Results 801-820 of 1,494 for speaker:Deirdre Clune

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (9 Feb 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Question 272: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the persons entitled to receive the HPV vaccine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6784/10]

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (9 Feb 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide the HPV vaccine to girls over 12 years who would be at risk for family reasons of contracting cervical cancer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6785/10]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (9 Feb 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Question 287: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the level of orthodontic services based in St. Finbarr's Hospital, Cork; the number of orthodontists employed in the Cork region; the number of patients on the waiting lists for orthodontic services in the Cork region; the length of waiting time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7015/10]

Written Answers — Home Choice Loan Scheme: Home Choice Loan Scheme (9 Feb 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Question 581: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the status of the home choice loan scheme; the budget for this scheme for 2009; the budget provided for loans under this scheme in 2009; the number of staff employed to operate this scheme in 2009; the number of persons who applied for loans under this scheme in 2009; the number of...

Written Answers — Local Government Elections: Local Government Elections (9 Feb 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Question 596: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the system of directly elected mayors will be introduced; when the first such election will be held; if this system will be extended beyond Dublin; if so, when it will be introduced into areas outside Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7012/10]

Written Answers — Local Government Reform: Local Government Reform (9 Feb 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Question 595: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Special Report on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes recommendation to merge local authorities and reduce the number from 34 to 22 is being considered by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7011/10]

Written Answers — Local Government Reform: Local Government Reform (9 Feb 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Question 597: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to reform the current system of regional authorities and regional assemblies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7013/10]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (9 Feb 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Question 598: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he will take to review the regional planning guidelines for the Cork and Kerry region in view of the empty units in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7014/10]

Written Answers — Juvenile Offenders: Juvenile Offenders (4 Feb 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of each of the 10 different community sanctions that have been imposed by the courts as part of the provisions of the Children's Act, 2001; if these community sanctions are available nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5704/10]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (4 Feb 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Question 251: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will reinstate the entitlement to a State contributory pension to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5784/10]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (4 Feb 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Question 288: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will reinstate the entitlement to contributory State pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5950/10]

Flood Relief Works (3 Feb 2010)

Deirdre Clune: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this issue. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh, to the House. I am raising the issue in response to the Minister of State's launch of the draft catchment flood risk assessment management study for the River Lee in Cork. This is the third time I have raised this issue on the Adjournment since September. Cork city is...

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (3 Feb 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a couple who have already adopted a child from Russia and have met with a second child from the same country that they hope to adopt; if that adoption can proceed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5679/10]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (3 Feb 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Question 249: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department's project to install real time passenger information for bus stops will be extended beyond the greater Dublin area; if it will be extended to Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5652/10]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (3 Feb 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Question 250: To ask the Minister for Transport if extra funding beyond the €5.8 million that had been allocated to the project has now been received to install real time passenger information at bus stops; the amount of this funding that will be allocated to Cork; the amount of this funding that will be allocated to Dublin; when and the reason the decision was taken to extend the project...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (3 Feb 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Question 381: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of a school (details supplied) on the school building programme; when his Department will respond to Cork County Council's request for further information regarding this outstanding planning application; if the necessary funding is in place to complete the project once planning is approved; when construction of the school...

Economic Competitiveness. (2 Feb 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the recommendations of the recent National Competitiveness Council report aimed at promoting innovation will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5350/10]

Economic Competitiveness. (2 Feb 2010)

Deirdre Clune: The funding for Science Foundation Ireland, €179 million in 2009, was reduced to €165 million in budget 2010. Enterprise Ireland's capital funding spending was reduced by €126 million and the science budget of the Department of Education and Science was reduced from €256 million to €150 million. There has been a severe reduction in the spending on science, technology and...

Economic Competitiveness. (2 Feb 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Can the Minister published those results and metrics so that we can see how things have changed and how the shift towards commercialisation has come about? That is important. Can the Minister comment on the NCC and its comments on credits for research and development? Rather than having an emphasis on foreign companies and the benefit going to headquarters that may be abroad, there should...

Gangland Crime: Motion (2 Feb 2010)

Deirdre Clune: There have been five gangland murders in the first three weeks of 2010. One of them was in Cork when Gerard Staunton, 42 years of age, was shot in front of his partner and children in a quiet, residential area near Wilton. That has had a chilling, shocking and frightening effect on the local community. A garda reported last week that one shot hit the rear seat of a car where the two...