Results 121-140 of 2,550 for speaker:Paul Gogarty

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (22 Feb 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 57: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on whether the closure of the national office of the Community Workers Co-operative will put the possibility of continued funding under the PEACE programme seriously at risk given that the contract for the project is between the national organisation and the PEACE programme. [5784/05]

Special Educational Needs: Motion. (22 Feb 2005)

Paul Gogarty: This debate offers a timely opportunity to examine some of the issues relating to the provision of educational services for children with special educational needs. Admittedly, the Government has made some progress but it has also been found wanting in a number of areas. During my relatively short contribution I would like to examine a number of aspects of education for persons with special...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Feb 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has satisfied himself that the definition of fraud in his Department is adequate. [6074/05]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (23 Feb 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the consideration he has given to having the homemaker disregard made retrospective from 1973. [6073/05]

Prices Acts. (24 Feb 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it will be possible for him to issue regulations requiring the public display of doctors' and dentists' prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6220/05]

Written Answers — Company Closures: Company Closures (24 Feb 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the recent Enterprise Ireland report on start-up companies and the action he plans to take on the basis of the findings of that report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6219/05]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Equipment: Defence Forces Equipment (1 Mar 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Defence if cutbacks will be expected in future defence expenditure arising from the need for economies in Government spending following the Supreme Court decision on the illegal charging of elderly medical card holders in long-term residential care, in view of the fact that approximately €100 million was spent on military equipment in 2004 and that a...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Equipment: Defence Forces Equipment (1 Mar 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress in the tendering process for light tactical armoured vehicles for the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6753/05]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (2 Mar 2005)

Paul Gogarty: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of urgent national importance, namely, the implications of yesterday's High Court award of €370,000 to a man who was abused at a Kilkenny industrial school including the need to review the awards made by the Residential Institutions Redress Board given that the court decision allows for well above the average...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (2 Mar 2005)

Paul Gogarty: I wish to share time with Deputy Cowley. I do not wish to talk about the introduction of the doctor-only medical card under this proposed legislation. My colleague, Deputy Gormley and other members of the Green Party have spoken and will speak on it. I broadly welcome it, although I share some of the reservations already expressed. I want to use this opportunity to outline my absolute...

Written Answers — Organic Farming. : Organic Farming. (2 Mar 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the percentage of land in organic production here compared with all other EU member states; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6981/05]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (2 Mar 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress with regard to implementing the Nitrates Directive 1991. [6980/05]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (3 Mar 2005)

Paul Gogarty: I seek the adjournment of the House under Standing Order 31 to debate an issue of national importance, namely, the need for the Government to tackle the issue of class size in primary schools as a matter of priority, given that our class sizes are among the largest in the European Union and that international research points to smaller class sizes having a noticeable improvement on a child's...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (3 Mar 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 11: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the conflict of interest engendered by the role of the National Treasury Management Agency in supplying staff to the National Pension Reserve Fund and the National Development Finance Agency and the resultant withdrawal by the NTMA from advising the NRA on obtaining the best financial deal for the M50 project; if this...

Written Answers — Economic Partnership Agreements: Economic Partnership Agreements (8 Mar 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 88: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the latest developments in negotiations surrounding EPAs under the Cotonou Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7743/05]

Written Answers — Economic Partnership Agreements: Economic Partnership Agreements (8 Mar 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the industries in Mozambique which he views as being able to sustain opening up to competition from South Africa; his views on the compatibility of this policy with the poverty reduction strategy consistent with Cotonou objectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7742/05]

Written Answers — School Fees: School Fees (8 Mar 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 417: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the 20,000 non-fee-paying school places in Dublin; her views on whether people need to be encouraged to use and support the public school system; and the action she is taking in this regard. [7965/05]

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (8 Mar 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 418: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the gender-balance of agencies under the auspices of her Department; and when she intends to carry out a review of these bodies in terms of gender balance. [7966/05]

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (8 Mar 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 419: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will elaborate on her recent comments to the effect that the method and systems used to designate particular schools as being disadvantaged are inadequate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7967/05]

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (8 Mar 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 420: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will elaborate on recent comments that programmes in the area of educational disadvantage have been allowed to drift without sufficient focus and need to be targeted properly; the programmes to which she was referring, if a lack of resources at present and a legacy of years of under-resourcing are also hindering progress in...