Results 11,901-11,920 of 13,254 for speaker:Seán Sherlock

Written Answers — Employment Levels: Employment Levels (3 Nov 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will comment on the latest Quarterly National Household Survey which indicates an 8.2% year-on-year fall in employment to the end of June 2009 and that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is now at its highest level since 1996; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37690/09]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (3 Nov 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 229: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications outstanding for statutory redundancy payments to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38857/09]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (3 Nov 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 230: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an application for statutory redundancy by a person (details supplied) in County Cork is being expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38861/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (3 Nov 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 372: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on rescinding VAT refund order SI 58/92 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38858/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (3 Nov 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 377: To ask the Minister for Finance if first-time buyer's status will be restored to a person (details supplied) due to their special circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38915/09]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (3 Nov 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 441: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38104/09]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (3 Nov 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 444: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the statue of the renewal of a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38185/09]

Written Answers — Suicide Prevention: Suicide Prevention (3 Nov 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 446: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there is little progress made on implementing the 33 recommendations on suicide prevention made by the Joint Committee on Health and Children in 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38196/09]

Written Answers — Suicide Prevention: Suicide Prevention (3 Nov 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 447: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the tangible deadlines set for the implementation of the 33 recommendations on suicide prevention made by the Joint Committee on Health and Children in 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38197/09]

Written Answers — Suicide Prevention: Suicide Prevention (3 Nov 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 448: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on a special supplement on suicide in a newspaper (details supplied) which described the Government's record on implementing suicide prevention recommendations as a litany of failure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38198/09]

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (21 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has had contact with the Department of Finance regarding the National Asset Management Agency legislation and the impact it may have on the hotel industry by virtue of the fact that a number of hotels are expected to be transferred to NAMA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37374/09]

Written Answers — Schools Patronage: Schools Patronage (20 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has had separate meetings with representatives of the Most Reverend Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin; if there are draft proposals for the transfer of patronage of Roman Catholic schools in the Dublin Archdiocese to other patronage bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37072/09]

Written Answers — Parent-Teacher Meetings: Parent-Teacher Meetings (20 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 144: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has met recently with representatives of an association (details supplied); the progress he has made with regard to resolving the dispute which has led to the cancellation of out of hours parent teacher meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37076/09]

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (20 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 398: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason community groups which have previously offered security alarms for older people have been excluded from the extra funding made available for the scheme until 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36785/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (20 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 464: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the status of an illness benefit appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37402/09]

Rural Environment Protection Scheme. (15 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the status of the REP scheme; the date of payment for REP scheme 4 in 2009; if sufficient funding is available to meet REP scheme 3 and 4 payments in 2009; the breakdown of the number of farmers in the REP scheme; and the persons who applied for the REP scheme in 2009 by county. [36202/09]

Rural Environment Protection Scheme. (15 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: If the original REPS plan was an agri-environment measure, why is it necessary to do away with the scheme and reintroduce an agri-environment measure which will have the same aims? Why did the Minister not refer to biodiversity? It will be argued the scheme was used as a supplementary income measure in some cases. The scheme's closure will result in more applicants for farm assist, which...

Rural Environment Protection Scheme. (15 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Will the new scheme - we can call it the agri-environment measure for the time being - be administered by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food? What was the average pay out to farmers under REPS?

Grocery Industry. (15 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: There is too much consultation.

Grocery Industry. (15 Oct 2009)

Seán Sherlock: That is fine. I am used to that.