Results 341-360 of 17,531 for speaker:Jan O'Sullivan
- Order of Business. (14 Apr 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: The Tánaiste indicated the legislation intended for before this summer will only deal with public beds and publicly contracted beds. How does she intend to deal with this matter? Will it be by way of legislation? There is an issue of people in private nursing homes who are entitled to public beds or who may be in acute hospitals and occupying beds because they cannot afford long-term care...
- Order of Business. (14 Apr 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: What about the rights of people to these beds?
- Written Answers — Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (14 Apr 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 10: To ask the Aire Gnóthaà Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an raibh cainteanna aige go fóill leis an Roinn Oideachais agus EolaÃochta ar an méid a bhà le rá ag an gCoimisinéir Teanga faoi easpa cumais nó easpa lÃofachta sa Ghaeilge i measc an oiread sin d'fhostaithe an Státchórais; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina leith. [11386/05]
- Written Answers — Polasaí Dátheangachas: Polasaí Dátheangachas (14 Apr 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 31: To ask the Aire Gnóthaà Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cathain a rinne an Rialtas an cinneadh tÃr fhÃor-dhátheangach a chruthú ina mbeidh Gaeilge agus Béarla ag formhór an phobail agus ina mbeidh Gaeilge agus Béarla in úsáid acu go laethúil ar fud na tÃre; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina leith. [11388/05]
- Written Answers — Economic Partnership Agreements: Economic Partnership Agreements (14 Apr 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will work with his EU colleagues to achieve changes to the European Commission's proposals for economic partnership agreements to reduce the negative impact of EPAs upon developing countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11531/05]
- Written Answers — Regional Authorities: Regional Authorities (14 Apr 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a meeting will be rearranged with the Mid-West Regional Authority in relation to the future of the Shannon Development Company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11527/05]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Apr 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has reviewed the habitual residence condition; if he has considered the hardship this condition has caused in many cases in recent times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11848/05]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Apr 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on claims by the Migrant Rights Centre that restrictions on welfare benefits for non-Irish citizens are placing migrant workers at risk of poverty and homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11847/05]
- Written Answers — Consumer Strategy Group: Consumer Strategy Group (20 Apr 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 149: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he intends to publish the report of the Consumer Strategy Group; if the report has been considered by Government; the main recommendations of the report; if he intends to implement the recommendations of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12097/05]
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (20 Apr 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of step-down beds in each of the Health Service Executive regions that are being funded by her Department in order to alleviate over-crowding in hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12296/05]
- Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (20 Apr 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 283: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will allow persons (details supplied) to return to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12302/05]
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (20 Apr 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 305: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made in advancing the provision of a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12293/05]
- Written Answers — Seanad Reform: Seanad Reform (20 Apr 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 323: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the proposal to extend and centralise the electorate for the Seanad graduate panels will be implemented in time for the next election; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12297/05]
- Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. The fact we have not debated this until April 2005 is an abysmal indication of the record of the Government in dealing with this issue. We all welcomed the apology by the Taoiseach in 1999, which was given on behalf of the people. It was long overdue to those children who suffered terribly in the care of the State and directly in the care...
- Services for People with Disabilities. (21 Apr 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to raise the issue of the need for the Minister for Education and Science to reconsider her decision to disband the advisory committee for the deaf and hard of hearing. A letter dated 9 March was sent to the chairperson of the advisory committee which says: given that the Committee in question has failed to submit a report by the two previous deadlines imposed by my predecessor, I...
- School Staffing. (26 Apr 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the decreasing number of males entering the teacher profession at all levels; the steps she intends to take to ensure a better gender balance in the teaching profession; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13161/05]
- School Staffing. (26 Apr 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome that this report is due shortly. Will the Minister publish it when it becomes available? On the OECD figures, the average is 20% whereas in the figures available here, only 10% of students in teacher training colleges are now male. At second level, only 15% of new ASTI members are male, so I suggest the trend is also progressive at second level. Does the Minister agree that this...
- School Staffing. (26 Apr 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: In light of boys' performance in the leaving certificate and the Minister's somewhat conservative approach to reforming the curriculum, would the Minister accept that the current method of examining the leaving certificate, which is mainly about memorisation, hinders boys' examination performance and their opportunities to enter teacher training colleges, which have quite high points?
- Higher Education Grants. (26 Apr 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will give a breakdown, county by county, of the new awards of higher education grants under socio-economic categories for the 2001-2002 and subsequent academic year; if she is satisfied the allocation of grants is fair and representative of the geographic and socio-economic breakdown of the country; the action she intends to...
- Higher Education Grants. (26 Apr 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister's answer was interesting but did not address my question. I asked about students who received grants for the year 2001-02. Is it a failure of the Minister's Department that the most recent statistics on grants and socio-economic breakdown are for the year 2000-01? These figures have been out since 2004 but there are three subsequent academic years for which we do not have...