Results 521-540 of 3,707 for speaker:Brian O'Shea

Irish Red Cross Society. (20 Jan 2010)

Brian O'Shea: I agree with the Minister that the organisation should be independent. There is some question as to whether the Minister should appoint the chairman or the members. Can the Minister clarify that matter for me? There has been speculation in the press. Is there a recommendation that the Minister will no longer appoint the chair?

Irish Red Cross Society. (20 Jan 2010)

Brian O'Shea: To clarify, the Minister nominates and the President appoints.

Overseas Missions. (20 Jan 2010)

Brian O'Shea: It is obvious that fewer members of the Defence Forces will be on overseas duties in the medium term. I suggest that the additional troops who are to be kept on the home front should have a role in promoting physical activity and fitness and supporting the delivery of physical education in our schools, issues about which we spoke earlier. What is the political situation in Chad at the...

Overseas Missions. (20 Jan 2010)

Brian O'Shea: That is very kind of the Minister.

Defence Forces Deployment. (20 Jan 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Defence the role played by the Defence Forces in providing assistance to the civil authorities during the recent bad weather at Christmas and the new year period; if he is satisfied with the role played by the Defence Forces; the level of liaison between the Defence Forces and local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1969/10]

Defence Forces Deployment. (20 Jan 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Did the Minister indicate in a reply to a previous question that local authorities may not have been aware of the range of emergency services that the Defence Forces can supply, or alternatively that the local authorities were tardy in terms of requesting those emergency services where they were badly needed?

Physical Fitness Promotion. (20 Jan 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on whether there is a case for a Defence Forces role in promoting physical activity fitness and supporting the delivery of physical education in schools here as proposed in a recent paper (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2293/10]

Physical Fitness Promotion. (20 Jan 2010)

Brian O'Shea: I find the Minister's response disappointing against the background of a strong military tradition of involvement in the delivery and shaping of physical education since the foundation of the State. I do not think this involvement can be disputed. There are also excellent models of best practice from other countries of supporting physical education and promoting physical activity and...

Physical Fitness Promotion. (20 Jan 2010)

Brian O'Shea: I referred the paper to the Minister and it is all laid out within it.

Physical Fitness Promotion. (20 Jan 2010)

Brian O'Shea: The passage clearly lays out what that involvement in physical education delivery and shaping by the military has been.

Physical Fitness Promotion. (20 Jan 2010)

Brian O'Shea: That is not being suggested. It is supporting.

Physical Fitness Promotion. (20 Jan 2010)

Brian O'Shea: The two people who made presentations to the committee are former Army officers so I suspect they have some knowledge of the Army structure. Would the Minister be prepared to meet them or have senior departmental officials meet them so they can make their case with a view to bringing this issue forward?

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jan 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the details of the planned vouched fuel allowance scheme for low income families to offset the increases in fuel costs associated with the introduction of the carbon tax. [1795/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (19 Jan 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her estimate of the fraud detection rate arising from calls from members of the public. [1794/10]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (19 Jan 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 12 November 2009, the further discussion she has had with the industrial development agencies with a view to securing replacement jobs in the Waterford Constituency. [1014/10]

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (19 Jan 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 182: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 10 December 2009, the position regarding the European globalisation adjustment fund application containing proposals for the co-financing of a range of measures including occupational guidance, training, upskilling, entrepreneurship and educational opportunities...

Written Answers — Courts Service: Courts Service (19 Jan 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 253: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 1 December 2009, the stage of the process that the proposed extension to the Waterford court house has reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1032/10]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (19 Jan 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 254: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the proposed pensions insolvency payments scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1043/10]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 Jan 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 384: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there will be any improvement in 2010 regarding the two to three-year wait for the 3,500 patients awaiting routine dermatological appointments in the south-east region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1045/10]

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (19 Jan 2010)

Brian O'Shea: Question 446: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the substances that have been added to the list of scheduled substances under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 on the basis of evidence that these substances were being abused or were causing significant harm to the public health in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1612/10]