Results 1,021-1,040 of 2,965 for speaker:Robert Dowds
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (2 Jul 2014)
Robert Dowds: 120. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects the climate change Bill to be brought before Dáil Éireann. [28646/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (2 Jul 2014)
Robert Dowds: 194. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will reconsider the recent cuts in funding to the school completion programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28645/14]
- Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Funding (1 Jul 2014)
Robert Dowds: We will be in a very rebellious state if we do not make progress on this issue.
- Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Funding (1 Jul 2014)
Robert Dowds: It is unacceptable for Dublin to be discriminated against. I agree with Deputy Kevin Humphreys in regard to future property taxes in Dublin in the context of changing house prices. This raises the question of how property tax is calculated. There are ways of making a fairer calculation across the country. Being from the county that has always gotten the least from the Local Government...
- Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Funding (1 Jul 2014)
Robert Dowds: I have to beat the same drum as my colleagues, and particularly Deputy Ryan, because like him I represent a developing county. That means we have much greater need of financial input into local authorities. I represent a county that has consistently received the least per capitashare from the Local Government Fund. I think €500,000 was the figure for last year. Dubliners are paying...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Expanding the Role of the Pharmacy: Irish Pharmacy Union (1 Jul 2014)
Robert Dowds: I must leave in about five minutes because the topical issue I raised will be taken in the Dáil.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (1 Jul 2014)
Robert Dowds: 138. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider allowing a person to close their private pension account and use it to pay the outstanding balance on a mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28263/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (1 Jul 2014)
Robert Dowds: 266. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sé Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2014 a leasú chun (a) foráil nua a chur san Acht go mbeidh ar a laghad deich faoin gcéad de na fostaithe sa státseirbhís in ann cumarsáid shásúil a dhéanamh leis an bpobal trí Ghaeilge, agus (b) foráil...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: CeadúnasTeilifíse (1 Jul 2014)
Robert Dowds: 270. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources an ndéanfaidh sé bonn maoinithe leanúnach ilbhlianta a chur faoi TG4 anois mar atá faoi RTÉ; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [28143/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (1 Jul 2014)
Robert Dowds: 470. To ask the Minister for Health his views on adding Crohn's disease to the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27951/14]
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jun 2014)
Robert Dowds: I will make three points. I agree with Deputy Ross's contribution. From conversations I have had, I understand that the CRC expects to attend. Will the clerk clarify who he meant when he stated that someone needed to attend again?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jun 2014)
Robert Dowds: Does the clerk mean the members of the former board?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jun 2014)
Robert Dowds: From conversations I have had, they expect to attend again.
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (25 Jun 2014)
Robert Dowds: 132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if photographs taken by traffic cameras of persons who commit traffic offences may be used by the Garda for the purposes of identifying the persons concerned. [27502/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (25 Jun 2014)
Robert Dowds: 167. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the posts which were sanctioned but not filled in child and adolescent mental health services as of 12 March 2014, which were expected to be filled by the second quarter of this year. [27503/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (25 Jun 2014)
Robert Dowds: 168. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of all specialist staff in child and adolescent mental health services by the Health Service Executive area according to the most recent data available. [27504/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (25 Jun 2014)
Robert Dowds: 169. To ask the Minister for Health if he will delineate the catchment areas for child and adolescent mental health service teams in Dublin and bordering counties. [27505/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (25 Jun 2014)
Robert Dowds: 170. To ask the Minister for Health if redeployment of staff from the child and adolescent mental health services to other services within the Health Service Executive, or from one CAMHS unit to another, has been taking place since 2011. [27506/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (25 Jun 2014)
Robert Dowds: 171. To ask the Minister for Health the way staffing for child and adolescent mental health services is calculated under A Vision for Change; and the way population data are obtained to determine staffing. [27507/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Protection (25 Jun 2014)
Robert Dowds: 172. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the way data protection affects the sharing of information between Tusla and the Health Service Executive; and if consent given to one entity is considered sufficient to cover interactions with both entities where a patient is shared. [27509/14]