Results 81-100 of 11,258 for speaker:Séamus Kirk

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Milk Quota Cessation (8 Jul 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on short-term borrowings in the dairy sector and the negative impact this has on the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27757/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services Provision (8 Jul 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 154. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a minor ailment scheme, similar to a scheme which is running in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27754/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services Provision (8 Jul 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 155. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the Pharmacy First scheme in the United Kingdom; his plans to introduce a similar scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27755/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Social Enterprise (7 Jul 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 167. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to reappoint a Minister with responsibility for social enterprise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27149/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Social Enterprise (7 Jul 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 168. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans for social enterprise; the current update on the recently published Forfás report on the same subject; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27150/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Social Enterprise (7 Jul 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 169. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans for social enterprise; if he has discussed with his Scottish counterparts ways of making social enterprise more effective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27151/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (2 Jul 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to overhaul the procurement legislation in order that it will give small and medium enterprises a better chance to compete with tenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26115/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: International Driving Permits (24 Jun 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Irish drivers who have received an international driving permit in each of the past four years; the costs associated in awarding these permits; the most popular countries for which Irish drivers have obtained an international driving permit; his views on the security features in the international driving permit; if he is...

Topical Issue Debate: Student Support Schemes (23 Jun 2015)

Séamus Kirk: I am somewhat disappointed. I am sure it is not the Minister of State’s fault. I am sure the briefing note comes from the section. He quite rightly identifies the fact that guardians are treated in the same way as biological parents. That seems quite unfair to me. I am sure the circumstances will vary from one case to another but there is a great need for a spirit of generosity...

Topical Issue Debate: Student Support Schemes (23 Jun 2015)

Séamus Kirk: I thank the Acting Chairman for the opportunity to raise this matter and the Ceann Comhairle for selecting it as one of the items for discussion. This is an important issue. It concerns a constituent of mine who agreed to rear and support the children of a family friend and his wife, both of whom died when they were very young. A guardianship arrangement was put in place. The couple...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Startup Funding (23 Jun 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 217. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a definition of a first time entrepreneur for the purposes of the start-up relief for entrepreneurship scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24984/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Startup Funding (23 Jun 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 218. To ask the Minister for Finance if the start-up relief for entrepreneurship scheme will extend to primary food sector industries in the agriculture sector, including pig, poultry, dairy and beef farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24985/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Expenditure (23 Jun 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, by county, a breakdown of the cost of running the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24986/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Expenditure (23 Jun 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown, by hours, of the schools that the National Educational Psychological Service partakes in, and the costs of this, in counties Louth and Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24987/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Expenditure (23 Jun 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of assessments that were made by the National Educational Psychological Service in counties Louth and Meath, for the years 2011 to 2014, inclusive, and to date in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24988/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hedge Cutting Season (23 Jun 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 659. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the working group was established to consider burning and hedgecutting controls, and when will it make its report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24693/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (18 Jun 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in a case where a social welfare applicant is applying for a means-tested payment and transfers property to a family member to outline the impact such a transfer has on the calculation of means; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24353/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2015)

Séamus Kirk: I thank the Minister for attending. I have a few brief questions. He mentioned briefly in his response the number of requests for overflights and notifications. There clearly has been a significant reduction over the past year or two, from 2013 to date, with the trend showing the reduction being maintained. On the background explanation for that reduction, can the Minister advise us as to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rural Development Programme Funding (16 Jun 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 807. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the total Exchequer funding allocated to the Western Development Commission, in the years 2010 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23911/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: RAPID Programme (16 Jun 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 808. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the total Exchequer funding allocated to the revitalising areas by planning, investment and development programme in the years 2010 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23912/15]