Results 7,861-7,880 of 9,994 for speaker:John Gormley
- Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (1 Feb 2007)
John Gormley: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the deployment of Irish troops in Lebanon; if there has been a recent update of the security risk of the mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2923/07]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (1 Feb 2007)
John Gormley: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the cytology service in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland is in danger of being closed; the reason for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3369/07]
- Written Answers — Health Levy: Health Levy (1 Feb 2007)
John Gormley: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the anomaly continues to exist where wealthy people over 70 years of age do not have to pay the health levy; if the Government will close this loophole; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3370/07]
- Written Answers — Health Levy: Health Levy (1 Feb 2007)
John Gormley: Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money that will be lost to the Exchequer in view of the fact that persons over 70 years of age do not have to pay the health levy, calculated on the health levy rates introduced in budget 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3371/07]
- Commemorative Events. (1 Feb 2007)
John Gormley: Will it be televised live?
- Defence Forces Property. (1 Feb 2007)
John Gormley: Yes.
- Defence Forces Property. (1 Feb 2007)
John Gormley: My constituents are in dire need of social and affordable housing. I appreciate that the Minister is directed by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to dispose of military barracks in some cases, but would he be prepared to make a case for Cathal Brugha Barracks to be made available to my constituency of Dublin South East? That good gesture on his part would be...
- Defence Forces Property. (1 Feb 2007)
John Gormley: The latter. For social and affordable housing.
- Overseas Missions. (1 Feb 2007)
John Gormley: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the deployment of Irish troops in the Lebanon; if there has been a recent update of the security risk of the mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3225/07]
- Overseas Missions. (1 Feb 2007)
John Gormley: They have falafel.
- Overseas Missions. (1 Feb 2007)
John Gormley: That is Lebanese taste.
- Overseas Missions. (1 Feb 2007)
John Gormley: I thank the Minister for his reply and I wish our troops well. As the Minister has noted, the situation is highly volatile. The troops are undertaking this mission in conjunction with the Finns. Is the Minister aware the head of the UN mine action co-ordination centre, Mr. Chris Clark, has stated that the de-mining efforts in Lebanon have been seriously hampered by the lack of co-operation...
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed). (1 Feb 2007)
John Gormley: I wish to share time with Deputies Ferris and Morgan. A statistic which stands out with regard to cancer is that we are going to see a 90% increase in cancer rates over the next 15 years. That amounts to a cancer epidemic but we should not be surprised to hear that one in three people will have cancer or that the rate is rising continuously. It is no longer a case of saying that when people...
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed). (1 Feb 2007)
John Gormley: The Government got rid of the legislation it promised on alcohol products.
- Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed). (1 Feb 2007)
John Gormley: The alcohol products Bill was shelved because the Government opted for a voluntary code. It is not dealing with the root causes of the problem, as usual. We know from the Irish Cancer Society that when the Government was devising its cancer strategy, it did not budget properly for the significant increase in cancer cases we are now experiencing. No mention is made in the strategy of how...
- Written Answers — Intellectual Property Rights: Intellectual Property Rights (31 Jan 2007)
John Gormley: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action, as a member of the WTO, he is taking in order to protect developing countries from large pharmaceutical companies challenging their patent laws, undermining TRIPS safeguards and preventing access to inexpensive versions of patented medicines in developing countries; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (31 Jan 2007)
John Gormley: Question 217: To ask the Taoiseach the amount paid to a company (details supplied) for services in the past six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2221/07]
- Written Answers — Public Order Offences: Public Order Offences (31 Jan 2007)
John Gormley: Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people specifically prosecuted for graffiti offences in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1326/07]
- Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (31 Jan 2007)
John Gormley: Question 259: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of bicycles stolen in Dublin City in 2004, 2005 and 2006; his views on whether secure parking for bicycles is needed in Dublin City; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1107/07]
- Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (31 Jan 2007)
John Gormley: Question 363: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the increase in anti-social behaviour including the vandalising of cars in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 6W; and the action he will take to deal with this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2095/07]