Results 541-560 of 1,974 for speaker:Arthur Spring

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (17 Sep 2014)

Arthur Spring: 957. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry has had their medical card reviewed when they were initially awarded a medical card under the EU medical card scheme. [33677/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Oversight (17 Sep 2014)

Arthur Spring: 1180. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action the Irish Government is taking to ensure Irish aid gets delivered cross-border to those in most acute need in opposition controlled areas in Syria [33247/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (17 Sep 2014)

Arthur Spring: 1236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a school bus pass in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [33257/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Charges Application (17 Sep 2014)

Arthur Spring: 1488. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is an obligation on a person to pay a fire service charge when the person's property was set on fire as a result of an arson attack and the fire services were not alerted by the victim. [33128/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (17 Sep 2014)

Arthur Spring: 1500. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered the introduction of a vacant site levy in cities to increase the supply and development of land to meet housing demands. [33289/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (17 Sep 2014)

Arthur Spring: 1501. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that the granting of planning permission for the conversion of small apartments to suitable sized homes for young families should be fast-tracked. [33291/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Sep 2014)

Arthur Spring: 1502. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider the setting up of a national property authority, containing persons from all aspects of the property industry including bodies involved in the provision of social housing, with a purpose of advising and offering guidelines to policy makers. [33299/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (17 Sep 2014)

Arthur Spring: 1642. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the lack of broadband coverage in an area (details supplied) in County Kerry; the impact this has on the local community; the steps he will take to compel private broadband service providers to significantly improve broadband coverage in this area; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Wild Atlantic Way Project (17 Sep 2014)

Arthur Spring: 1676. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if local communities will be allowed to seek permission from local authorities to erect additional signs denoting the Wild Atlantic Way route and, in addition, the attractions/activities which are found on that particular stretch of the Wild Atlantic Way. [33073/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2014)

Arthur Spring: I am quite in favour of the pub industry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2014)

Arthur Spring: Thank you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2014)

Arthur Spring: It does not work out at all. It does not promote healthy living nor does it promote essential buying.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2014)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2014)

Arthur Spring: On access to alcohol, in certain European countries it is not possible to purchase hard alcohol in supermarkets. I find it bizarre that people can go to a supermarket to buy cornflakes and end up with a slab of beer. These are not the products with which supermarkets are quintessentially associated. One goes to purchase groceries and leaves with a potentially harmful product. It has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2014)

Arthur Spring: Do they go back to college?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2014)

Arthur Spring: Does the expertise exist outside Dublin? We all receive representations on Dún Laoghaire.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2014)

Arthur Spring: I want to ask about that. I presume Deputy Twomey, a doctor, knows more about this than I do. I find families have to move to Dún Laoghaire to look after their child.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2014)

Arthur Spring: I know there should not be but, unfortunately, rural people get-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2014)

Arthur Spring: One could not retrain somebody to do this job. It is genetically mad.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2014)

Arthur Spring: What amount of funding are we talking about in order to do this?