Results 9,361-9,380 of 22,424 for speaker:Finian McGrath

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Policy (5 Mar 2015)

Finian McGrath: 206. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding methadone use and children. [9721/15]

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Finian McGrath: I will keep it going.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Finian McGrath: I will see how I get on. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Kevin Humphreys. Before I go into my analysis of the legislation, I would like to support what my colleague, Deputy Connaughton, said about community employment schemes. I am strongly of the view that we need to be creative and radical on this issue. We have all had positive experience of community employment schemes...

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Finian McGrath: Big ranchers in County Meath.

Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2015)

Finian McGrath: Big farms in County Meath.

Family Home Mortgage Settlement Arrangement Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Mar 2015)

Finian McGrath: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak on this legislation. The bottom line is that we all have a duty to assist families in mortgage arrears. Turning our backs on these people is not an option. Throwing families out of their homes is not a realistic solution to the problem. The Government must up its game and take on board the solutions put forward during this debate. We need to...

Message from Seanad (3 Mar 2015)

Finian McGrath: Outrageous.

Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (3 Mar 2015)

Finian McGrath: I welcome the €11.7 investment because such investment is important on the north side of Dublin. In 1824, John Cadbury opened a small grocer's shop at 93 Bull Street in Birmingham. He came to Ireland in 1932 and to Coolock in 1964. The plant exports approximately 200 products to 30 countries, which is worth €110 million to the economy. Does the Minister accept that this...

Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (3 Mar 2015)

Finian McGrath: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak during this urgent debate on the job losses at Cadbury's chocolate factory in Coolock. This is a bad and sad blow to all of the staff of Cadbury and their families. It is also a significant blow to the people on the north side of Dublin. The staff, their family members and the people of my constituency have been gutted by the...

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2015)

Finian McGrath: We have been talking about them for four years.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (3 Mar 2015)

Finian McGrath: 219. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine the introduction of public banking, which operates on commercial principles, with the aim of maximising sustainable lending and not profits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9168/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Council Legislation (3 Mar 2015)

Finian McGrath: 349. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the proposed judicial council, which has been under discussion for 16 years, will be legislated for; and if this proposal will include a mechanism for complaints to be investigated, of a judge’s alleged misconduct, as had been previously proposed by the judicial conduct committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (3 Mar 2015)

Finian McGrath: 307. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on community policing in the Dublin Bay north area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8790/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (3 Mar 2015)

Finian McGrath: 417. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medical cards for children with a disability (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9167/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (3 Mar 2015)

Finian McGrath: 416. To ask the Minister for Health the support and care being provided for women affected by the treatment they experienced at the Magdalen laundries (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9166/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (3 Mar 2015)

Finian McGrath: 405. To ask the Minister for Health how the Health Service Executive can justifiably impose value-for-money part-year cuts for 2014, of up to 3%, and full-year cuts in 2015, of up to 6%, on the Camphill Communities of Ireland in November 2014 on what are historically-low capitation fees, which are comparably below the lower average capitation fees for the sector; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (3 Mar 2015)

Finian McGrath: 406. To ask the Minister for Health if the 2015 service plan of the Health Service Executive contains enough funding to fully cover all of the associated costs that arise from a recent Labour Court ruling around sleepover rates and a maximum working week for 39 agencies, such as Camphill Communities of Ireland, including payments dated back to September 2014; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (3 Mar 2015)

Finian McGrath: 414. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the vital and excellent service of Camphill Communities of Ireland for those with an intellectual disability; his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9156/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (3 Mar 2015)

Finian McGrath: 442. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a person's treatment in a hospital in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9340/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (3 Mar 2015)

Finian McGrath: 469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the situation regarding the 375 post-primary students (details supplied), categorised as autism spectrum disorder, at the end of the 2013-14 school year; if further education, or training places, were provided for these students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8792/15]