Results 19,921-19,940 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (27 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 186: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the process by which polling officers, polling clerks and presiding officers have been selected for the upcoming local and European elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21728/09]

Written Answers — Urban Renewal Schemes: Urban Renewal Schemes (27 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 181: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of the final output figures for regeneration projects per local authority for 2008; and if he will provide details of the 2009 allocation per local authority for such projects. [21664/09]

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (27 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the commitment under DEIS to prioritise literacy and numeracy development at second level will be met; his views on whether the junior certificate school programme demonstration library project is an effective project in addressing the literacy needs of students in schools with the highest concentration of disadvantage; if he...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (26 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will bring forward the new Road Traffic Amendment Bill; if it will include a provision for the mandatory testing of all drivers involved in a road collision; the reason there has been such a delay in bringing this legislation forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21244/09]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Fees: Nursing Home Fees (26 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 106: To ask the Taoiseach if, further to the May 2009 publication of the Consumer Price Index Detailed Sub-Indices, it is possible to provide specific details of the year on year percentage change in the typical price of nursing home fees and legal fees. [20741/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 337: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the final bullet point of paragraph 1.1.2 of Annex F of the Budget 2009 document sets out different qualifying criteria for the revised back to work enterprise allowance than was set out in page four of her Budget 2009 press statement in that the former stipulates that a person...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 31: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason home help hours are being reduced in many parts of the country; if she will initiate an examination of the way home help might assist in reducing the number of people occupying acute beds who could be at home with appropriate support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20481/09]

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (21 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans for a comprehensive air ambulance service here; her views on whether this service is more urgently needed in the context of a reduction in accident and emergency services in smaller hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20480/09]

Written Answers — Sheep Identification Scheme: Sheep Identification Scheme (20 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the introduction of compulsory electronic identification of sheep as is being mooted by the EU commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20188/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (20 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements that are made by the Revenue Commissioners when a person of limited means inherits the house they live in but cannot afford the inheritance tax or cannot get a mortgage to pay for it because of reasons of age, income, infirmity or other; if exemptions apply to the tax; if arrangements will be made to pay off the tax in stages,...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (20 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 285: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is an area value set down in primary or secondary legislation or on an administrative basis for minimum classroom size; and if he will provide details of the measurements and legislative provisions. [20679/09]

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (19 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workplace accidents and workplace deaths recorded in each year from 2002 to 2008 and to date in 2009; her proposals to ensure a reduction in the number of such accidents and deaths; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19843/09]

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (19 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she proposes to take to ensure that all under 20 year old jobseekers have access to a training course. [16993/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (19 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for the deduction of the income levy to be halted in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will arrange for a refund of the amount of income levy paid to date. [19746/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (19 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the income levy is being deducted from the income of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 in view of the fact that this income falls far short of the exemption limit; and if he will make arrangements to rectify this oversight. [19774/09]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the voluntary not for profit organisations providing home help and home care package services to the State; the details in relation to each organisation for 2008 and the first quarter of 2009 in respect of moneys received under section 39 of the Health Act 2004, moneys received under the mental health grant funding, autism grant...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (19 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 315: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average processing time for an appeal in respect of supplementary welfare allowance; and the average processing time for an appeal in respect of mortgage interest supplement. [19591/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (14 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is correct that a person (details supplied) should be paying the income levy on income received from an Irish institution. [19572/09]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (14 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has an estimate of the percentage of over 70 year olds who hold a full medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19567/09]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (14 May 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her estimate of the cost to the Exchequer if the criteria for the means-testing of over seventy year olds was based on net income rather than gross. [19568/09]