Results 721-740 of 1,856 for speaker:Seán Kenny

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times (3 Dec 2013)

Seán Kenny: 423. To ask the Minister for Health if sanctions apply to hospitals if they fail to treat the 90% target of persons who are admitted to wards or who are released within the first nine hours following presentation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51563/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Ireland Funding (3 Dec 2013)

Seán Kenny: 470. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will seek a detailed report from Tourism Ireland regarding its recent tourism sales mission to China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51562/13]

Topical Issue Matters (28 Nov 2013)

Seán Kenny: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Terence Flanagan - the need to end the derogation for the Irish language; (2) Deputy Patrick Nulty - the need to restore the Christmas bonus for carers, pensioners and those on long-term social welfare payments; (3) Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Awareness (27 Nov 2013)

Seán Kenny: 189. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set up a Lyme disease task force as requested by a group of Lyme disease suffers who made a presentation to the Joint Committee on Health and Children on 21 November 2013. [50904/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment (26 Nov 2013)

Seán Kenny: 316. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of requests his Department received from the Industrial Development Agency Ireland in 2012 requesting permission to appoint additional staff; the number of these requests that have been approved, pending or refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50819/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Refurbishment (26 Nov 2013)

Seán Kenny: 514. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to have Swords District Court fully wheelchair accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50823/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (26 Nov 2013)

Seán Kenny: 662. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding for a second catheterisation laboratory at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50820/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Funding (26 Nov 2013)

Seán Kenny: 663. To ask the Minister for Health the projects or programmes within his Department or agencies under the remit of his Department that received EU funding in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50821/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Services (26 Nov 2013)

Seán Kenny: 698. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and percentage of the buses in the Bus Éireann fleet that are currently wheelchair accessible; when he expects the fleet to be 100% accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50822/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (19 Nov 2013)

Seán Kenny: 281. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken in the pharmaceutical sector to attract additional high quality jobs into this vital sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49082/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Recruitment (19 Nov 2013)

Seán Kenny: 442. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of requests received in the period 1 July 2013 to 11 November 2013 from Dublin City Council seeking sanction to fill positions at the local authority; the outcome of each of these requests; the nature of each of the positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49080/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (19 Nov 2013)

Seán Kenny: 520. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of alcohol seized by An Garda Síochána from persons in a public place in the years 2011 and 2012; the monetary value of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49079/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (19 Nov 2013)

Seán Kenny: 729. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if tickets can now be purchased on-line for all Irish Rail services; if the on-line option is not available on all services, when same will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49081/13]

Local Government Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2013)

Seán Kenny: The Bill gives legislative effect to proposals set out in the action programme for effective local government, which was published this time last year and which outlines an overall vision for local government as the primary vehicle for governance and public service at local level in Ireland. The action programme sets out Government policy on a range of reforms to the local government system,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (14 Nov 2013)

Seán Kenny: 191. To ask the Minister for Health if recipients of the one-parent family payment who returned to employment are no longer entitled to retain their full medical card for three years after returning to employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48606/13]

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Nov 2013)

Seán Kenny: The Deputy has 50 seconds remaining.

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Nov 2013)

Seán Kenny: The Minister of State, Deputy White, has the right to reply.

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Nov 2013)

Seán Kenny: The Minister of State is entitled to speak for a period of time not less than 15 minutes and not exceeding 30 minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (13 Nov 2013)

Seán Kenny: This agreement is purely between the EU and Canada only. It does not refer to any other country. Under this agreement the airlines will have to pass on passengers' names and details to the Canadian border authorities. I went to Canada about 15 years ago and the Canadian mounted police were at the airport when I arrived in Toronto. I never got as thorough a check in my life as I did then....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Overseas Students Data (12 Nov 2013)

Seán Kenny: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of US nationals coming here to study in each of the past three years; his plans to grow this number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47963/13]