Results 12,521-12,540 of 13,254 for speaker:Seán Sherlock

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Nov 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the mechanism he will use to achieve the 3% reduction in payroll costs for his Department as announced in July 2008; the areas, sections or agencies that will be affected by this reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40952/08]

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (18 Nov 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will make a statement on his recent official visit to the United States. [40953/08]

Written Answers — Foreign Adoptions: Foreign Adoptions (18 Nov 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on recent negotiations regarding the five year bilateral agreement between Ireland and Vietnam which ends on 1 May 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40672/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (18 Nov 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if she will clarify the reason assistance was refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40766/08]

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (18 Nov 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 534: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of applications received by the Residential Institution Redress Board; the number of cases completed; the number of offers that have been made to victims; the number of those cases under appeal; the number of solicitors acting for the redress board; the amount paid to those solicitors; the number of cases where no award...

Order of Business (18 Nov 2008)

Seán Sherlock: In light of the Law Reform Commission's report on vulnerable adults and the law, which has been published for some time, when will the mental capacity Bill be published? Will that Bill make provision to make a person a ward of court? My second question relates to the animal welfare Bill. Before I ask about the date for publication, I ask the Tánaiste what constitutes a consultation in...

Written Answers — Garda Reserve: Garda Reserve (13 Nov 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of the Garda Reserve recruited to date; the stations to which they have been allocated; the number of applicants for the Reserve currently in training; if he is satisfied with the rate of recruitment; when he expects that the full complement of 1,500 will be in place; if restrictions have been placed...

Written Answers — Public Order Offences: Public Order Offences (13 Nov 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons, broken down between children and adults, given anti-social behaviour warnings since the new system came into operation on 1 January 2008; the number of anti-social behaviour orders sought in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40189/08]

Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (13 Nov 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has been presented with a copy of a report by the National Board for Safeguarding Children in relation to complaints made against an organisation (details supplied) regarding complaints of a certain nature and containing recommendations to reform complaint procedures and child protection measures; the length of time the report...

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Second Stage (13 Nov 2008)

Seán Sherlock: What does that mean?

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill 2008: Second Stage (13 Nov 2008)

Seán Sherlock: That is farcical.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (13 Nov 2008)

Seán Sherlock: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the proposed lay-offs at Kostal Ireland at Mallow and Abbeyfeale and the need for the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Mary Coughlan, to engage with the automotive industry and wider car dealership industry to stem further job losses, particularly...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (12 Nov 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has reviewed recent figures from the European Transport Safety Council noting that road mortality rates decreased by more than 8% faster in Dublin than in the rest of the country; if he is planning to introduce measures to address this anomaly; if he will initiate an audit of road surfaces across Ireland to identify and repair potentially...

Dublin Transport Authority. (12 Nov 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 88: To ask the Minister for Transport the stage of the process of recruiting a chief executive officer for the Dublin Transport Authority; when the DTA will be fully operational; the way the Dublin Transportation Office will be absorbed by the new DTA Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39861/08]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (11 Nov 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the assessment she has undertaken of the risk to defined benefit pension schemes of the actuarial funding standard; the discussions she has had with affected employers and employees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39558/08]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (11 Nov 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the effectiveness of policies in relation to the take-up of supplementary pensions. [39557/08]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (11 Nov 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 228: To ask the Minister for Finance if the income levy will apply to gross income before the deduction of allowances in the case of companies who are engaged in farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39597/08]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (11 Nov 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 229: To ask the Minister for Finance if the income levy will apply to gross income before deduction of capital allowances in the case of individuals who are self employed farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39598/08]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (11 Nov 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason funding has not been provided to an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39211/08]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (11 Nov 2008)

Seán Sherlock: Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will explain the core funding shortfall being experienced by an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork that is dealing with people with physical and mental disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39212/08]