Results 121-140 of 11,258 for speaker:Séamus Kirk

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes Provision (6 May 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's policy on second-chance education; the budget allocated for same; her plans to develop this policy in rural areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17210/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas (6 May 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 518. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the current status of the Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas report; the amount of funding that will be put aside for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17208/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: National Spatial Strategy (6 May 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 522. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out his plans to re-introduce the National Spatial Strategy, focusing on gateways and hubs in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17206/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regional Development (6 May 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 523. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out his plans to develop economic regions within the island of Ireland; the amount of money put aside for this and the direct economic benefit to the State for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17207/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Programme (6 May 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 587. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to re-open the rural transport programme; if he will discuss the direct benefit to the rural economy for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17209/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (30 Apr 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 47. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to extending the carer's allowance scheme to community houses which provide social support programmes for the elderly through the community or community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17061/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Social Enterprise Sector (29 Apr 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 67. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his Department's strategy in relation to social enterprise; if he has a strategic plan for this sector; the number of jobs created by social enterprises over the past five years; the net impact of these jobs on the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16909/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Dormant Accounts Fund (29 Apr 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 128. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money which is in dormant accounts from the years 2011 to 2015; if he will provide a breakdown on the expenditure of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16907/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Dormant Accounts Fund (29 Apr 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 129. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an estimate on the amount held in dormant accounts at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16908/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Proposed Legislation (28 Apr 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 155. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the Construction Contracts Act 2013; when this will come into force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16382/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Disease Controls (28 Apr 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the concern of farmers regarding the prevalence of tuberculosis in livestock in the mid-Louth area; if his attention has been further drawn to the significant population of wild deer in the general area that are suspected of being carriers of the disease; if a deer cull is required; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Data (23 Apr 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the number of State and Government employees, by Department and by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16124/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Local Authority Rates (21 Apr 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 322. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify his position regarding sports clubs which have an occasional licence for bar facilities; the way the rates liability is calculated in these circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15729/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (16 Apr 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 184. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of a grant of €3.5 million to Alverno Heights and Alverno Court in Laytown in County Meath, which was set aside under his Department's 2014 social housing investment programme, to carry out a range of measures to improve the standard and quality of the housing stock in both estates; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licence Data (16 Apr 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 199. 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 that Irish drivers have obtained an international driving permit for; his views on the security features in the international driving permit; if he is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (15 Apr 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 407. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí per Garda district; the number and location of each Garda station in each district and their opening hours, including the number of gardaí stationed at each station; if she will provide a breakdown for the years 2011 to 2014 of gardaí stationed in each station; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (1 Apr 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine an anomaly in the higher education grants scheme whereby an applicant who is fostered will be assessed on that person's own income position, while an applicant who is in guardianship will be assessed on that person's guardian's income; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13545/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: UK Referendum on EU Membership (31 Mar 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 190. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to develop a strategic position for Ireland in the event of the United Kingdom withdrawing from the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13083/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (26 Mar 2015)

Séamus Kirk: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to re-activate the disabled drivers and disabled passengers (tax concessions) scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12461/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Mar 2015)

Séamus Kirk: I mentioned earlier the issue of the monitoring of the care of patients who are accommodated outside the jurisdiction. Perhaps the HSE or the Departments of Health or Children and Youth Affairs would take particular cognisance of that. There are needs in that area and I know the next of kin are in need of reassurance in many cases.