Results 181-200 of 2,341 for speaker:Paul McGrath
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (20 Feb 2007)
Paul McGrath: Question 528: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of English language assistant teachers that have been appointed to schools in County Longford in each of the past five years. [6472/07]
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (20 Feb 2007)
Paul McGrath: Question 529: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of English language assistant teachers that have been appointed to schools in County Westmeath in each of the past five years. [6473/07]
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (15 Feb 2007)
Paul McGrath: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will confirm that staff in his constituency office in his Department were engaged in making phone calls extending seasons greetings on his behalf in December 2006; if he will further confirm that these were calls to all listed phone users rather than to just persons on his office database; the number of staff involved in these calls; and...
- Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (14 Feb 2007)
Paul McGrath: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which by way of legislation innovative technology or agreement is expected to provide a full range of live broadcasts to the Irish diaspora; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5446/07]
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (14 Feb 2007)
Paul McGrath: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in regard to consideration by his Department to enhance competitive backhaul connectivity on foot of his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 21 November 2006; his plans to progress this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5445/07]
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (13 Feb 2007)
Paul McGrath: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in primary classes of one to 19 children, inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5027/07]
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (13 Feb 2007)
Paul McGrath: Question 164: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of children in primary classes of 30 to 34 children inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5019/07]
- Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (13 Feb 2007)
Paul McGrath: Question 327: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the structure of funding for local Carers Association offices; if these offices are funded from a national budget; the amount of this budget for the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4863/07]
- Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (13 Feb 2007)
Paul McGrath: Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if parents in receipt of domiciliary care allowance have regular medical check ups for their children; the regularity of these check ups; the reason a long-term condition should be medically checked on an ongoing basis for receipt of domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4864/07]
- Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (13 Feb 2007)
Paul McGrath: Question 357: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who applied in July 2006 for domiciliary care allowance has had their application delayed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4866/07]
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (13 Feb 2007)
Paul McGrath: Question 550: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the person who has responsibility for school bus transport schedules, noting the concern for the safety of pupils attending school on school bus transport, where in some instances primary school children are currently arriving at school up to 45 minutes before school start time and the same students may have to wait up to 30 minutes...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (8 Feb 2007)
Paul McGrath: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the projected aid budget allocation to middle eastern countries in the 2007 budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3950/07]
- Written Answers — Ethics in Public Office: Ethics in Public Office (7 Feb 2007)
Paul McGrath: Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance the circumstances in which a gift to a serving Minister will be deemed to be a conflict of interest under the purposed new amendment to rules governing Ethics in Public Offices. [4155/07]
- Finance Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)
Paul McGrath: One could not even afford that, given what they charge.
- Finance Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)
Paul McGrath: I wish to share time with Deputies Kehoe, Ring and McGinley.
- Finance Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)
Paul McGrath: I will be speaking for eight minutes and the Acting Chairman might remind me when my time is concluding. I am delighted to have the opportunity to address the House on the Finance Bill. It will be my last opportunity to do so on any Finance Bill and therefore this is my swansong. I hope I will make good use of the eight minutes allocated to me. I listened with interest to Deputy Dennehy,...
- Public Service Contracts. (7 Feb 2007)
Paul McGrath: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will require all agencies with capital projects of over â¬30 million to publish the cost-benefit evaluation before committing to proceed with the projects. [4364/07]
- Public Service Contracts. (7 Feb 2007)
Paul McGrath: The Minister referred to 2005, when he reduced the cost of projects which would require a cost-benefit analysis from â¬50 million to â¬30 million. The Minister said the various agencies are producing the cost-benefit analyses and they are being sent to his Department. It is unfortunate that he will not allow them to be published. He said they might contain commercially sensitive...
- Public Service Contracts. (7 Feb 2007)
Paul McGrath: The Minister and I agree on a lot of things. We agree it is necessary to have the cost-benefit analysis and we agree that the sponsoring body is the body that should be responsible for producing this. However, the major disagreement between us and where we differ is that the Minister wants to keep secret all this cost-benefit analysis material such as the research and so on. Is there not a...
- Public Service Contracts. (7 Feb 2007)
Paul McGrath: It has been achieved at a big cost.