Results 581-600 of 1,319 for speaker:Paudge Connolly

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 721: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many schools are in serious financial difficulties due to projects in the devolved school building programme being under-funded resulting in local communities having to resort to major fund-raising projects to finance large shortfalls; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (21 Mar 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 722: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the National Educational Psychological Service will be expanded sufficiently to allow for assessments under the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10104/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (21 Mar 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 737: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the resources she will provide for the particular needs, staffing and materials of gifted children in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10175/06]

Written Answers — Rules for National Schools: Rules for National Schools (21 Mar 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 738: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when it is proposed to update the rules for national schools to incorporate the changes in Irish education that have taken place since the rules for national schools were last published 40 years ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10176/06]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (21 Mar 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 739: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made and the timescale she envisages in bringing primary class sizes into line with best European models; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10177/06]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (21 Mar 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 740: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she proposes to review the post-primary school transport routes, catchment areas and boundaries in view of various anomalies and demographic changes in post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10178/06]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 753: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount that was underspent in 2005 in the schools building programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10320/06]

Written Answers — School Discipline: School Discipline (21 Mar 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 820: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the function and composition of the proposed new behaviour support teams; the way in which they will contribute to improved student discipline and fewer suspensions and other sanctions; the proposed timescale for the introduction of the behaviour support teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11113/06]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (21 Mar 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 833: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the revenue generated by the plastic bag tax on a yearly basis since its introduction; his views on whether the tax should be adjusted accordingly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10109/06]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (21 Mar 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 847: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding will be made available for the upgrading of the R178 regional route from Carrickmacross to Dundalk; if the dangerous Essexford Bridge section will be realigned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10179/06]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (21 Mar 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 848: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he proposes to increase the limits for the affordable housing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10180/06]

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (21 Mar 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 849: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the introduction of a policy of homesteading, that is, the provision of reconstruction grants and loans for the refurbishment and repair of old derelict dwellings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10182/06]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (21 Mar 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 863: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding allocated to Monaghan County Council in 2005 for disabled persons' grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10316/06]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (21 Mar 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 864: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding allocated to Cavan Council County in 2005 for disabled person's grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10317/06]

Written Answers — Nuclear Plants: Nuclear Plants (21 Mar 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 865: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the latest information available to his Department on radioactive discharges from the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing station; if he is satisfied with the assurances given by BNFL and British authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10318/06]

Whistleblowers Protection Bill 1999: Motion (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

Paudge Connolly: It is important to remember that the primary purpose of this legislation is to protect people who seek to protect the public. Legislation is needed to ensure such people who speak up are not unjustly punished. It is also important they are not ridiculed or seen as trouble makers and that their job prospects are not affected, because that is what happened. Life for anybody who tried to point...

Lourdes Hospital Inquiry: Statements. (8 Mar 2006)

Paudge Connolly: I welcome this opportunity to speak on the Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital inquiry and report into the events that transpired therein. I commend the report which is readable and a good job was done. I pay tribute to the Patient Focus group, which can only be described as excellent — its members are in the Visitors Gallery. Its persistence is beginning to be rewarded. I was concerned when the...

Genetically Modified Organisms. (8 Mar 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Question 5: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the Government's policy in relation to experimentation in the growth of genetically modified or engineered crops, particularly in view of the five year trial cultivation of genetically modified potatoes in Summerhill, County Meath, commencing in March 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9609/06]

Genetically Modified Organisms. (8 Mar 2006)

Paudge Connolly: Will the Minister agree that genetically modified crops is another way of tampering with nature? The argument which is advanced regularly is that it is about increasing our ability to grow food for the poor and about food production. That argument is advanced quite regularly but in Brazil, which is the world's fourth largest food supplier why do 46 million people go to bed hungry every night?...

Genetically Modified Organisms. (8 Mar 2006)

Paudge Connolly: It is not a matter for us to determine the type of food we grow. It is now a matter for the EU as to whether we grow GM crops. Are the objections of all these groups being taken on board? We talk of a precautionary element but what about nature? We cannot prevent birds transmitting seeds to native crops. The Minister did not respond to the question about the 37 deaths and the 5,000 injuries...