Results 281-300 of 3,707 for speaker:Brian O'Shea

Defence Forces Recruitment (2 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: I take the Minister's point that 10,000 is an arbitrary figure and the real issue is that the Defence Forces are a credible organisation. Is he satisfied that the current strength of the Permanent Defence Force means he has a credible organisation in all its aspects?

Defence Forces Reserve (2 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: The Reserve Defence Force representative organisation pointed out that the quality of training for reservists is not consistent throughout the country. Would the Minister like to comment on that? There is a number of reasons the recruitment of more people into the Reserve Defence Force is socially desirable. Organisations such as the Reserve Defence Force, the Irish Red Cross, the Knights...

Defence Forces Reserve (2 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: The Minister did not respond to me on the consistency of the quality of training for the Reserve Defence Force throughout the country.

Irish Red Cross Society (2 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on whether the Irish Red Cross Society should be fully independent of Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23666/10]

Irish Red Cross Society (2 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: I thank the Minister for his reply. I am pleased to hear of his recent meeting with the Irish Red Cross Society. Does he not agree that the primary legislation was introduced in a period when war was imminent and there were different forces at play in terms of the role the society might play? This was a time when there was a general concern about invasions, bombings and so on. In regard...

Irish Red Cross Society (2 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Can I take it that the Minister has in mind a definite person for the position of chairman, the urgency of which appointment the Minister obviously accepts? The Minister has not dealt with the issue of whether it serves the independence of the Irish Red Cross that 16 of the 42 members on the council are appointed by Government. Perhaps also he will address my question in regard to the...

Defence Forces Reserve (2 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will appoint a Brigadier General Director of the Reserve Defence Forces in order that the Reserve Defence Forces have a meaningful voice at general staff level [23665/10]

Defence Forces Reserve (2 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: I am disappointed with the Minister's reply. The Reserve Defence Forces is aggrieved that it does not have an adequate dispute resolution mechanism similar to that in place in PDFORRA and RACO in terms of the Permanent Defence Force. The reserve is also of the view, rightly or wrongly, that its director should be a member of RACO in that if a brigadier general was to be appointed director,...

Defence Forces Reserve (2 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Can the Minister assure us that the issue of the appointment of a director of the Reserve Defence Forces will be part of the discussions on the White Paper, which is in preparation, and the value for money review? In the context of achieving value for money, it could best be achieved if members of the reserve were happy in terms of from where the director of the reserve is appointed, which...

Health Services (1 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: St. Joseph's School, Parnell Street, Waterford, which caters for children with a mild learning disability, and St. Martin's Special School, Ballytruckle, Waterford, which caters for children with a moderate learning disability, effectively have had no speech and language therapy service since May 2009. The schools had been sharing a speech and language therapist who spent two days in St....

Written Answers — Carbon Emissions: Carbon Emissions (1 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will comment on a report of the Environmental Protection Agency that carbon emissions from the power station at Moneypoint, County Clare, cannot be captured and stored underground; his views on carbon capture storage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23043/10]

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (1 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will make a statement on the concerns of the migrant rights centre in regard to the employment permit policy (details supplied). [23377/10]

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (1 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of visits made by prospective overseas investors at the invitation of the Industrial Development Authority to locations in the Waterford constituency since January 2009; the sites visited; the outcome of each visit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23392/10]

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (1 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 123: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the sites in the Waterford constituency to which the Industrial Development Authority have brought or will bring foreign direct investors to visit; the reason that these are the sites that are selected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23438/10]

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (1 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the locations throughout the country that have been visited by prospective foreign direct investors at the invitation of the Industrial Development Authority since January 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23439/10]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (1 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proposals she has for the provision of a hot-line telephone number for missing children (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23535/10]

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (1 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 301: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a subsidiary protection application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22886/10]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (1 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 344: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action he proposes to take in regard to a prison sentence that was handed down in Malawi (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23536/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (1 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 349: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the 11 lawyers who participated in but did not complete the intensive course set up under the advanced Irish language skills programme in 2006 refunded the stipend and accommodation expenses to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22754/10]

Written Answers — Legal Proceedings: Legal Proceedings (1 Jun 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 350: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of court cases his Department has become involved in since the setting up of the Official Languages Act 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22869/10]