and I have been tabling this matter for inclusion in a Topical Issue debate for the past three weeks. With all due respect to the Minister of State, Deputy Cannon, it is unacceptable that the Minister for Social Protection has not seen fit to attend the House to debate this crucial issue. It concerns not only the Waterford Crystal workers but also other workers across the...

Topical Issue Debate: Pension Provisions (16 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: I find it astonishing that the Government now intends to drag these workers through the High Court rather than engage with them. They are ready, willing and able to come to a constructive solution which would ensure the rights of workers, as set out by the European Court of Justice, are vindicated while protecting Irish taxpayers by coming up with a practical solution to the challenge we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (15 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: I thank the Chairman for allowing me to contribute to this discussion. I also thank the officials from the Department, Ms Helen Faughnan and her team, for their input. Everybody present would probably agree that the long-term solution to this problem is the provision of social housing, but, unfortunately, the State has failed to provide it. While rent allowance may, in theory, be a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (15 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 126. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of extra revenue per annum that would be generated if a new third rate of income tax of 45% was introduced on incomes over €80,000 per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23328/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (15 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 127. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of extra revenue per annum that would be generated if a new third rate of income tax of 50% was introduced on incomes over €125,000 per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23329/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (15 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if we will reclassify Down syndrome as a disability in all cases so as to ensure that all children with this condition are provided with resource teaching hours which was the pre-2005 position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23327/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Application Numbers (15 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will publish in tabular form for the years 2008 - 2012 inclusive, the number of new applications for the invalidly pension that were received; the number of these applications that were refused and of these the number that were granted on appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23332/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Rates (15 May 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 180. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the present rates of child benefit will be maintained in Budget 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23334/13]