Results 621-640 of 4,915 for speaker:Jim O'Keeffe

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (23 Jun 2009)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 497: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps he will take to ensure that undue pressure is not put on leaving certificate students who have to sit, in some instances, three exams on the one day; if his attention has been drawn to the number of such students involved in such situation; and if special consideration will be given to those affected. [24609/09]

Order of Business (23 Jun 2009)

Jim O'Keeffe: You are making a lot of noise considering you are on just 10%.

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (18 Jun 2009)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the arrangements for obtaining grid connections in relation to proposed wind farm operations; if such grid connections are transferable once approved; the controls which are exercised in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24091/09]

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (18 Jun 2009)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to a practice whereby grid connections for proposed wind farm operations are subsequently sold without reference to the original land owners; his views on this practice; and his proposals to deal with same. [24092/09]

Written Answers — Private Residential Tenancies Board: Private Residential Tenancies Board (18 Jun 2009)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 167: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied with the situation whereby, as a result of the procedures required by the Private Residential Tenancy Board, a property owner may have to wait for upwards to two years to have a non-paying tenant excluded from their property; and his proposals for reform in this regard. [24321/09]

Written Answers — Industrial Relations Issues: Industrial Relations Issues (17 Jun 2009)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the controversy which has arisen in relation to labour relations arrangements on the operation of the official ferry to Cape Clear Island in west Cork in respect of which his Department makes available substantial State subsidy; and if he will bring to the attention of the operator...

Written Answers — Industrial Relations Issues: Industrial Relations Issues (17 Jun 2009)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the terms and conditions associated with the grant of subsidy for the official ferry to Cape Clear Island in west Cork; and if there are requirements in relation to having appropriate labour relations arrangements in the operation of the ferry. [23727/09]

Agricultural Colleges. (16 Jun 2009)

Jim O'Keeffe: I make a special plea on behalf of the farming community of the south west following an approach made to me by a number of farming families there. As everybody knows, dairying is the centrepiece of farming activities in the south. County Cork has one third of our dairy production and in the wider context, two thirds of the entire dairy production for the country is in Munster. The primary...

Agricultural Colleges. (16 Jun 2009)

Jim O'Keeffe: I hope we will now see action on the ground to accommodate all these extra applicants.

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (11 Jun 2009)

Jim O'Keeffe: I have been a Member of the Dáil for more than 30 years. The Ryan report contains the saddest litany of shameful abuse ever debated during my time in this House. What we have before us is a catalogue of crimes against children to which our only reaction can be utter revulsion. In many ways, we are discussing our domestic policy. While it is true that children were not consigned to the...

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (11 Jun 2009)

Jim O'Keeffe: I accept the Deputy's correction; they were sent there. They were ostracised by society. The girls concerned had in general become pregnant. No middle class children were sent to reformatories or industrial schools. Those sent were the marginalised children of the poor and those who were regarded as sinners. In many ways, they were regarded as less than human by church, State and...

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (11 Jun 2009)

Jim O'Keeffe: Exactly, they were accompanied by headage payments. In a letter dated 18 September, the Department apologised for the delay in responding to the bishop and expressed hope that its explanation would satisfy him it was faithfully observing the promises made on the occasion of his visit to deal as sympathetically as possible with the claims and circumstances of the Baltimore school. This...

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (11 Jun 2009)

Jim O'Keeffe: Dr. McCabe consistently reported that accommodation at the school was overcrowded and its equipment poor. At one time she noted that medical records were not kept and added the cryptic comment, "perhaps too revealing". She reported that the children's clothes were tattered and torn and that they lacked shoes except in winter. The Department knew about conditions at the school, therefore,...

Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Jim O'Keeffe: I ask the Acting Chairman to give Deputy Ring a little leeway.

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (9 Jun 2009)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 408: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason voicemail facilities are not available on unattended telephones in many Garda stations; and his proposals in this regard. [22988/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (9 Jun 2009)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 466: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the delay in payment of jobseeker's benefit to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will arrange for payment. [22474/09]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (28 May 2009)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he has taken arising from the latest behaviour of the military dictatorship in Burma towards the lawful leader Aung San Suu Kyi; and the further steps he will take on the matter. [21690/09]

Written Answers — Prison Building Programme: Prison Building Programme (27 May 2009)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount paid to date on purchasing professional fees, site preparation, landscaping and security in relation to the Thornton Hall development; if he has obtained an up to date valuation of the property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21284/09]

Prison Building Programme. (27 May 2009)

Jim O'Keeffe: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the purchase of Thornton Hall, County Dublin, was ill advised and bad value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21283/09]

Prison Building Programme. (27 May 2009)

Jim O'Keeffe: I notice the Minister was careful in his choice of words when he said that this purchase "will prove to have been a prudent investment". Like me, the Minister has been a practising solicitor. The 150 acres at Thornton comprised a farm. I referred to it at the time as the dearest farm in Europe. Surely the Minister is not standing over the purchase of farmland at €200,000 per acre. Of...