Results 13,041-13,060 of 14,388 for speaker:Clare Daly

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Delays (22 Jan 2013)

Clare Daly: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of grant applications that remain unprocessed; the number of students who have had to drop out of college because of delays in awarding the grants; and the steps he intends to take to overcome the problems with Student Universal Support Ireland. [2602/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (22 Jan 2013)

Clare Daly: 163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills since the withdrawal of the NEPS psychologists from carrying out testing in relation tot he awarding of readers to leaving certificate students, the process that is undertaken to ensure that anomalies in equity does not exist; if he has received any reports of serious anomalies in the system; the steps he will take to address this; and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (22 Jan 2013)

Clare Daly: 239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the increases in third level registration fees, the plans he has to safe guard university access programmes for those socioeconomic groups who have traditionally been excluded from such institutions. [2614/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Household Charge (22 Jan 2013)

Clare Daly: 442. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the numbers of properties which have registered for the household tax per local authority administrative area, the number of waivers granted per local authority area and the number of cases where more than one property was registered. [2512/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (22 Jan 2013)

Clare Daly: 488. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the value of the GoSafe contract and the services for which that operator is contracted to provide. [2513/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (22 Jan 2013)

Clare Daly: 489. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the amount of moneys paid to GoSafe by his Department last year and the basis for the various payments. [2514/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (22 Jan 2013)

Clare Daly: 490. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to any problems with the equipment and technology utilised by the GoSafe Company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2515/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (22 Jan 2013)

Clare Daly: 582. To ask the Minister for Health the reason generic drugs here are substantially more expensive than in many other countries; the position regarding the implementation of a scheme similar to the pharmac system which operates in New Zealand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2275/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (22 Jan 2013)

Clare Daly: 674. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps taken to seize advantage of Ireland's upcoming soccer fixtures with Sweden to expand our tourist potential and develop job creation opportunities. [2274/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Unemployment Levels (17 Jan 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that according to his own projections that there will a 0% increase in the net level of unemployment by the end of 2013 and that even if his projections are realised unemployment will drop by in the region of 2% by the end of 2015; if he will respond to the projections of the Nevin institute that unemployment may even rise over that period;...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Bonds (17 Jan 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the recent bond sales by the National Treasury Management Agecny will, in fact, increase by a significant amount the annual debt interest payments required to be paid by the state on its borrowings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1988/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Powers (17 Jan 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the legislative basis for the writing off of fixed charge penalty notices; the type of fixed charge penalty notices that are permitted to be written off and by whom. [2103/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Penalty Point System (17 Jan 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason he has not requested the Garda Ombudsman to conduct an inquiry, under the direction of a judge, as provided in the 2005 Garda Síochána Act, into allegations of the writing off of tens of thousand of fixed charge penalty notices. [2104/13]

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (16 Jan 2013)

Clare Daly: The Tánaiste says he understands the action by the French authorities. Will he accept the point that part of that motivation is clearly governed by economic interests and the very substantial importance of uranium for the French, given the importance of nuclear energy for France? Will he also consider that the instability in that region is linked to the overthrow of Gadaffi and the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (16 Jan 2013)

Clare Daly: While the Tánaiste is quite correct when he says the case is due to be heard, it should be made clear that this man will have been incarcerated for almost three years by the time that happens. The courts have already heard his case and decided there was no basis for his original arrest. That decision was subsequently over-ruled on the grounds of closed evidence. Given that this...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (16 Jan 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise on the UN Human Rights Council, the fact that the arrest of Irish citizens including Martin Corey, have been found to be in breach of Article 5(4) of the European Convention on Human Rights but that this has been overruled by the British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on the basis of closed evidence;...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (16 Jan 2013)

Clare Daly: I do not really accept the Tánaiste's response. He is aware that a cross-party delegation of Deputies and Senators visited Mr. Martin Corey and others in Maghaberry Prison prior to Christmas. What we encountered there was a man in a very difficult situation, without him or his legal team being privy to the reasons for his incarceration. This is an incredibly difficult position for...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Nuclear Proliferation (16 Jan 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will use his position in the EU to ensure that the US sponsored sanctions against Iran currently supported by the EU, and having an adverse impact on the Iranian economy and people, are lifted, rather than intensified. [1602/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Nuclear Proliferation (16 Jan 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will withdraw diplomatic support for the US/EU sanctions against Iran. [1630/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Jan 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 11 December 2012, the date of the change in his Departments attitude towards Rush and Lusk Educate Togethers permanent building and the reason it was de-selected vis-a-vie the other schools on that list. [57853/12]