Results 8,821-8,840 of 9,147 for speaker:Pat Breen

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Breen: Question 512: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the progress report for the Kilkee sewerage scheme in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13256/05]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Training: Defence Forces Training (21 Apr 2005)

Pat Breen: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Defence the level of training given to members of the Defence Forces to equip them to deal with nuclear contamination as a result of accident or act of terrorism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12431/05]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Apr 2005)

Pat Breen: Question 50: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be called for a CDC assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12593/05]

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (20 Apr 2005)

Pat Breen: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his assessment of the damage done to efforts to attract migrant workers here by recent revelations of exploitation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12057/05]

Labour Inspectorate. (20 Apr 2005)

Pat Breen: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons employed by the labour inspectorate based in his Department; the number of companies under investigation; the nature of those investigations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12056/05]

Job Losses. (20 Apr 2005)

Pat Breen: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will address immediately the erosion of Ennis as an industrial base with the recent announcement that a company (details supplied) will close with the loss of 131 jobs; if a new industrial investment programme for Ennis in conjunction with Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and Shannon Development will be developed as a...

Job Losses. (20 Apr 2005)

Pat Breen: While the Minister provided statistics on overall employment, there have been over 570 job losses in Ennis in the past six years. As the Minister will know, Ennis is now the tenth largest town in Ireland with a population of 24,000, which will grow to 35,000 in 15 years. If people want to live there, they must want to work there also. While it is a fine town and the Minister of State, Deputy...

Job Losses. (20 Apr 2005)

Pat Breen: It is becoming a residential town.

Job Losses. (20 Apr 2005)

Pat Breen: Will the Minister undertake in his Department an investment programme which specifically targets Ennis? It is his responsibility to promote enterprise, trade and employment. The manufacturing industry in the town continues to be eroded. While I acknowledge that the information age park which was opened last month is a fine facility, we need jobs for it which we are not getting. The Minister...

Job Losses. (20 Apr 2005)

Pat Breen: Where are the jobs?

Written Answers — Child Care Policy: Child Care Policy (19 Apr 2005)

Pat Breen: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to his comments in a newspaper (details supplied) regarding payments to grandparents for child care, if his Department's attention has been drawn to the number of grandparents currently involved in child care duties of their grandchildren; the number of grandparents he would expect to avail of this payment system if it...

Written Answers — Child Care Policy: Child Care Policy (19 Apr 2005)

Pat Breen: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he expects the review of national child care policy to be completed; the persons carrying out the review; the Departments involved in the review; when he expects findings of the review to be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11890/05]

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (19 Apr 2005)

Pat Breen: Question 267: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide funding to Clare County Council to increase the pier at Doonbeg, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11710/05]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (14 Apr 2005)

Pat Breen: Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the plans for Caoimhe House in Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11553/05]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (14 Apr 2005)

Pat Breen: Question 160: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Question No. 572 of 19 October 2004, if the documentation and contracts have been approved for the Ballyvaughan and Fanore group water scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11492/05]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (13 Apr 2005)

Pat Breen: Question 115: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support the setting up of waste minimisation clubs to reduce waste; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11047/05]

Local Authority Housing. (13 Apr 2005)

Pat Breen: Question 61: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of households and individuals who are living in local authority housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11014/05]

Local Authority Housing. (13 Apr 2005)

Pat Breen: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. He stated that this year or last year, 13,000 households were accommodated under social or affordable housing. Is it not a fact that the number of households who are on the local authority housing list is in excess of 55,000? The Minister of State's policy is going nowhere. It is a poor indication of the Government's commitment to look after those...

Local Authority Housing. (13 Apr 2005)

Pat Breen: That is the new standard form.

Written Answers — Lisbon Agenda: Lisbon Agenda (12 Apr 2005)

Pat Breen: Question 149: To ask the Taoiseach the coordination arrangements he proposes to put in place to implement the Lisbon Strategy as agreed at the recent European Council summit and if he will make a statement on the matter [10921/05]