Results 5,781-5,800 of 6,645 for speaker:Jimmy Deenihan
- Physical Education Facilities. (31 May 2006)
Jimmy Deenihan: I thank the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this matter. There is an obesity epidemic sweeping the country at the moment. According to the national obesity task force report, 300,000 children are overweight or obese and this is growing by 10,000 annually. In a survey which I carried out in 2005 in 1,400 primary schools, I discovered that only 23% of the schools had a...
- Physical Education Facilities. (31 May 2006)
Jimmy Deenihan: Some local authorities do not have the rates base.
- Physical Education Facilities. (31 May 2006)
Jimmy Deenihan: It is â¬130,000 for the whole county.
- Written Answers — Sport and Recreational Development: Sport and Recreational Development (31 May 2006)
Jimmy Deenihan: Question 49: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he had discussions recently with the Gaelic Players Association regarding the proposals to introduce a grant scheme for inter-county GAA players; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21064/06]
- Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (31 May 2006)
Jimmy Deenihan: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance the person in the Office of Public Works who has the responsibility to liaise with Kerry County Council in relation to the threat of flooding at Ballylongford, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21348/06]
- Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (31 May 2006)
Jimmy Deenihan: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance the action proposed by the Office of Public Works in view of its own report into flooding at Ballylongford, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21349/06]
- Greyhound Racing Industry. (31 May 2006)
Jimmy Deenihan: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the Dalton report, which he commissioned some time ago, into happenings in Bord na gCon, will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21128/06]
- Greyhound Racing Industry. (31 May 2006)
Jimmy Deenihan: In a reply to a similar question on the previous occasion he was before the House, the Minister indicated that all parties involved in the investigation would be granted due process. In light of the selected leaking of documents associated with this case, have people received due process? In January, for example, a letter sent to the Minister by the chief executive of Bord na gCon was leaked...
- Greyhound Racing Industry. (31 May 2006)
Jimmy Deenihan: Whereas I welcome the appointment of the new members â I know both people â I remind the Minister that there is no female member of Bord na gCon. This flies in the face of Government policy concerning gender balance on such boards. It is inexplicable why the Minister has not made such an appointment. Does the Minister agree that the chairman of Bord na gCon had no option but to publicly...
- Greyhound Racing Industry. (31 May 2006)
Jimmy Deenihan: Outgoing.
- Greyhound Racing Industry. (31 May 2006)
Jimmy Deenihan: Did the Minister say he was outgoing?
- Greyhound Racing Industry. (31 May 2006)
Jimmy Deenihan: It was on the Sunday papers.
- Greyhound Racing Industry. (31 May 2006)
Jimmy Deenihan: Will the Minister clarify his use of the word "outgoing"? Mr. Taggart is still the chairman, is he not?
- Greyhound Racing Industry. (31 May 2006)
Jimmy Deenihan: Of course.
- Regional Tourism Authorities. (31 May 2006)
Jimmy Deenihan: Question 11: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the implementation of the PricewaterhouseCoopers reports on the RTAs; the way in which the new arrangements will address the decline of pure holiday tourism in the regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21129/06]
- Regional Tourism Authorities. (31 May 2006)
Jimmy Deenihan: How will these new arrangements help to stop the obvious east-west tourism divide in this country? How will the new arrangements, which are really scrapping RTAs, help the ailing bed and breakfast industry? Traditional bed and breakfast establishments, which were hitherto the pillar of rural tourism, are now closing right across the country every day. How will the new arrangements bring back...
- Regional Tourism Authorities. (31 May 2006)
Jimmy Deenihan: Does the Minister agree there is concern that confusion will arise when the PWC report is put in place in the coming weeks? Five RTAs will be diluted and scrapped. Two RTAs, those of Dublin and Shannon, and three super-regions, as the Minister refers to them, will remain to market Ireland. There will be total confusion. Will the Minister state how pure holiday tourism will be promoted in the...
- National Stadium. (31 May 2006)
Jimmy Deenihan: In the event of not being on schedule, how far can the project proceed and still be sustainable for the IRFU and the FAI, in particular, given that the Minister said the Government is not prepared to give more than the â¬191 million already committed? If there are delays, and given increasing building costs, for how long will the costing of â¬390 million be sustainable?
- Sports Facilities. (31 May 2006)
Jimmy Deenihan: I agree with the Minister that ground sharing is important. Does he agree that ground sharing between different sporting organisations is equally important? Surely the Gaelic Athletic Association has some justification in looking for ground sharing in Tallaght. What is the Minister's view? Is he requesting that in any new arrangement where he will make a major investment of State funds there...
- National Cultural Institutions. (31 May 2006)
Jimmy Deenihan: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will provide the necessary finance to carry out major renovation and conservation work on the older sections of the National Gallery of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21062/06]