Results 941-960 of 2,965 for speaker:Robert Dowds

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)

Robert Dowds: It is related to it, but they are also concerned about some individual sites.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Poor Box (25 Sep 2014)

Robert Dowds: 119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the operation of poor boxes in court and if there are any guidelines about the use of such a system. [36249/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Policing Plans (25 Sep 2014)

Robert Dowds: 120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been any consideration toward aligning Garda districts within county council boundaries with a view toward streamlining Garda community work. [36250/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (25 Sep 2014)

Robert Dowds: 281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when and if there will be an end to the freeze in taking on permanent staff in Irish Rail. [36251/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (24 Sep 2014)

Robert Dowds: 145. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the moratorium on filling new health worker posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36034/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (24 Sep 2014)

Robert Dowds: 146. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on hospital waiting lists. [36035/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadcasting Sector Regulation (24 Sep 2014)

Robert Dowds: 207. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will publish the NewERA report into RTE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36036/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (23 Sep 2014)

Robert Dowds: 316. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on measures to address human trafficking, forced labour and the purchase of sex. [35579/14]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Sep 2014)

Robert Dowds: It would be useful to get some of the organisations taking on builders to do the work to come in. It would be a big demand on, say, a board of management of a primary school but it would be somewhat different for education and training boards in the sense that they are headed by professional people, so it might be easier for them to come in and discuss it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Sep 2014)

Robert Dowds: I support Deputy McDonald on this matter because I have the same concerns with regard to it. I am aware that certain difficulties arise in that when a contract is awarded for the building of a school building, it is the school, rather than the State - even though Exchequer funding is used - which employs the builder. I am also seeking guidance on this matter but I would certainly like the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Respite Care Grant Administration (17 Sep 2014)

Robert Dowds: 118. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will give consideration to restoring the respite care grant from €1,300 to €1,700 as part of the Budgetary process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34033/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (17 Sep 2014)

Robert Dowds: 119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will give consideration to restoring the funding for the telephone allowance component of the household benefits package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34034/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (17 Sep 2014)

Robert Dowds: 525. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of money owed to the State by the United Nations for the provision of each of the peace keeping operations conducted by the Defence Forces overseas, including both ongoing missions and those that have concluded but where money is still owed to the State by the United Nations; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (17 Sep 2014)

Robert Dowds: 552. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been any prosecutions in relation to truck drivers on the Kennelsfort Road, Palmerstown, Dublin 20 in the past five years. [34279/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Certificates (17 Sep 2014)

Robert Dowds: 613. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider amending the Firearms Acts 1925-2006 inclusive to increase the minimum mandatory sentence for persons found to be in illegal possession of a firearm, in order to put further pressure on organised crime gangs operating within the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33630/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (17 Sep 2014)

Robert Dowds: 840. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that are currently part of the nursing home support scheme [33243/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (17 Sep 2014)

Robert Dowds: 842. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider excluding rental income from the income assessment of a person who is part of the nursing home support scheme, where they agree to rent the home to a recipient of rent supplement, or the new housing assistance payment [33245/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (17 Sep 2014)

Robert Dowds: 841. To ask the Minister for Health the number of members of the nursing home support scheme who own their own home; and the number of these homes that are no longer inhabited [33244/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Reform (17 Sep 2014)

Robert Dowds: 1272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reverse the cuts in the third level maintenance grant over the past several years in recognition of the dramatically increasing rates of rent for student accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33478/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Grant Payments (17 Sep 2014)

Robert Dowds: 1545. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will instruct local authorities to accept applications for the household adaptation grant scheme from individuals who are in arrears on the local property tax, conditional upon an agreed timeline for repayment of the arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34035/14]