Results 101-120 of 3,707 for speaker:Brian O'Shea
- Irish Language (3 Nov 2010)
Brian O'Shea: I take the point that the Minister is not responsible for debates in this House but he has indicated that he is not adverse to a debate. Will he not agree that the public at large have not been involved at all in this process of developing the 20 year strategy and that a large majority of people have no idea that this strategy is being developed? If such a debate takes place it would be...
- Irish Language (3 Nov 2010)
Brian O'Shea: The Coimisinéir Teanga roughly estimates it at â¬0.5 billion. The former president of the University of Limerick, Dr. Ed Walsh, says it is â¬1.2 billion. A considerable amount of taxpayers' money is being spent on the Irish language. I believe we need to consult with the taxpayers in terms of where we go from here and involve them in the debate on the strategy to ensure we help develop...
- Irish Language (3 Nov 2010)
Brian O'Shea: What about three?
- Irish Language (3 Nov 2010)
Brian O'Shea: I guarantee the Minister that if he went out in the street and asked the first 20 people he met what they know about the 20 year draft strategy very few of them would know about it and fewer again would know anything contained in it. I accept that the Gaeltacht people were consulted, and rightly so, as well as the Irish language organisations but there is a broader public that we are not...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2010)
Brian O'Shea: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to allow far greater access to postgraduate study under the back to education allowance. [40048/10]
- Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (2 Nov 2010)
Brian O'Shea: Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve the mobility allowance scheme under a fund (details supplied); if she will address other concerns of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39671/10]
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (2 Nov 2010)
Brian O'Shea: Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will allow the same appointment numbers for assistants to a school as apply to another school ( details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40106/10]
- Written Answers — Property Valuations: Property Valuations (2 Nov 2010)
Brian O'Shea: Question 187: To ask the Minister for Finance when the revision of valuation of all rateable properties throughout the country, as provided for under the Valuations Act 2001 will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40083/10]
- Written Answers — Budget Submissions: Budget Submissions (2 Nov 2010)
Brian O'Shea: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to the Irish Farmers' Association taxation priorities for budget 2011 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40093/10]
- Written Answers — Offshore Betting: Offshore Betting (2 Nov 2010)
Brian O'Shea: Question 197: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans in regard to providing a regulated environment (details supplied) so that it can be effectively taxed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40197/10]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Nov 2010)
Brian O'Shea: Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the cost of disability here is examined and progressed without delay. [39851/10]
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (2 Nov 2010)
Brian O'Shea: Question 245: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that access to disability specific services (details supplied) is protected in the forthcoming budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39849/10]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Nov 2010)
Brian O'Shea: Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the proposals, if any, she has in regard to health facilities on the island of Inishbiggle, County Mayo (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40196/10]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Nov 2010)
Brian O'Shea: Question 371: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will ensure that there are no further cuts made to the incomes of persons with disabilities (details supplied). [39851/10]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (2 Nov 2010)
Brian O'Shea: Question 380: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an oral hearing on a jobseeker's allowance appeal will take place in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40146/10]
- Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (2 Nov 2010)
Brian O'Shea: Question 442: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposals, if any, he has to assist the hotel industry in regard to the inability of hotels and guesthouses to pay their local authority rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40088/10]
- Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (2 Nov 2010)
Brian O'Shea: Question 506: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when funding will be introduced for the investment schemes announced for pigs, poultry, sheep fencing and handling facilities, dairy hygiene and water harvesting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40091/10]
- Written Answers — Budget Submissions: Budget Submissions (2 Nov 2010)
Brian O'Shea: Question 507: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the Irish Farmers' Association farm scheme priorities for budget 2011 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40094/10]
- Written Answers — Offshore Islands: Offshore Islands (2 Nov 2010)
Brian O'Shea: Question 570: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to improve access to the island of Innishbiggle, County Mayo (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39950/10]
- Social Welfare Appeals (2 Nov 2010)
Brian O'Shea: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to recruit and divert more appeals officers to the Social Welfare Appeals Office to deal with the backlog of social welfare appeals [40035/10]