Results 701-720 of 3,523 for speaker:Lucinda Creighton

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Portfolio (20 Feb 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance if media reports are accurate that half of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation assets are now expected to be sold; if he will confirm if media reports are accurate that he is looking at an accelerated sale of National Asset Management Agency assets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8831/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Health Insurance White Paper (20 Feb 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance the consultation his officials are having with the Department of Health in drafting the Universal Health Insurance White Paper in view of early leaks of the paper details tax reliefs on health insurance as one of the tools used to increase insurance take-up; if he supports the use of insurance tax relief to incentivise people to take up health insurance;...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: I am curious about the Rits report that was commissioned. I understand it was commissioned by the Department of Justice and Equality or the Minister. I am keen to hear a little more about how, when, why and what the tendering process was, if there was one, and how long Rits took to carry out the report. I am unclear on when it was commissioned and therefore I am unclear on how long the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: I am well aware of that but that was not my question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: No, my question was specifically in respect of the decision of the ombudsman not to inform the Minister and whether, in their private meeting, the chairman elaborated on the reasons for that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: Did you ask him?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: I thank the Minister for his patience. It has been a long hearing so far. When the chairman of GSOC came before the committee and was asked why he decided not to inform the Minister or the Garda Commissioner under section 80(5) or section 102 of the 2005 Act, he said that he believed it was the right thing to do at that time. The Minister does not seem to agree with that assessment by the...

Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: Hear, hear.

Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: In light of the Government's announcement yesterday regarding a judicial inquiry into the surveillance of GSOC, will the Taoiseach commit to laying the terms of reference before the Dáil and Seanad, given that GSOC is accountable to the Oireachtas, and allow amendments to those terms of reference so we can have full confidence in that process and ensure the best possible outcome in terms...

Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: I have not.

Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: The Taoiseach is misinformed, not that it is at all relevant to the point I raised.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Reports (13 Feb 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 38. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the total number of Health Service Executive internal written reports that have been conducted into perinatal deaths since the HSE came into being; the total number of written reports that have been conducted into perinatal deaths where parents of those children have not been informed that such a report exists; the reasons in such cases...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (13 Feb 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 60. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline, since the Health Information and Quality Authority report into the standards of maternity care at the hospital where a person (details supplied) died almost a year ago, the subsequent recruitment that has taken place for all hospitals in maternity care here, as indicated was necessary in the report; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Loan Book (13 Feb 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 47 of 22 January 2014, if the National Asset Management Agency will provide the information in the format requested, as promised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7450/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Open Disclosures Policy (13 Feb 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 213. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to his indication in a speech of 8 February 2014 to the Family Lawyers Association of Ireland that he has commenced work with a view to enshrining the principles of open disclosure in legislation, if a specific Bill from his Department will be published; if such a Bill would be in addition or complementary to the Health Information...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Open Disclosures Policy (13 Feb 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 287. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 6 February 2014, if the upcoming health information Bill which will enshrine the principles of open disclosure in legislation that the Minister for Justice and Equality referred to in his speech of 8 February 2014 to the Family Lawyers Association of Ireland; if additional legislation is now being framed; when...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: On a point of clarification, it is very hard to understand how Mr. O'Brien can say it was prior to the general security review, which had been contemplated two years earlier, and in the same breath refer repeatedly to information that was in the public domain and was being discussed and which was leaking out. It is a contradictory statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for sitting through what is a long session. That is appreciated. Many of the issues have been addressed already, whether satisfactorily or not is a matter for interpretation. In respect of the potential for more information to leak out in the coming days, perhaps next Sunday, through publication in national newspapers - Mr. O’Brien seems to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: It is like waiting for a ticking time-bomb. If Mr. O’Brien could share his clear thinking with the public and the Oireachtas it would pre-empt that and would avoid the potential for confusion, or worse, misleading the public. The other point I wish to raise is the confusion between the leak, which is an internal matter, which no doubt the commission will pursue, and the question of...