Results 13,181-13,200 of 13,254 for speaker:Seán Sherlock

Job Creation. (24 Oct 2007)

Seán Sherlock: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of grants, aids or other financial assistance provided by the Exchequer to a company (details supplied); if these moneys have been recovered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25374/07]

Job Creation. (24 Oct 2007)

Seán Sherlock: Members on this side of the House are not seeking to play politics with this issue but we question, as is our right, the decision by Amgen and the Government's response to it. The company has had two postponements. On 15 October, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Micheál Martin met with Amgen. The people of Carrigtwohill and the region want to find out what the...

Job Creation. (24 Oct 2007)

Seán Sherlock: What about the €4 million?

Job Creation. (24 Oct 2007)

Seán Sherlock: We all accept the vagaries of the international market, that negotiations are delicate and that landmark projects of this nature sometimes do not proceed. If Amgen is retaining ownership of the site, the people of the region will want to know why it is doing so when they have postponed the project twice. Is the Minister continuing negotiations with Amgen? Will Amgen make a final decision...

Job Creation. (24 Oct 2007)

Seán Sherlock: When did Deputy O'Keeffe meet them?

Public Holidays. (24 Oct 2007)

Seán Sherlock: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that workers here have fewer public holidays than workers in most EU countries; if he will increase the number of public holidays from nine to 11 to bring Irish workers up to the EU average and particularly in view of recent statistics showing that workers here are the second...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (23 Oct 2007)

Seán Sherlock: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in view of the very serious, extensive and fundamental breaches of human rights involved he will indicate his view on the request to the Federal Government of India to address the continued impunity which it is suggested is maintained by those involved in massacres, rapes and other widespread violations in Gujarat in 2002. [24993/07]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (23 Oct 2007)

Seán Sherlock: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in view of the need to promote and protect human rights internationally by controlling more effectively the conditions under which military and security transfers take place, particularly in the context of armed conflict, he will support calls for measures to unequivocally prohibit mercenary activity of any kind by Irish citizens in...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (23 Oct 2007)

Seán Sherlock: Question 430: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will pass the necessary legislation to facilitate the transfer of responsibility for the administration of the higher education grants from local authorities to the vocational educational committees in order that the transfer of the function can take place in advance of the 2008/2009 academic year; if additional funding is to...

Agrifood Industry: Motion (23 Oct 2007)

Seán Sherlock: I wish to share time with Deputies Martin Ferris and Mary Upton. If Deputies Doyle and Connaughton are selling those calves, they might give me a shout because I am thinking of increasing my herd by 200%. I speak in support of the Fine Gael motion. Between 2005 and 2006, the agrifood sector accounted for 163,400 jobs, or 8.1% of the working population. Irish agrifood exports accounted for...

Agrifood Industry: Motion (23 Oct 2007)

Seán Sherlock: On 29 September last, the Irish Farmers Journal reported that Reox Holdings, a subsidiary of Dairygold, was in the process of selling Breeo Foods. Breeo Foods carries top brands such as Dairygold, Shaws, Galtee Meats, Roscrea, Mitchelstown, Calvita and Sno. These brands are long-established in the minds of consumers and are perceived to be Irish in origin and content. The truth is...

Agrifood Industry: Motion (23 Oct 2007)

Seán Sherlock: Congratulations, Deputy.

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (18 Oct 2007)

Seán Sherlock: Question 31: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made on the mutual recognition of penalty points between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland; the reason for the ongoing delay; when he will bring the full list of penalty point categories into force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24272/07]

Written Answers — Marine Accidents: Marine Accidents (18 Oct 2007)

Seán Sherlock: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made to date with regard to plans to recover the fishing vessels, the [i]Pere Charles[/i] and the [i]Maggie B[/i], which sank off the south-east coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21786/07]

Written Answers — Community Pharmacy Services: Community Pharmacy Services (17 Oct 2007)

Seán Sherlock: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will address the threat to the community drugs scheme and the fear that some pharmacists may not be able to continue to provide a service due to the decision of the Health Service Executive, without negotiation, to reduce payments to pharmacists under the community drugs scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Community Care: Community Care (17 Oct 2007)

Seán Sherlock: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in the context of the report entitled Women, Debt and Health, she will ensure that information on the Money Advice and Budgeting Service is displayed in health care access points including local health centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24011/07]

Health Services. (17 Oct 2007)

Seán Sherlock: If the people of County Louth have been waiting since April, the people of Mallow and the north Cork community have been waiting two and a half years for a CT scanner to become operational. We need the staff to make it operational. Will the Minister appoint the necessary staff?

Health Services. (17 Oct 2007)

Seán Sherlock: It relates to the policy on how CT scanners are rolled out.

Decentralisation Programme. (17 Oct 2007)

Seán Sherlock: I ask the Taoiseach to report on the progress of the decentralisation of Fáilte Ireland to Mallow and Bus Éireann to Mitchelstown. These two towns, which have been decimated by job losses, held high expectations of the decentralisation process and made many preparatory plans. There has been no reporting on the decentralisation process as it pertains to these towns and we would like to...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (17 Oct 2007)

Seán Sherlock: I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the delay by the HSE in intervening to allow a number of people access to vital services at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children and, in particular, to examine the policy that prevents a 12 year old girl access to hospital care to allow her to undergo a vital operation, given...