Results 16,601-16,620 of 17,531 for speaker:Jan O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Mar 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 56: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the projects on which the €16 million allocated to primary care by the Health Service Executive will be spent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8553/06]

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: A major ESRI report will be published today in regard to participation rates in higher education. According to media reports, the report will indicate that just one socioeconomic category experienced decreasing participation rates, namely, the children of low to middle income PAYE workers, who are clearly not doing as well under the current system as other groups. All other categories...

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Will the Government bring it forward sooner? It is promised since 1997.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is a long time since 1997.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (1 Mar 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that new patients can no longer be referred to the neurological services in the mid-west; the action she will take regarding same; if she will ensure the appointment of a consultant neurologist is delivered to the region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8324/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (1 Mar 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 206: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the special educational measures that have been put in place and will be put in place for the 100 children with autism who have lost their home tuition grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8325/06]

Further and Higher Education: Statements. (1 Mar 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Does the Minister of State expect them to run on a shoestring?

Further and Higher Education: Statements. (1 Mar 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate and I want to touch on some of the issues addressed by both the Minister and Deputy Enright. I welcome the fact that we are discussing higher and further education together because one of the difficulties is that we tend to sectoralise the different parts of education. The further education sector, in particular, has suffered because it...

Further and Higher Education: Statements. (1 Mar 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister should move in this direction because part-time students are disadvantaged. It is not their fault they were unable to enter third level when they left school but they are in the workplace and they are anxious to further their education. There probably will be space for them in future and they should be afforded an opportunity. However, to do so, more modularised third level...

Further and Higher Education: Statements. (1 Mar 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Perhaps the Green Party will have more seats next time.

Order of Business. (1 Mar 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Has the Government had time to consider the implications of yesterday's judgment on the back to education allowance? Might amending legislation be required? How does the Taoiseach propose to reimburse those who were entitled to the back to education allowance during the holiday period?

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (28 Feb 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance the number and percentage of income earners who are paying tax at the higher rate and the standard rate for 2005; the anticipated figures for each category for 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7863/06]

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (28 Feb 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected to date by the Revenue Commissioners through special investigations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7870/06]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (28 Feb 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 333: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will clarify what is meant by an obstruction in his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 436 of 14 February 2006; if it includes a vehicle that is travelling at a slow speed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8059/06]

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (28 Feb 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 434: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if humanitarian consideration will be given to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8230/06]

Written Answers — Capitation Grants: Capitation Grants (28 Feb 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 477: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the statistic published that there were 59 fee paying schools in the 2003-04 school year includes fee-paying Protestant schools that are part of the free education scheme for second level schools; if not, the number of such schools that are included in the statistic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8229/06]

Written Answers — Capitation Grants: Capitation Grants (28 Feb 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools under the patronage of a Protestant religious ethos that are included in the free second-level education scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8231/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (28 Feb 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if and when the Dundalk-Leitrim study on children with special educational needs that was carried out by the National Educational Psychological Service will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8232/06]

School Discipline: Motion. (28 Feb 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank the Fine Gael Party and commend Deputy Enright for tabling this motion, which my party will be supporting. I had hoped the Minister might produce the task force report for us tonight, in view of the fact the motion was tabled and it is almost March and the start of Lent.

School Discipline: Motion. (28 Feb 2006)

Jan O'Sullivan: I hoped she might give us more of a hint of what was in it, besides telling us what was in the interim report which we already know.