Results 241-260 of 2,550 for speaker:Paul Gogarty

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (26 Apr 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 436: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on receiving majority and minority reports from the advisory committee for the deaf and hard of hearing based on its work up until disbandment. [13142/05]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (26 Apr 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 437: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will clarify her position regarding the education of the deaf community in view of comments made during a debate on 30 June 2004 which suggested that there were mutually exclusive arguments within the deaf community regarding education models; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are not such major...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (26 Apr 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 398: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the background to her decision to sanction a new school and provide for the expansion of another school (details supplied) from an eight class school to a 16 class school, following representations from this Deputy and others; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12752/05]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (26 Apr 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 431: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in County Louth will be allocated an extra class teacher from September 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13137/05]

Class Sizes: Motion (Resumed). (27 Apr 2005)

Paul Gogarty: I welcome this motion but I will not say too much on the wording of it. I raised it as a priority question on 9 March 2005. The Government broke the promise it made in the programme for Government to reduce class sizes. We all know that class size reduction makes a tangible difference. Developers should be made provide school buildings as part of the planning process. These measures are in...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (27 Apr 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered establishing an annual review of all tax reliefs, incorporating cost benefit analyses measuring each relief's fiscal, economic, social and environmental effects the results of which would be put into the public domain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13374/05]

Written Answers — Diplomatic Representation: Diplomatic Representation (28 Apr 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 11: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way in which the recently announced extension of Irish diplomatic services relate to the new EU European external action service; if the continued development of the European external action service will result in an eventual cutback in Ireland's diplomatic representation abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13682/05]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (28 Apr 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the concrete, systemic changes in China which can be attributed to the existence of the EU-China human rights dialogue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13681/05]

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (28 Apr 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 193: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made regarding the visa application of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [13748/05]

Written Answers — Food Imports: Food Imports (4 May 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland imports between 10,000 and 20,000 litres of goats milk per week; and if she will examine whether there is a way in which to ensure that a licence is granted to any carrier willing to carry goat livestock to Ireland from Britain to help revitalise the breeding stock here. [14226/05]

Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (4 May 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she is taking to improve the lot of dairy farmers who are being paid less today for milk than a decade ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14227/05]

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (4 May 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 488: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the timescale for resolution of disputes between landlords and tenants referred to arbitration with the Residential Tenancy Board. [14036/05]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (5 May 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the proposed extent and timetable for the decentralisation of his Department under the Government's decentralisation programme; the number of his officials who have to date indicated an interest in relocating to offices outside Dublin; and the number of officials at each grade level in this regard. [14550/05]

Written Answers — Public Sector Broadcasting: Public Sector Broadcasting (5 May 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department has replied to the Commission regarding the need for transparency on the allocation of State funding to RTE and TG4 for public service broadcasting purposes; if so, the substance of that reply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14551/05]

Tourism Industry. (10 May 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he will make a decision on a report (details supplied) commissioned by Fáilte Ireland as it relates to the activities of regional tourism bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15176/05]

Tourism Industry. (10 May 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Dublin Tourism has lobbied hard to make the Minister and Fáilte Ireland see common sense. From a regional perspective some areas perform better than others and it is necessary to take a more strategic long-term approach to them, particularly as some aspects of the tourism industry, such as walking, are in decline. We cannot afford to lose any segment of the industry to international...

Tourism Industry. (10 May 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Does the Minister envisage that a decision will be made by December?

Tourism Promotion. (10 May 2005)

Paul Gogarty: I propose to let my statement during Priority Questions stand.

National Conference Centre. (10 May 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Does the Minister agree that, from the point of view of a Government decision on tenders, a bad conference centre is worse than no conference centre and if proper public transport facilities are not in place, it is better to shelve the project than build a bad conference centre? Given the recent revelations about the millions of taxpayers' money squandered by this Government on...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed). (10 May 2005)

Paul Gogarty: This construction was over-priced.