Results 921-940 of 992 for speaker:Gabrielle McFadden

Public Accounts Committee: Credit Union Fund Accounts 2013; Credit Resolution Institution Fund Accounts 2013; and Credit Union Restructuring Board Accounts 2013 (11 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: Some members do not take remuneration. Why is that?

Public Accounts Committee: Credit Union Fund Accounts 2013; Credit Resolution Institution Fund Accounts 2013; and Credit Union Restructuring Board Accounts 2013 (11 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: I thank the witnesses.

Other Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (11 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 10. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the person that will be tasked with costing the proposals for the State-led intervention in the national broadband plan intervention areas identified during the mapping process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47112/14]

Other Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (11 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 13. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the criteria that will be used to cost the proposals for the State-led intervention proposed in the national broadband plan; the way the plan will be funded; if the areas with the poorest coverage will be prioritised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47111/14]

Other Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (11 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: If it is okay with the Minister of State, I propose that we take Questions Nos. 10 and 13 together because they are similar. Question No. 13 is the one I really want to ask. It is to ask the Minister of State what criteria will be used to cost the proposals for the State-led intervention proposed in the national broadband plan. How will the plan be funded and will the areas with the...

Other Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (11 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: I thank the Minister of State. The national broadband plan to deliver high speed broadband to every corner of the country is very welcome. However, like all ambitious plans, it comes at a price. Longford-Westmeath is my priority. The previous Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, rightly said that an ambitious programme to provide high quality, reliable and high speed broadband is a necessity for...

Homelessness: Statements (10 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: I commend the recent work of Minister, Deputy Kelly, and the Minister of State, Deputy Coffey, in addressing the crisis in Dublin. I point out that the crisis is not just confined to Dublin, but is a nationwide problem. The Government's 20-point action plan to tackle emergency and short-term homelessness has committed €20 million to provide 260 additional emergency beds for people...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Personal Insolvency Practitioners (10 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 23. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will explore with the Departments of Justice and Equality and Finance the possibility of putting together a financial assistance programme for social welfare recipients seeking bankruptcy declarations to allow them to engage the services of a Personal Insolvency practitioner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47090/14]

Business of Dáil (9 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: Where was the Deputy on Friday?

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (9 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 448. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria used by his Department to allocate respective funding from the national homelessness budget to the eight regions in the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47345/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (9 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 449. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria that will be used by his Department to allocate respective funding from the national homelessness budget for 2015 to the regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47346/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (9 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 450. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason there is a clear disparity in funding allocation from the national homelessness budget between the midlands region and other regions, for example, statutory funding for the midlands region is less than half of the north east funding even though the population of the midlands is greater that the north east by...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (4 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 88. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Government’s new regional enterprise strategy will be rolled out to the midlands region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46680/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Aggressive Begging from a Public Order Perspective: Discussion (3 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: This is my first meeting with this committee but I do not have a lot of experience of the Dublin situation as I am a country Deputy. I have no problem with passive begging, although it bothers my conscience and I feel bad for the people. My worry about aggressive begging comes from my constituency - I presume it is the same in Dublin - where people are transported into the area in an...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (2 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 94. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department will provide a discretionary increase in the midlands allocation from the national homelessness budget in view of the low level of national funding for the midlands and a 30% increase in demand for services in this region. [45859/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (2 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 127. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria his Department employs to allocate the national homelessness budget in view of the fact that the four midland counties of Laois, Offaly, Westmeath and Longford have continued to receive a 1.5% annual allocation of the national budget for many years despite a 12.27% reduction in this funding for the region in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (2 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 365. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to introduce a second free pre-school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46117/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE National Service Plan (2 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 405. To ask the Minister for Health when the national service plan for 2015 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46116/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Administration (2 Dec 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 599. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a date has been agreed as to when the next sports capital programme will be launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46115/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (25 Nov 2014)

Gabrielle McFadden: 121. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to target specific investors for the advanced technology building, in view of its pending completion. [44311/14]