Results 21-40 of 1,371 for speaker:Máire Hoctor

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 Oct 2005)

Máire Hoctor: Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the status of the initiative relating to the north Tipperary early intervention project and the unresolved staffing issues previously brought to her attention (details supplied). [29821/05]

Written Answers — Garda Equipment: Garda Equipment (19 Oct 2005)

Máire Hoctor: Question 298: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the proposed updating of garda patrol cars and the proposed new Garda internal communications network (details supplied). [29697/05]

Ferns Report: Statements (Resumed). (9 Nov 2005)

Máire Hoctor: Having read the Ferns Report, I also share the horror and deep sadness that others have expressed. I must declare that I knew two of the priests who are named in the report. It is difficult to understand the behaviour outlined in the report of those who perpetrated those crimes, in addition to those who permitted the silence that followed and enabled that behaviour to recommence elsewhere. It...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (24 Nov 2005)

Máire Hoctor: Question 197: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department has given funding to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul from 1998 to date in 2005; if such funding was given by his Department, to supply the details thereof and the conditions attached by his Department, relating to its proper distribution thereto. [36108/05]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (24 Nov 2005)

Máire Hoctor: Question 239: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has given funding to St. Vincent de Paul from 1998 to date in 2005; if such funding was given by her Department, to supply the details thereof and the conditions attached by her Department relating to its proper distribution, thereto. [36107/05]

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (7 Dec 2005)

Máire Hoctor: Táim buíoch díot as ucht an t-am a thabhairt dom chun an tairiscint seo a phlé. I am unsure why exactly the Opposition brought this Bill before us today. While we can give it the benefit of the doubt by acknowledging that good intentions were involved, it is clear from the short summary of the Good Samaritan Bill that a lot more information must be gathered if this is to be taken...

Hospital Services. (1 Feb 2006)

Máire Hoctor: I endorse the comments of my colleague, Deputy Michael Smith. In September 2004, the then Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Martin, approved €2.2 million for the extension to the accident and emergency department, laboratory and radiology department at Nenagh hospital. This was to address the deficits and build on the strengths identified in the Hanly report for the future of the...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (1 Feb 2006)

Máire Hoctor: Question 307: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the proposed deportation of persons (details supplied) to Nigeria; and if the plans for their proposed repatriation will go ahead. [3467/06]

Written Answers — Broadcasting Legislation: Broadcasting Legislation (8 Feb 2006)

Máire Hoctor: Question 241: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans in view of the ERC proposal to only make European cup rugby matches available on a premium subscription in 2006-2007 season, and to thereby restrict viewing of these matches, which are of national interest, to subscribers. [4480/06]

Written Answers — Organ Donation: Organ Donation (16 Feb 2006)

Máire Hoctor: Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the law regarding organ donations here; and her intention to introduce measures or legislation to help provide more organs for transplant (details supplied). [6121/06]

Written Answers — Organ Donation: Organ Donation (16 Feb 2006)

Máire Hoctor: Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the law regarding organ donations here as applied in hospitals; and her intentions to introduce measures or legislation to help provide more organs for transplant (details supplied). [6122/06]

Lourdes Hospital Inquiry: Statements (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

Máire Hoctor: I wish to share time with Deputy Keaveney.

Lourdes Hospital Inquiry: Statements (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

Máire Hoctor: I am grateful for the opportunity, however brief, to address the House on this appalling issue. This is International Women's Day. It celebrates the glory of womanhood and the beauty of the feminine. It is poignant that this report is being debated today. It is a refreshening initiative by Parliament to redress the issue, once and for all. I extend my deepest sympathy to the women who...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (21 Mar 2006)

Máire Hoctor: Question 879: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to enter into discussions with the Department of Education and Science regarding the new charges which will be levied on schools for water consumption, which will replace the existing flat-rate charges that schools have customarily paid in relation to the national policy of installing water meters...

Defence Forces Recruitment. (28 Mar 2006)

Máire Hoctor: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on whether the height requirement is the sole obstacle to increasing the number of women applying to join the Defence Forces; if the height requirement for women is the same for the Reserve and Permanent Defence Forces; if he will commission research into the reason the percentage of women in the Reserve Defence Force is considerably...

Defence Forces Recruitment. (28 Mar 2006)

Máire Hoctor: I welcome the Minister's commitment to undertake research. He cannot go further than those on the ground with first-hand experience. The figure of 5% is low in view of the 26% who are in the Reserve Defence Force. Where does Ireland stand compared to international figures? In view of the Minister's research how will he overcome the perception in the Defence Forces that the Army is not a place...

Defence Forces Recruitment. (28 Mar 2006)

Máire Hoctor: Does the Minister know when his research will come to an end? He should act immediately to increase female representation in the Defence Forces.

Written Answers — Defence Forces Investigations: Defence Forces Investigations (28 Mar 2006)

Máire Hoctor: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Defence the status of an investigation into alleged irregularities in the operation of a Reserve Defence Force unit fund account which commenced in September 2005 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11677/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Mar 2006)

Máire Hoctor: Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the funding which has been allocated to north and south Tipperary for the provision of adult respite care since 2000; the centres for adult respite which exist in north and south Tipperary; the transport arrangements which are in place for those adults who attend these centres; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — School Funding: School Funding (28 Mar 2006)

Máire Hoctor: Question 474: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has made budgetary arrangements for schools to take account of the increased costs to them on foot of the obligation of local authorities and county councils to place water meters in all non-domestic buildings; if her Department is to enter into talks with the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs on this issue;...