Results 841-860 of 1,441 for speaker:Ann Phelan

Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses^ (24 Jun 2014)

Ann Phelan: I understand the Minister of State's response and at this stage all we can do is rely on the court to appoint an examiner to give the company protection. I hope that will happen. When the Minister returns from his trade mission to Beijing, we would welcome a meeting with him to see what can be done because it is much easier to protect what is there than to try to create something new....

Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses^ (24 Jun 2014)

Ann Phelan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for affording me the opportunity to speak about this most unfortunate issue. Dan Morrissey Irl. Limited is a company based in Carlow and Wicklow that is involved in the quarrying and concrete industry. It is a family-owned business servicing the construction and agricultural industries in the south east. The Morrissey family has ensured employment for hundreds...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (24 Jun 2014)

Ann Phelan: 647. To ask the Minister for Health the number of families who exceeded the drug rebate limit of €144 per month in each of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013; the amount that was paid out to such claimants in those years; if he will quantify the savings to his Department on a yearly basis for 2011, 2012 and 2013 due to savings on the costs of medicines; and if he will make a statement on...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2014)

Ann Phelan: That is not true.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2014)

Ann Phelan: Empty vessels.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Oversight (10 Jun 2014)

Ann Phelan: 541. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the review of the fair deal scheme; if it will be debated in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24569/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (4 Jun 2014)

Ann Phelan: 196. To ask the Minister for Health based on the population projections by the Centre for Ageing Research and Development confirming ESRI projections on major growth in the number of persons needing nursing home care, if he will ensure that a meaningful forum on long-term residential care, co-ordinated and led by his Department, will be established to discuss and plan the future of long-term...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (27 May 2014)

Ann Phelan: 716. To ask the Minister for Health if he will quantify on a county basis the number of persons who have lost their medical cards in the 12 months up to the end of March 2014; the number of said persons who have been given GP only cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22143/14]

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 May 2014)

Ann Phelan: This issue is extremely important to me and my constituency. Sometimes we pay lip service to debates. Tonight we should endeavour, with the Sinn Féin Members who are left in the House, to conduct a mature debate on medical cards. The system is not perfect but I do not want to terrify the public. It is a particularly Irish trait to terrify the wits out of people, no matter what we try...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance Scheme (14 May 2014)

Ann Phelan: 110. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in relation to the humanitarian aid scheme arising from flooding in January and February 2014, if she will provide a breakdown, on a county basis, of the number of families assisted from this fund; if she will provide a breakdown of the moneys allocated to each county from the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21752/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EU Energy Policy: European Commission (8 May 2014)

Ann Phelan: I welcome the delegation. There is no doubt that the energy area is complex, stretching across other sectors that not only make up our economy, but even our society. I will touch on points raised by other Deputies by referring to the setting of targets, and particularly non-binding targets on member states. Rather than having non-binding targets, it may be better to set realistic targets...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EU Energy Policy: European Commission (8 May 2014)

Ann Phelan: Yes. My difficulty is that the citizens themselves do not feel part of the debate about climate change, renewable energy targets and so forth. They think this is the preserve of big energy companies and big developers who are coming in and cannibalising their environment for big profits. That is where the argument about the infrastructure is being lost. Individuals in their own homes do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)

Ann Phelan: On the obligation to follow up, if someone receives a tender from Bus Éireann and employs someone else, is there an obligation on the company to follow up that the individual in question is in compliance with employment law?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)

Ann Phelan: The questions I wish to ask are about the tendering process. All anyone ever wants in a process is to be treated fairly and to believe that the playing pitch is as level for them as it is for their next-door neighbour. Nobody likes dealing with a system where they believe there is a bias - real or perceived. Under Bus Éireann's tendering process, does it have an appeals mechanism? If...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Properties (6 May 2014)

Ann Phelan: 151. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of public land available, by county, that could be used by equine rescues; if there are currently any National Asset Management Agency properties, with stables and paddocks, that could be made available for use by animal welfare organisations such as horse sanctuaries; if there is a database with this information publically available; and if he...

Housing Provision: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2014)

Ann Phelan: I appreciate the opportunity to speak on the motion. I assure Deputy Halligan that I take the problem of homelessness and housing very seriously. I have spoken a number of times, including in the past month, on similar issues. Nobody is denying that there is a crisis with housing and homelessness. All Members in the House and our colleagues in the local authorities are dealing with large...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Community Broadcasting: Discussion (30 Apr 2014)

Ann Phelan: I have a supplementary question. Would there be any merit in working more closely with the local authorities and the new economic committees that are to be set up? If such a stream of funding were set up, could community broadcasters work through them? Does Mr. Moore envisage that being of benefit in any way?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Community Broadcasting: Discussion (30 Apr 2014)

Ann Phelan: I would prefer to speak first as I am on quorum duty. I am not as familiar with television as with radio but, from listening to the witnesses, I am amazed at the amount of activity in the sector. I am not ideologically opposed to ring-fencing, under the provisions of the Broadcasting Act, a stream of money for the community sector, whether television or radio. Perhaps this money should be...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights Issues (30 Apr 2014)

Ann Phelan: 258. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in the context of the transport industry and, specifically, with regard to the use of tacograph records as an acceptable means of time recording, the reason the National Employment Rights Authority, NERA, refuses to recognise same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18960/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Horses (30 Apr 2014)

Ann Phelan: 662. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has a policy on discouraging the re-homing of equines impounded by local authorities; the amount his Department pay each local authority per equine impounded under the following circumstances; equine impounded, kept for five days then euthanised, equine impounded, kept for five days then reclaimed by owner, equine...