Results 61-80 of 5,034 for speaker:Billy Timmins

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (2 Nov 2004)

Billy Timmins: Question 201: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to re-open the rail line between Sallins, County Kildare and Tullow, County Carlow; if discussions or meetings have been held regarding this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26758/04]

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (2 Nov 2004)

Billy Timmins: Question 455: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position on an institution (details supplied) in County Dublin on the list of residencies on the Schedule to the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26914/04]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (2 Nov 2004)

Billy Timmins: Question 501: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to an application for funding under the capital assistance scheme from an organisation (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if this can be passed as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26915/04]

Written Answers — Drug Seizures: Drug Seizures (23 Nov 2004)

Billy Timmins: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of illegal drugs seized in the years 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 that involved the assistance of the Naval Service. [28755/04]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (23 Nov 2004)

Billy Timmins: Question 240: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Question No. 214 of 17 November 2004, if he will provide a reply to same. [30243/04]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (23 Nov 2004)

Billy Timmins: Question 339: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position with regard to a suckler cow payment 2003 for a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if this can be made as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29748/04]

Written Answers — Bovine Disease Controls: Bovine Disease Controls (23 Nov 2004)

Billy Timmins: Question 340: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position with regard to a person who wishes to apply for a herd number; the criteria which must be fulfilled and the procedures which must be followed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29749/04]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Property: Defence Forces Property (23 Nov 2004)

Billy Timmins: Question 618: To ask the Minister for Defence the position with respect to the disposal of Army lands at a location (details supplied) in County Cork to local organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29778/04]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Reserve: Defence Forces Reserve (23 Nov 2004)

Billy Timmins: Question 619: To ask the Minister for Defence the position in respect of the announcement of the relocation of a unit (details supplied) from Sligo to Athlone; if, in view of the circumstances, this decision will be reversed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29794/04]

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (23 Nov 2004)

Billy Timmins: Question 642: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position on the recruitment process for IT officer posts, namely, IS analyst-developer, IS project leader and IS technical support officer within local authorities (details supplied); the reason there is a clause in the criteria which states that an applicant has to be a serving member of a local...

Health Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (26 Nov 2004)

Billy Timmins: Everybody wants health reform. No one is happy with the present situation and people have different experiences of the health service. Many good people work in it, but we always hear the bad stories. Certainly, there has been a dramatic increase in funding but without a corresponding increase in services. I will quote from a Second Stage speech on the Health (Eastern Regional Health...

Health Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (26 Nov 2004)

Billy Timmins: I am sure somebody will. I recall the debate on the first-time buyer's grant during which I made a valuable point that only one third of first-time buyers received the grant because two thirds bought secondhand houses. Therefore, the grant was inequitable as well as not being index-linked and so on. That point was thrown back at me afterwards in isolation. I appeal for the point I have just...

Health Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (26 Nov 2004)

Billy Timmins: We support reform. However, the time factor is a difficulty and there is also the difficulty about accountability.

Overseas Missions. (26 Jan 2005)

Billy Timmins: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Defence the situation with respect to Irish troops participating in the EU battle groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1766/05]

Overseas Missions. (26 Jan 2005)

Billy Timmins: On behalf of myself and our party leader, Deputy Kenny, I thank the Minister for facilitating us to visit Irish troops in KFOR over the Christmas period. I am a little confused by the Minister's answer. My understanding following the last time Defence questions were answered was that the Cabinet had given permission in principle for an examination of the concept of joining the battle groups....

Overseas Missions. (26 Jan 2005)

Billy Timmins: Does the Minister agree that we, as a nation, should be able to devise our own foreign policy? By adhering to the triple lock, we are, in a strange way, making ourselves subservient to American, Chinese, Russian, French and British foreign policy. That is a weakness in this whole system. After the tsunami disaster, people clamoured to get Irish troops to go to south-east Asia. I do not know...

Overseas Missions. (26 Jan 2005)

Billy Timmins: For now.

Overseas Missions. (26 Jan 2005)

Billy Timmins: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Irish military personnel who will be involved in the relief effort in Asia following the recent disaster there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1767/05]

Overseas Missions. (26 Jan 2005)

Billy Timmins: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive reply that covers most of the supplementary questions I had prepared. Does he agree we have limited capability to deal with a disaster, natural or otherwise? He has issued some statements since entering office about the emergency planning cell but in this case, while we were willing to help, there was little we could do other than supply a few...

Humanitarian Relief. (26 Jan 2005)

Billy Timmins: Does the Minister know if the Government intends to increase the funding it has allocated to the disaster area?