Results 841-860 of 1,403 for speaker:Noel Harrington

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (13 Jun 2013)

Noel Harrington: 105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will investigate the options of providing a satisfactory broadband service to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28450/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases Issues (13 Jun 2013)

Noel Harrington: 176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will bring forward a scheduled TB and brucellosis herd test in respect of a person (details supplied)in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28497/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Correspondence (13 Jun 2013)

Noel Harrington: 198. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 596 of 14 May 2013 the reason the Health Service Executive has not issued a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28432/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Roads Maintenance: Discussion with County and City Managers Association (12 Jun 2013)

Noel Harrington: It has been a fantastic engineering presentation. Although I thought we would have managers, we have engineers, and the session has been very informative. That may be facetious. Where local authority managers have come from an engineering background, do they dedicate more resources to roads?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Roads Maintenance: Discussion with County and City Managers Association (12 Jun 2013)

Noel Harrington: I welcome the witnesses. I have great sympathy for the managers with regard to health and safety legislation because the buck stops with them. They could be before a judge on a criminal matter before they knew where they were. It is a very pressured and difficult environment in which to work. It would have been helpful if Engineers Ireland or an engineer had come before the committee to...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Waste Generation Survey (11 Jun 2013)

Noel Harrington: 97. To ask the Taoiseach if he satisfied that the Waste Generation Survey 2012 conducted recently by the Central Statistics Office meets with the commitment to reduce bureaucracy and red tape for small and medium enterprises in that a one page survey has two instruction manuals one of five pages on how to fill in the details and one of 77 pages on the technical terms that must be used in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (11 Jun 2013)

Noel Harrington: 471. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the case of a claimed overpayment in respect of a person (details supplied ) in County Cork when the payment in question was from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27968/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Landings (11 Jun 2013)

Noel Harrington: 832. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Castletownbere harbour, County Cork, will be included as a designated port as set out in the NEAFC scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27935/13]

Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2013)

Noel Harrington: I also welcome the opportunity to speak on the Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill. With a budget of almost €21 billion per annum, reform of the social protection system should be an ongoing process. Given the amount of public funds involved, constant vigilance and progress are required. I welcome many of the provisions in the Bill, in particular the new...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Ombudsman's Report on Nursing Home Care: Discussion with Department of Health (29 May 2013)

Noel Harrington: I welcome Dr. McLoughlin and his team. Is legislation being prepared to amend the Health Act 1970 to resolve this issue? He mentioned that there were 33 settlements. The Ombudsman made the point that they were settled at the point of the orders of discovery. It seems the advice from Chief State Solicitor's office or the Attorney General was to settle at that stage. Have all cases that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Ombudsman's Report on Nursing Home Care: Discussion with Department of Health (29 May 2013)

Noel Harrington: There are two different opinions from two State bodies on this and we cannot be the arbiters of this. Has the Department made an effort to seek a clarifying opinion through the courts on who has the correct interpretation of the 1970 Act?

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2013)

Noel Harrington: Self-praise is no praise.

Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)

Noel Harrington: Is that a necessary role?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Appeals (28 May 2013)

Noel Harrington: 553. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal made in writing in March 2012, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork on receipt of documentation from his Department following an inspection in July 2011 on their lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25131/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (28 May 2013)

Noel Harrington: 585. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a deduction was made from a single farm payment in 2012 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25848/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (28 May 2013)

Noel Harrington: 586. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a forestry grant will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25849/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (23 May 2013)

Noel Harrington: 213. To ask the Minister for Health his proposal relating to a minimum price for alcohol in view of the ruling by the Scottish Supreme Court in favour of the legality of the Scottish Government's plans to introduce minimum pricing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24895/13]

Ireland and the Eurozone: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 May 2013)

Noel Harrington: Looking at the signatories of the motion, one realises those who have been sceptical about the European Union and the eurozone have generally come from the extreme far left or extreme far right. The scepticism remains the same. The signatories makes strange bedfellows. While they can quote statistics and talk about processes, per capita income, etc., they should note that Irish income per...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Budgetary Position and Editorial Policy: Discussion with RTE (22 May 2013)

Noel Harrington: In almost every segment RTE advertises an RTE programme, either coming next or the following night or week. Is there an assessment of what that costs? Does RTE bill itself or assess how much time is used in advertising RTE content?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Budgetary Position and Editorial Policy: Discussion with RTE (22 May 2013)

Noel Harrington: Does Ms O'Keeffe have figures for the cost of home produced programming?