Results 12,221-12,240 of 22,424 for speaker:Finian McGrath

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Alcohol Pricing (9 Oct 2013)

Finian McGrath: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support a proposal of an additional €1 tax on cans of beer in order reduce anti-social activity. [42563/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Submissions (9 Oct 2013)

Finian McGrath: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support the pre-budget submission from Simon Communities in Ireland to make homelessness a priority issue. [42564/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Controls (9 Oct 2013)

Finian McGrath: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance if the customs and excise section of his Department can speed up or act on delays on containers coming from China as small and medium enterprises are suffering. [42645/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (9 Oct 2013)

Finian McGrath: 152. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding building repairs in respect of a person's property (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [42646/13]

Order of Business (8 Oct 2013)

Finian McGrath: I refer to the Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill. Is the Taoiseach aware of the major crisis in St. Michael's House and in Prosper Fingal disability service where parents are at their wits end and services are under severe strain? Families are very worried coming up to the budget.

Order of Business (8 Oct 2013)

Finian McGrath: Leave Mattie alone.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Economic Management Council Meetings (8 Oct 2013)

Finian McGrath: WikiLeaks.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Economic Management Council Meetings (8 Oct 2013)

Finian McGrath: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Economic Management Council Meetings (8 Oct 2013)

Finian McGrath: The Taoiseach should give him a plug; he needs a plug.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Economic Management Council Meetings (8 Oct 2013)

Finian McGrath: A great book. Interesting reading.

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (8 Oct 2013)

Finian McGrath: I think it is important that they would be.

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2013)

Finian McGrath: That Bill is also in my name.

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (8 Oct 2013)

Finian McGrath: I agree with my colleagues, Deputies Kyne and McConalogue, on this issue. I also declare an interest in that I am the parent of a daughter with Down's syndrome, although she is well reared at this stage. Did the working group consult the parents in Down Syndrome Ireland who represent more than 2,000 families on these resource hours? Many parents feel that with a little discretion, a little...

Other Questions: Cross-Border Educational Provision (8 Oct 2013)

Finian McGrath: I also welcome the Minister's comments. Does he accept that it is sensible and wise to develop the broader issue of cross-Border study, not only in the education area but in the economic area and in terms of developing the peace process on the island? The development of North-South co-operation seems to have gone off the boil and I have concerns about that because it is important....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (8 Oct 2013)

Finian McGrath: 436. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will have a Commission of Inquiry into a case (details supplied). [41952/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Meetings (8 Oct 2013)

Finian McGrath: 441. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet the family of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan. [42002/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (8 Oct 2013)

Finian McGrath: 522. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding mental health services in Coolock, Dublin 5; if there is a service or a waiting list, for emergency referrals for those who live in the Dublin 13 area; and the amount of the €35 million that has been spent on mental health services on the north side of Dublin [41830/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Oct 2013)

Finian McGrath: 541. To ask the Minister for Health the reason €1,073,773 was cut from the budget of Prosper Fingal disability services despite increased service users; and the way this service can survive with this 17% cut from 2012 to 2014. [41951/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Oct 2013)

Finian McGrath: 547. To ask the Minister for Health if he will remove the cancellation-and-you-are-off-the-list-for-hospital-appointme nts Health Service Executive policy where it pertains to patients with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41996/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (8 Oct 2013)

Finian McGrath: 549. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding treatment in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [42006/13]