Results 141-160 of 7,123 for speaker:Mary O'Rourke
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (2 Mar 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: Question 423: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the Coosan rectification scheme, County Westmeath.. [10278/10]
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (2 Mar 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: Question 424: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the Kilbeggan sewerage scheme, County Westmeath; and when this scheme will commence. [10279/10]
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (2 Mar 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: Question 438: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the progress of a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [10414/10]
- Alternative Energy Projects. (24 Feb 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: Is the Minister of State, Deputy Killeen, dealing with this matter? He is. It is not that I would not deal with the Minister of State, Deputy Barry Andrews, but I doubt very much that there would be much growing of miscanthus in Dún Laoghaire. I am glad to see what I might term a rural Minister of State present. I recently met a group of approximately nine or ten farmers who approached me...
- Alternative Energy Projects. (24 Feb 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: That is clearly a very positive of answer and I am glad of that. I thank the Minister of State.
- Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (10 Feb 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance the plans the Office of Public Works has for the town of Athlone, County Westmeath and its environs in view of the flooding recently experienced in this area. [7034/10]
- Public Service Remuneration: Motion (Resumed) (10 Feb 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: I wish to share time with Deputies Thomas Byrne, Mattie McGrath, the Minister of State, Deputy Dick Roche, Deputy Michael McGrath and Deputy Niall Blaney.
- Public Service Remuneration: Motion (Resumed) (10 Feb 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: While I appreciate the opportunity to speak on this motion, if ever I saw a "no motion" it is this one because the facts as outlined last night by the Minister are quite clear. Significant reductions have been applied to the remuneration of both grades, 14% in the case of the grade of deputy secretary and 11.8% in the case of the grade of assistant secretary on top of the pensions levy and...
- Public Service Remuneration: Motion (Resumed) (10 Feb 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: They do not need any vote of confidence in Deputy Kenny.
- Employment Agency Regulation Bill 2009: Second Stage (4 Feb 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: I also welcome this Bill and the fact that the Minister of State, Deputy Billy Kelleher, is present. The Minister of State, Deputy Dara Calleary, is responsible for the portfolio but I am sure the Minister of State, Deputy Kelleher, would have been involved in the preparation of the legislation. The Bill is welcome because the last piece of legislation to regulate employment agencies was in...
- Written Answers — Legal Services: Legal Services (4 Feb 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: Question 202: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [5938/10]
- Written Answers — Legal Services: Legal Services (4 Feb 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: Question 203: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [5939/10]
- Written Answers — School Completion Programme: School Completion Programme (4 Feb 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: Question 341: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the school completion programmes (details supplied) which are in place. [5940/10]
- Civil Partnership Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jan 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: I wish to share time with Deputy Beverley Flynn. I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak to the Bill. From what I have picked up from the contributions of previous speakers, it is receiving a relatively approving passage in the House. Nevertheless, as with the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993, this is landmark legislation. I was a Member of the House when the then Minister, Ms...
- Severe Weather Emergencies: Motion (Resumed) (27 Jan 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: Here is the first of the three minutes.
- Severe Weather Emergencies: Motion (Resumed) (27 Jan 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: We are those with three minutes - there has been four minutes and three minutes. Anyway, I am glad to contribute to the debate. I note, and cannot understand how, there is not a word in the Fine Gael motion about the Department of Defence, the role of the Civil Defence and the role of the Garda SÃochána. They played a significant role in this, from the time of the floods. In Athlone,...
- Severe Weather Emergencies: Motion (Resumed) (27 Jan 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: There is not a word about them. All we can hear is yelping. I do not know what it is about, but it is certainly not good debate. However, I am happy to be part of it and to pay tribute to those bodies of which I spoke and which came out in the most awful weather, put out their trucks and brought us all up around Clonown, Golden Island and Clonbunny where nobody else could go but in a high...
- Severe Weather Emergencies: Motion (Resumed) (27 Jan 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: We have learned from experience. There is now a most definite body of information built up, upon which we can draw and which no doubt will add to the body of information which will be of great value - I did not get three minutes at all - in 100 years' time whenever there will be Dáil Deputies here debating equally miserable periods of weather. They never spoke of meitheal and co-operation...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (26 Jan 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: Question 441: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will supply this Deputy with a policy comment on same. [3444/10]
- Written Answers — Child Protection: Child Protection (19 Jan 2010)
Mary O'Rourke: Question 1103: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 466 of 10 November 2009, if he will supply this Deputy with a list of the 700 primary schools which are either not implementing the stay safe programme in full or not implementing the programme at all. [1824/10]