Results 681-700 of 1,391 for speaker:Patrick Nulty

Topical Issue Debate: Forestry Sector (31 Jan 2013)

Patrick Nulty: I said that is not correct. Of course, we accept the country is bankrupt.

Topical Issue Debate: Forestry Sector (31 Jan 2013)

Patrick Nulty: Yes, but we should not sell off valuable resources.

Topical Issue Debate: Forestry Sector (31 Jan 2013)

Patrick Nulty: I thank the Minister for his response. Coillte is a profitable, successful company. If the decision to sell off a company that is an Irish success story which is integral to this island's economic development is not an ideological decision, I do not what is because if we were serious we would develop Coillte as a publicly owned company relying on its successful past and the resources...

Topical Issue Debate: Forestry Sector (31 Jan 2013)

Patrick Nulty: The Government's plan to sell the rights to fell and sell trees in State-owned forests puts at risk 100 years of public forestry in the country. The industry is worth €2.2 billion per year. It was worth €286 million per year in exports in 2011 and it employs 12,000 people. Despite its being an Irish success story, there appears to be a drive and determination to sell off a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Appeals (31 Jan 2013)

Patrick Nulty: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for illness benefit will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4909/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (30 Jan 2013)

Patrick Nulty: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that would be raised for the Exchequer in a calendar year if pension tax relief was included in the minimum effective tax rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4572/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (29 Jan 2013)

Patrick Nulty: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student grant application will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4419/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Funding (29 Jan 2013)

Patrick Nulty: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Consumers' Association of Ireland has made an application for funding for 2012 or 2013; if his Department has evaluated same; if this funding has been made available, the amount his Department allocated to the Consumers' Association of Ireland and for what purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4122/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Committals (29 Jan 2013)

Patrick Nulty: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons committed to prison for non-payment of fines in 2012; if he will provide comparative figures for the previous three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4120/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (29 Jan 2013)

Patrick Nulty: To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will receive speech and language therapy and occupational therapy; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4318/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Budget Submissions (24 Jan 2013)

Patrick Nulty: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he was lobbied by the Industrial Development Agency and or any multinational corporations regarding Budget 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56530/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (24 Jan 2013)

Patrick Nulty: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student grant application will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3545/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (24 Jan 2013)

Patrick Nulty: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reconsider the decision taken in the recent budget to reduce the earnings disregard for people working and getting one-parent family payment; her views on the impact that this is having on working parents with larger families in particular, coupled with the cut in children’s allowance, increase in energy prices, abolition of PRSI...

Order of Business (23 Jan 2013)

Patrick Nulty: No. 3 on the A list is the child care (amendment) Bill to amend section 17 of the Child Care Act 1991. When will that will be published? In addition, will the Government honour its commitment, while in opposition, to amend section 45 of the Act to provide for a statutory right to after care for young people leaving State care? I note the Taoiseach's party explicitly supported that while in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumers Association of Ireland (23 Jan 2013)

Patrick Nulty: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has had any meeting since July 2012 with the Consumers Association of Ireland to discuss their funding problems and consumer issues; if there are any plans for follow up meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3170/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Delays (22 Jan 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of unprocessed student grant applications that remain to be dealt with by Student Universal Support Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2421/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears (22 Jan 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 224. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage arrears, home repossessions and foreclosures in the State for the years 2000 to 2011, aggregates in tabular form by quarter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3000/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Transaction Tax (22 Jan 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 225. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans regarding the upcoming vote on the financial transactions tax at the ECOFIN meeting of Finance Ministers; the criteria on which he will base his decision on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3001/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Jan 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the necessary and appropriate education supports will be provided to a child with disabilities (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2797/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (22 Jan 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 373. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2879/13]