Results 15,121-15,140 of 16,492 for speaker:Ciarán Lynch
- Order of Business (14 May 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: The meter is still running on that one.
- Order of Business (14 May 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: On another matter, the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill has just completed Second Stage. When will Committee Stage be taken and will it be before the summer recess?
- Social Welfare Benefits. (13 May 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: As the House will be aware, with increasing unemployment figures, people who now sign on for social welfare are facing quite lengthy periods before the social welfare payments are processed and paid. In my constituency of Cork South-Central people are now waiting anything from nine to 12 weeks for a social welfare payment to come through. During that period individuals are directed to the...
- Social Welfare Benefits. (13 May 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: Just for the record, this problem did not begin on Monday; it has been going on for a number of weeks. I welcome the fact there will be a response this evening but this problem did not begin on Monday. The person went out on maternity leave, she did not become ill.
- Order of Business (13 May 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: Given the recent announcement by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy John Gormley, that directly elected lord mayors would be put in place, has this proposal been agreed by the Government? Will it require legislation and if so, when can we expect to see it? I believe a sum of â¬250,000 per year has been agreed for this post, or that this sum has been...
- Order of Business (13 May 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: Given a job description has not yet been put on the table, how has this salary been decided?
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (12 May 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the time frame for the completion and publication of the report from the geothermal working group; his views on the need for legislation to clear the way for development and exploration of geothermal energy; his plans to incorporate same into the Minerals Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (12 May 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance his view of the situation in which income tax relief is allowed to tenants in the private rental sector but not to tenants in social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18452/09]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (12 May 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the provision she will make following the non-availability of a community welfare service due to the absence of a community welfare officer in an area (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18597/09]
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (12 May 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: Question 262: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the call out charge applying to electrical work such as changing a light bulb in each prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18467/09]
- Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (12 May 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: Question 337: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the local authorities which have participated to date in the leasing initiative; the amount of the â¬20 million provision that has been allocated to each of the participating local authorities; the number of properties acquired to date by each local authority under the scheme; the average cost and duration...
- Written Answers — Local Government Reform: Local Government Reform (12 May 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: Question 338: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress which has been made towards bringing forward the White Paper on Local Government; the date on which he expects it to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18447/09]
- Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (12 May 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: Question 339: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress his Department has made in regard to producing a legislative framework for the sale of local authority flats; if his Department will bring forward an amendment to the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill at committee stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18448/09]
- Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (12 May 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: Question 340: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people, to date, who have made a full application under the home choice scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18449/09]
- Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (12 May 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: Question 341: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 86 of 11 March 2009 in regard to the purchase of affordable housing units, the further guidance that has been issued to local authorities; the nature of this guidance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18450/09]
- Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (12 May 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: Question 342: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 59 of 11 March 2009, if a review of the provisions of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 has begun; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18451/09]
- Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (12 May 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: Question 343: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when it is intended that the Freedom of Information Act 1997 will apply to the Private Residential Tenancies Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18453/09]
- Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (12 May 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: Question 344: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the consequence for a landlord whose rental property gets a particularly low BER rating such as G; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18454/09]
- Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (12 May 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: Question 345: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he has taken on foot of the White Young Green report into Haulbowline Island; if he has explored the requirement for a retaining barrier around the east tip; if consultations with other interested Departments and the local community have commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (12 May 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: Question 346: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his policy with regard to waste incineration and to the importations of waste into the State for incineration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18456/09]