Results 81-100 of 1,979 for speaker:Nicky McFadden

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rates Application (18 Sep 2013)

Nicky McFadden: 145. To ask the Minister for Finance if the VAT rate of 9% for restaurant and catering services, hotel and holiday accommodation, admissions to cinemas, theatres, certain musical performances, museums and art gallery exhibitions, fairgrounds or amusement park services, the use of sporting facilities, hairdressing services, and printed matter will be maintained; if he will acknowledge the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (18 Sep 2013)

Nicky McFadden: 211. To ask the Minister for Finance if a system of auditing banks is in place to ensure that they are delivering on lending promises and targets; the body that oversees such an audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37901/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Services for People with Disabilities (18 Sep 2013)

Nicky McFadden: 381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered the policy recommendations set out by the National Council for Special Education in its Policy Advice Paper on the Education of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children in Ireland, November 2011; how many of the main recommendations relating to early intervention and school age years have been adopted; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (18 Sep 2013)

Nicky McFadden: 452. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures taken by his Department to reform regulations and procedures in relation to public procurement in order to make it easier for Irish small and medium enterprises to gain access to public contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37904/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Proposed Legislation (18 Sep 2013)

Nicky McFadden: 458. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a register for all lobbyists will be introduced; the way the introduction of such a register will contribute to a more open and transparent Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38274/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (18 Sep 2013)

Nicky McFadden: 484. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if targeted measures will be introduced to increase working capital in small and medium enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36854/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (18 Sep 2013)

Nicky McFadden: 517. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new jobs that have been created in the digital gaming sector here in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37900/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (18 Sep 2013)

Nicky McFadden: 540. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures taken by her Department to allow those who avail of temporary work opportunities to return to social welfare protection in a timely manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36819/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Plan (18 Sep 2013)

Nicky McFadden: 750. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures taken by his Department in conjunction with the Arts Council to protect the State's investment in regional arts infrastructure, particularly in the midlands region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38272/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Post Office Network (18 Sep 2013)

Nicky McFadden: 801. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has considered the Irish Postmasters' Union 2012 Report on The Future of the Post Office Network in Ireland; the measures that can be taken at Government level to support the continuation of the post office network here; if he has consulted with the Board of An Post on potential service contracts that might be...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Nicky McFadden: 921. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a voter registration drive will be launched nationally in conjunction with local authorities and community groups in order to promote active citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37906/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (18 Sep 2013)

Nicky McFadden: 922. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline, in tabular form, the amount of funding that has been allocated to local authorities in counties Westmeath and Longford to date to address urgent public safety issues on unfinished housing estates; the number of developments in each county that have had safety works carried out; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (18 Sep 2013)

Nicky McFadden: 923. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of unfinished housing developments in counties Longford and Westmeath that have had issues resovled and have had site resolution plans drawn up since the establishment of the national co-ordination committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37908/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Service Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Nicky McFadden: 924. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a timeframe for the roll out of a new computer aided mobilisation project system for handling fire service emergency calls; the way the system will improve the fire service's call-taking and mobilisation service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37912/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (18 Sep 2013)

Nicky McFadden: 925. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of leasing arrangements that have been established between Westmeath County Council, Longford County Council and the National Assets Management Agency to make properties available for the purpose of social housing; the number of persons in counties Westmeath and Longford that have been adequately housed as a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Nicky McFadden: 947. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on progress being made in implementing the resource opportunity waste management policy, particularly in relation to keeping costs down for the consumer and waste enforcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38276/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (18 Sep 2013)

Nicky McFadden: 990. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the number of Garda CCTV systems and community based CCTV systems currently operational in Counties Longford and Westmeath; if funding will be made available for the installation of further CCTV systems in the Midlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36804/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes (18 Sep 2013)

Nicky McFadden: 1092. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the range of rehabilitative programmes, counselling and psychology services available in the prison service to sex offenders; if participation in and completion of such programmes are mandatory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37902/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (18 Sep 2013)

Nicky McFadden: 1093. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress being made to reform the immigration, residency and asylum systems, particularly in relation to introducing a statutory appeals system and improving transparency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37952/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (18 Sep 2013)

Nicky McFadden: 1112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of subsidiary protection and leave to remain applications that were approved in July and August 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38422/13]