Results 1,081-1,100 of 2,137 for speaker:Jerry Cowley

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (25 Apr 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 247: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that it is intended to replace the community welfare officer with the Department of Social and Family Affairs officer; her views on whether this is a retrograde move; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15120/06]

Written Answers — Community Welfare Officers: Community Welfare Officers (25 Apr 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 457: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will confirm that it is intended to replace the community welfare officer with the Department of Social and Family Affairs officer; his views on whether this is a retrograde move; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15129/06]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (25 Apr 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 707: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this person's spouse works part-time and their children are Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15063/06]

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (25 Apr 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 840: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in County Mayo is to lose the equivalent of two teachers and many other essential school activities due to the withdrawal of funding; her views on whether this is a severe blow to this school, which is in a deprived area; the reason this is happening; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (25 Apr 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 945: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to resolve the situation in County Mayo where agriculture waste is not being accepted by the landfill; the solution his Department has decided on to resolve this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15055/06]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (25 Apr 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 991: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to an escalating situation where farmers have no means of disposing of small amounts of agricultural waste which is not being accepted by landfills; the solution to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15056/06]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (25 Apr 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 947: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a local authority has the authority to reduce the length of time of a planning application in view of the fact that the extra week would have been beneficial for additional information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14245/06]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (25 Apr 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 996: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a local authority has the authority to cut short the length of time of a planning application; if a decision is due on the 24th of a month, can the authority decide to give the final decision on the 16th of the month and not accept a submission after that date; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (25 Apr 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 989: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the criteria required for a person to apply for a wind farm on their own lands; if common criteria exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15047/06]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (25 Apr 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 992: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government what constitutes a local person in the context of the 2005 rural planning guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15057/06]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (25 Apr 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 995: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if children born in an area are constituted as local in the context of the 2005 rural planning guidelines; if this should be taken into account in the overall evaluation of a family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15060/06]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (25 Apr 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 993: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government what constitutes a medical condition in the context of the rural planning guidelines 2005; if a planner can overrule a medical consultant's professional opinion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15058/06]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (25 Apr 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 994: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has outlined a certain set of rules in relation to e-mail planning submissions; his views on whether it is inconsistent for local authorities to accept same sometimes and not at other times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15059/06]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (25 Apr 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Question 997: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will put pressure on the National Roads Authority and Mayo County Council to bring the Castlebar to Belmullet road to standard as it is down to a single lane and the amount of traffic is ever-increasing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15062/06]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (25 Apr 2006)

Jerry Cowley: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to address a matter of major national and local importance, namely, the Government's failure to establish an ambulance base in the Mulranny, Achill and Ballycroy areas of County Mayo in keeping with the most basic international standards of emergency ambulance availability, namely, to have an ambulance base available within 20...

Tourism Industry. (25 Apr 2006)

Jerry Cowley: The Minister spoke of the super regions. What is the point of marketing a super region such as the west if it is not possible to access that super region? I refer in particular to the fact that we have an airport, Ireland West Airport, at Knock which is underdeveloped owing to a lack of funding. Although the Minister, Deputy O'Donoghue, is not Minister for Transport, he has a collective...

Tourism Industry. (25 Apr 2006)

Jerry Cowley: Will the Minister give Knock airport the investment it needs to develop?

Leaders' Questions. (25 Apr 2006)

Jerry Cowley: They cannot get public beds.

Leaders' Questions. (25 Apr 2006)

Jerry Cowley: The Government is creating more parasites.

Leaders' Questions. (25 Apr 2006)

Jerry Cowley: There is no emergency service.