Results 181-200 of 4,404 for speaker:Liz McManus

Written Answers — Schools Amalgamation: Schools Amalgamation (26 Jan 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 1091: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the plan to amalgamate two schools (details supplied) in County Wicklow will receive sanction to proceed; if land will be provided for this purpose in view of any proposal to site another school on this site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1182/05]

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion (Resumed). (27 Jan 2005)

Liz McManus: I welcome this motion. That the Health and Safety Authority has had to step into the breach and seek a full inspection of accident and emergency services is the greatest expression of Government failure to tackle the crisis in our health services. The Minister for Health and Children puts on a brave face and welcomes this move when she should be hanging her head in shame. She talks about...

Foot and Mouth Disease. (27 Jan 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the recent report from the European Court of Auditors on the European Commission's handling of the foot and mouth outbreak in 2001; if there has been any discussion at European Council level on this report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1925/05]

Written Answers — Beef Exports: Beef Exports (27 Jan 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the likely implications for the beef industry here of the pending removal of the over 30 months rule in the UK; if attempts will be made to secure alternative markets for the beef exports affected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1926/05]

Written Answers — Tax Evasion: Tax Evasion (1 Feb 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made by the Revenue Commissioners regarding allegations that tax improprieties may surround trust operations at a bank (details supplied); if the Revenue Commissioners have reached a determination regarding whether these trusts facilitated tax evasion as distinct from tax avoidance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2477/05]

Written Answers — Disclosures to Revenue Commissioners: Disclosures to Revenue Commissioners (1 Feb 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the response received to date by the Revenue Commissioners to the letters sent by ten top banks to approximately 120,000 customers warning them to regularise their tax affairs by the end of March, 2004; the number of responses received; the amount collected to date; the number of such cases that have been finalised; and if he...

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (1 Feb 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the ambulance centre at the Hospital of the Assumption, Castlemeadows, Thurles, County Tipperary will continue when the new hospital is complete; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2447/05]

Request to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (2 Feb 2005)

Liz McManus: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil to debate a specific matter of public interest, namely the closure of the DART services on the south side of Dublin and Wicklow at weekends for the summer months and the consequences this will have for the travelling public and the commercial life of towns in north Wicklow, and the need for a statement on the matter from the Minister for Transport.

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2005)

Liz McManus: Does the Taoiseach retain confidence in the Minister for Health and Children in view of the fact that she has publicly made promises——

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2005)

Liz McManus: I have. The number of medical cards is dropping despite the promise by the Minister for Health and Children that it would increase significantly. The item of legislation involved is something of a mystery as it has no title. Will the Taoiseach say when the yellow-pack medical card Bill will reach this House? Will he ensure that the Minister will have discussions with the doctors——

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2005)

Liz McManus: The scheme has no name, no timeframe and no guarantee of being implemented.

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2005)

Liz McManus: As far as it goes. The Deputy should ask the Taoiseach what "shortly" means.

Rail Network. (2 Feb 2005)

Liz McManus: I am grateful for the opportunity to raise the important issue of the forthcoming temporary closure of weekend DART services to south Dublin and north Wicklow. There was no warning about this decision and no consultation with the people directly affected. The decision, as yet unannounced by Iarnród Éireann, to close its weekend DART service on the south side of Dublin is a major shock to...

Rail Network. (2 Feb 2005)

Liz McManus: That is nonsense.

Rail Network. (2 Feb 2005)

Liz McManus: Nobody else has either.

Written Answers — Shannon Airport Landings: Shannon Airport Landings (2 Feb 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of US military flights and US military personnel that passed through Shannon Airport during 2004; if he anticipates similar numbers of personnel and flights using Shannon in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2768/05]

Written Answers — Shannon Airport Landings: Shannon Airport Landings (2 Feb 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 152: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his policy with regard to the use of Shannon Airport by the US military for the transport of al-Qaeda suspects and prisoners; if his attention has been drawn to media reports that a US jet used to abduct and transport such suspects landed in Shannon Airport three times in 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2767/05]

Written Answers — Teachers' Remuneration: Teachers' Remuneration (3 Feb 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views in relation to calls for parity between pay levels for principals in primary and secondary schools; if she would welcome consideration of this matter in the context of the next round of benchmarking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3017/05]

Written Answers — Third Level Sector: Third Level Sector (3 Feb 2005)

Liz McManus: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans for a special summit to chart a future for the third level sector; the intended goals of such a summit and the persons who will be involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3018/05]

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2005)

Liz McManus: Since the Tánaiste took over the Department of Health and Children, more than 2,000 medical cards have been lost, which is a rate of one card per hour of her tenure.