Results 881-900 of 11,258 for speaker:Séamus Kirk

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (22 Feb 2012)

Séamus Kirk: Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health if the proposed changes in the Health Service Executive North East service report will involve the closure of St Joseph's, Ardee, and the Cottage Hospital Drogheda, County Louth; if so, the location at which the current residents will be accommodated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10170/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (22 Feb 2012)

Séamus Kirk: Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health what will happen to the staff of St Joseph's, Ardee, and the Cottage Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth if, as stated in the Health Service Executive North East service report that these two facilities will close, there will be a redeployment scheme put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10171/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (22 Feb 2012)

Séamus Kirk: Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health if he and the Health Service Executive are willing to consider plans by St Joseph's Hospital, Ardee, and the Cottage Hospital Drogheda, County Louth, and retain the existing residential beds of each site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10173/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (22 Feb 2012)

Séamus Kirk: Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential nursing home beds in County Louth in both the public and private sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10176/12]

Private Members' Business. Health Services: Motion (21 Feb 2012)

Séamus Kirk: We are all pleased that the senior Minister in the Department of Health is present. It is important that, when an important motion such as this is before the House, he is present to listen and respond when his time comes. The removal of €750 million from the health budget for the coming 12 months will have profound implications for the health service. When Fine Gael was in opposition, its...

Private Members' Business. Health Services: Motion (21 Feb 2012)

Séamus Kirk: I ask the Minister to listen to the point I am going to make. Surely, at a minimum, we should have telephone contact with the office in order that I or Deputy Kelleher or the Minister himself, as public representatives, can call someone in customer service in the medical card centre in Finglas to ask about the current position of an application for a person at the back of the Cooley...

Written Answers — Sexual Offences: Sexual Offences (14 Feb 2012)

Séamus Kirk: Question 88: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to improve inter-agency co-operation between the Health Service Executive and the Garda in respect of the investigation of sexual offences against children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8101/12]

Written Answers — Statistical Data: Statistical Data (14 Feb 2012)

Séamus Kirk: Question 107: To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons over the age of 65 years in County Louth as of January 2012; if he will provide a gender breakdown of the figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7749/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (14 Feb 2012)

Séamus Kirk: Question 459: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the criteria for deciding which housing estates are exempt from the household charge in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8227/12]

Written Answers — Land Annexation: Land Annexation (8 Feb 2012)

Séamus Kirk: Question 34: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the O'Neill clan, Spanish branch, lodged a claim with the Irish and British Government in 1921 in regard to clan lands annexed in Ulster prior to the plantation in that area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7102/12]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (8 Feb 2012)

Séamus Kirk: Question 57: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools that are being considered for the 2012-13 school buildings programme in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6996/12]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (8 Feb 2012)

Séamus Kirk: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the new green field site next to Calvary graveyard in Drogheda, County Louth; the target completion date for the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6998/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (8 Feb 2012)

Séamus Kirk: Question 88: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she would consider modifying regulations, to allow for greater consultation with potential employers under the Tús programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7004/12]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (8 Feb 2012)

Séamus Kirk: Question 112: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated number of jobs created both on a full-time and casual basis under the Leader rural development initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7003/12]

Written Answers — Food Imports: Food Imports (8 Feb 2012)

Séamus Kirk: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value and volume of potato chips and other potato-related imports in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6999/12]

Written Answers — Food Imports: Food Imports (8 Feb 2012)

Séamus Kirk: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is any import substitution initiative for potato chips products being considered by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7000/12]

Written Answers — Food Imports: Food Imports (8 Feb 2012)

Séamus Kirk: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of fresh fruit and vegetables imports in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7001/12]

Written Answers — Horticulture Sector: Horticulture Sector (8 Feb 2012)

Séamus Kirk: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons employed on a full-time basis and part-time basis in the mushroom industry in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7002/12]

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (8 Feb 2012)

Séamus Kirk: Question 211: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a heritage trail from Connaught to Cooley based on the Táin Bó Cúailgne saga; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6997/12]

Written Answers — Tourism Promotion: Tourism Promotion (8 Feb 2012)

Séamus Kirk: Question 217: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a tourism potential analysis has been undertaken in regards to the Viking discovery along the mid-Louth coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6995/12]