Results 14,081-14,100 of 18,593 for speaker:Michael Creed

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Visa Numbers (27 Jan 2015)

Michael Creed: 237. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of visas that have issued to non-EU nationals employed in the meat industry here for each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3529/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals (27 Jan 2015)

Michael Creed: 267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Cork whose agri-environment options scheme payment for 2013 was the subject of a penalty due to land parcel review on their single farm payment will have part of this penalty reimbursed arising from a partial success on appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3778/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Symphysiotomy Reports (27 Jan 2015)

Michael Creed: 340. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances where the families of recently deceased victims of symphysiotomy can establish an entitlement to redress under the scheme of redress as announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3311/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Food Industry Development (27 Jan 2015)

Michael Creed: 423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that there are sufficient opportunities for training operatives in the meat industry, including butchers-boners; the details of the ongoing efforts by her Department to address the skill shortages in this industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3529/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (27 Jan 2015)

Michael Creed: 426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form, details of new school projects, classroom developments and buildings that have been completed, have commenced or have been authorised by her Department in Cork North West since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3308/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Administration (27 Jan 2015)

Michael Creed: 504. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will revise the valuations for the mortgage to rent scheme as with the increase in valuations in the housing market in 2014 in view of the €180,000 threshold being now too low for many mortgage holders particularly in the greater Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3310/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Applications (27 Jan 2015)

Michael Creed: 509. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of residential mortgages approved under the mortgage to rent scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3779/15]

Order of Business (22 Jan 2015)

Michael Creed: Will the Government consider making time available at the earliest possible opportunity for a debate on the anticipated imminent offer for the State's minority holding in Aer Lingus?

Order of Business (22 Jan 2015)

Michael Creed: I am simply asking if the Government will consider making time available for a debate on that issue. That is legitimate on the Order of Business

Order of Business (22 Jan 2015)

Michael Creed: No, I will not. There are critical issues pertaining to accessibility for the regions and, in particular, Shannon and Cork airports. I ask that the Government consider making time available for such a debate.

Order of Business (22 Jan 2015)

Michael Creed: The Chief Whip is sitting behind the Tánaiste.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Government Procurement (21 Jan 2015)

Michael Creed: There is little I can ask that has not been raised by Deputy Fleming. The State spends a lot of money on procuring goods and services, with the objective of driving efficiencies in that sector, which is beneficial for the taxpayer. My experience at a constituency level is that nobody has come in to me to tell me a business is thriving because of the Office of Government Procurement; I have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Government Procurement (21 Jan 2015)

Michael Creed: I wish to ask a supplementary question on that point. Mr. Quinn referred to SMEs but it might be beyond many micro businesses that service Munster, for example, to tender elsewhere because they do not have the distribution networks and personnel to bid for the national supply of education material, etc. How effective has the regionalisation of the market been? We must be unapologetic in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Rate (20 Jan 2015)

Michael Creed: 233. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgages in substantial arrears; the number of these mortgages that are provided by subprime lenders; his plans to address this cohort of home owners in substantial arrears with their mortgages to subprime lenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2297/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Mortgage Loan Book (15 Jan 2015)

Michael Creed: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance if individual mortgage holders with IBRC or Irish Nationwide Building Society will be entitled to pay in full the balance of their mortgages either to the IBRC or the purchasers of the mortgage loan book; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1908/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foreign Adoptions (15 Jan 2015)

Michael Creed: 159. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a bilateral agreement with Russia on adoption will be concluded in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1911/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Work Allowance (14 Jan 2015)

Michael Creed: 46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 16 December if she will clarify the final paragraph of her reply wherein she makes reference to the second year of a business plan; if there is an entitlement to a jobseeker's payment in the first year of the back to work enterprise allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49673/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (14 Jan 2015)

Michael Creed: 64. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be approved for domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1194/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulations (14 Jan 2015)

Michael Creed: 294. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding tail docking in dairy herds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49716/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Appeals (14 Jan 2015)

Michael Creed: 315. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue on a single farm payment appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork regarding a 5% penalty on their 2013 single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1197/15]