Results 601-620 of 2,137 for speaker:Jerry Cowley

Written Answers — Budget Submissions: Budget Submissions (12 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give consideration in budget 2007 to a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32489/06]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (12 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person in receipt of invalidity pension, REPS and single farm payment has to have their social welfare invalidity pension payment assessed as income; the income thresholds for such a person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32497/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (12 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when evening dialysis will be available to dialysis patients in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32484/06]

Written Answers — Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (12 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 144: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to increase the child care grant awarded to VTOS students in view of the ever increasing child care and crèche costs and in further view of the fact that this grant has not been increased in five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32440/06]

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (12 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 183: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the reintroduction of the first time buyers grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32498/06]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (12 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the reason taxpayers should be obliged to pay €675,639 for ten days of Garda overtime, not including Garda salary costs, to pay for the cost of hundreds of gardaí to quash a peaceful protest against the building of the Corrib gas refinery that will be of little use to the people of...

Order of Business (12 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: On legislation concerning access to public services, there are ill old people who cannot get transport to hospital——

Order of Business (12 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: To finish on that point, old people cannot even get enough money to stay in a private nursing home——

Order of Business (12 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: The difficulty is that €675,000 has been spent over the past ten days doing Shell's business in Bellanaboy.

Order of Business (12 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: That is a disgrace.

Order of Business (12 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Shell is making €3 million every hour in profit.

Order of Business (12 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: The money should be used for hospital services——

Order of Business (12 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: ——instead of subsidising Shell, which is making €3 million every hour. It is disgraceful.

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (11 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he intends to take to restore employment in north Mayo and in Ballina, County Mayo in view of the fact that the employment rate in the town in 11% which is twice the national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32070/06]

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (11 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost to his Department of the increased Garda presence at Ballinaboy Shell refinery; the cost to date; the projected costs and if Shell are paying for this Garda presence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32230/06]

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (11 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí who have been deployed in north Mayo in relation to the Ballinaboy Shell facility and are still being deployed; the locations where these gardaí have come from and the divisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32231/06]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (11 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that most of the case workers in the Office of the Ombudsman dealing with complaints against local authorities and particularly with planning application complaints, have a two day qualification in planning law and do not have a third level qualification in planning; his views on same in view of the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (11 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person needing dental treatment prior to a total hip replacement but with a latex allergy, has to go to Liverpool for treatment as they have been told the dental treatment of patients with a latex allergy cannot take place here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32290/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the case of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32189/06]

Industrial Development. (11 Oct 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the IDA industrial park on the Sligo Road, Ballina, will begin operations as an industrial park, bringing much needed employment to the Ballina town and region; his views on whether infrastructure investment is urgently needed to attract industry to this employment blackspot; and if he will make a statement on the...