Results 1-20 of 64 for speaker:Liz O'Donnell

Written Answers — Ground Rents Abolition: Ground Rents Abolition (28 Mar 2007)

Liz O'Donnell: Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are plans to reform or abolish residential ground rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11952/07]

Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2007)

Liz O'Donnell: Exactly. It is Deputy Rabbitte's problem.

Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (13 Feb 2007)

Liz O'Donnell: Question 585: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans for developing and expanding language training for immigrants; the details of the current services; the role of the vocational education committees; the status of a submission made to her on the matter by County Wexford VEC; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5337/07]

White Paper on Irish Aid: Statements (2 Nov 2006)

Liz O'Donnell: I wish the Minister of State well in his responsibilities at a time of great challenge and change in Ireland's overseas development programme. For too long the debate on Ireland's aid programme was dominated by a row about when we would reach the UN target of 0.7% of GNP, which the international community set over 30 years ago. Only a handful of developed nations, however, have actually...

Written Answers — Child Protection: Child Protection (17 Oct 2006)

Liz O'Donnell: Question 260: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps that have been taken to protect children in view of reports that a convicted paedophile (details supplied) is living here having been deported from the US on completion of their sentence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33280/06]

Order of Business. (6 Jul 2006)

Liz O'Donnell: On behalf of the Progressive Democrats, I too wish colleagues on all sides a good summer break, mindful of the fact that many of us will return to our constituencies and come into the House on committee business. I thank you, a Cheann Comhairle, for your courtesy during the year and in particular for your chairmanship of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission, of which I am privileged to be...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (27 Jun 2006)

Liz O'Donnell: Question 327: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the circumstances in which a written observation was presented by Ireland in the defence of the British Government in a legal case (details supplied) at the oral hearing at the European Court of Justice on 1 June 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24695/06]

Order of Business. (13 Jun 2006)

Liz O'Donnell: The Deputy is wrong. It is reckonable as ODA.

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (2 Jun 2006)

Liz O'Donnell: It has been a gruelling week for the country, for parents, for legislators and for the victims of child sexual offences. Decisions of the superior courts have catapulted all of us into a constitutional, legal and moral crisis which it falls to this Chamber to address as a matter of urgency. Such urgency is not the best way to grapple with such grave matters as human deviance on the one hand...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (2 Jun 2006)

Liz O'Donnell: Did Deputy Kenny listen to what he said?

Europe and the Developing World: Statements. (10 May 2006)

Liz O'Donnell: I welcome the Minister of State and his initiative to build capacity and help states that have recently acceded to the Union to build their own overseas development programmes. Using Ireland as a mentor is a very good initiative. I wish to raise two points, the first of which concerns conditionality and aid. As we all know, this issue can pose real dilemmas for donor states such as Ireland....

Inquiry into the murder of Mr. Patrick Finucane: Motion. (8 Mar 2006)

Liz O'Donnell: On behalf of the Progressive Democrats I welcome the Finucane family this evening. As other Members have said, it is deeply regrettable that 17 years after the murder of Mr. Finucane, the Dáil is calling for the long overdue public and independent inquiry into his case. This motion reminds me of a meeting with Mrs. Finucane on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of her husband's death, in...

Further and Higher Education: Statements. (1 Mar 2006)

Liz O'Donnell: I welcome the opportunity to participate in this debate on education outside of a legislative context. It allows Deputies on all sides of the House to reflect perspectives and criticisms they are picking up in their constituencies. I listened with interest to comments by Members of the Opposition on the further education sector and I will make a few remarks on that topic. We tend to talk...

Written Answers — Schools Recognition: Schools Recognition (14 Feb 2006)

Liz O'Donnell: Question 566: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the consideration that is being given to extending recognition and additional funding to schools and colleges of all sizes providing further education or post-leaving certificate courses generally and in particular a college (details supplied) in Dublin 14; the progress that has been made on implementing the recommendations of the...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Accidents: Road Traffic Accidents (25 Jan 2006)

Liz O'Donnell: Question 849: To ask the Minister for Transport the type of investigation or inquiry put in train where there is a fatal road traffic accident; the role of his Department, the National Roads Authority, the relevant local authority and the Health and Safety Authority, in that inquiry process; the recourse open to the family of the victim of a road traffic accident should they be dissatisfied...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (25 Jan 2006)

Liz O'Donnell: Question 1068: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide an updated reply as promised to Question No. 489 of 8 November 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40173/05]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (8 Dec 2005)

Liz O'Donnell: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance the provision made for income tax relief on pension provision for a carer employed by a person, in that person's home; the reason a carer contractually employed in the home in full tax compliance, cannot have tax provision made for them on the same basis as if they were employed in the same role in a nursing home or hospital; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (8 Dec 2005)

Liz O'Donnell: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance if preconditions in regard to decentralisation are applied to existing contracted staff in Government agencies if and when their position becomes established; if those contracted staff in Government agencies are entitled to apply and be considered for the same established position, if and when that established position is advertised; if the...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (8 Dec 2005)

Liz O'Donnell: Question 215: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are third level courses being offered by the National University of Ireland under which tuition fees, or part thereof, are returned to students via direct payments, rather than via tax relief on tuition fees; the number of such courses this direct payment system applies to; the reason a different system might be applied to...

Order of Business. (17 Nov 2005)

Liz O'Donnell: Hear, hear.