Results 21-40 of 117 for speaker:Joe Behan

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Oct 2010)

Joe Behan: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the long queues at Bray social welfare office; the staffing complement at the Bray social welfare office and the waiting times for each category of social welfare claim at the present time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38289/10]

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (21 Oct 2010)

Joe Behan: Question 189: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will expect to publish the revised retail planning guidelines; the insights that have been gleaned from the questionnaire issued earlier this year designed to inform the review of the guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38288/10]

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (19 Oct 2010)

Joe Behan: Question 540: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will clarify his response to the proposals by the three Local Community Development Project groups in Bray for the future management of their projects; if he will meet with representatives of the three groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37739/10]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (12 Oct 2010)

Joe Behan: Question 340: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35763/10]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (5 Oct 2010)

Joe Behan: Question 271: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will provide information regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34914/10]

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (30 Sep 2010)

Joe Behan: I thank the Taoiseach, the party leaders and the Ceann Comhairle for giving us this rare opportunity to address the Chamber on an issue of such importance. When this crisis originally broke on 30 September 2008, I was a member of Fianna Fáil. I was under the party whip and supported the measures passed in law in that week. I opposed the decision to nationalise Anglo Irish Bank because I...

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (30 Sep 2010)

Joe Behan: It is my belief, for what it is worth. One thing which is now becoming very clear, apart from the clarity around how much money this will cost the State, which will possibly be up to €50 billion that we may or may or may not get back, from listening to the Governor of the Central Bank on the news today is that the representatives of the Government, the Central Bank and others were mislead...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (8 Jul 2010)

Joe Behan: Question 630: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30864/10]

Written Answers — Pre-School Services: Pre-School Services (29 Jun 2010)

Joe Behan: Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will amend the early childhood care and education scheme to include children born in July and August 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28326/10]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (24 Jun 2010)

Joe Behan: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a detailed breakdown of the services being provided to medical card holders under the amended dental treatment services scheme and the frequency of their availability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27383/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (24 Jun 2010)

Joe Behan: Question 214: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that recent amendments to rent supplement levels have created an inequitable situation between single persons, couples with no children and single parents with one child; the reasoning behind these rent supplement levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27378/10]

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (22 Jun 2010)

Joe Behan: Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the capital grants that may be availed of by community cancer support centres to assist in the purchase of premises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26880/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Jun 2010)

Joe Behan: Question 376: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will assist a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26881/10]

Implementation of the Ryan Report: Statements (9 Jun 2010)

Joe Behan: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I reiterate my support for and solidarity with the victims of physical, sexual and emotional abuse catalogued in the Ryan report. I believe the Minister of State, Deputy Barry Andrews, is sincerely committed and deeply conscious of his duty to ensure that the Ryan report recommendations are enacted comprehensively and speedily. I am...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (1 Jun 2010)

Joe Behan: Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify the person who is responsible for paying the fees for the Health Information and Quality Authority inspections of residential care facilities for older people as announced in March 2009. [23378/10]

Health Services (27 May 2010)

Joe Behan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this matter on the future of the HSE in the light of recent developments. We are all aware, and I certainly acknowledge, individual staff members in the HSE are conscientious, diligent and public-spirited but time and again the HSE as an organisation has proven to be disturbingly dysfunctional and unfit for purpose. Sadly, in recent days...

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (20 May 2010)

Joe Behan: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance the precise position regarding the Government guarantee of all bank deposits; the advice he will give to persons holding investments in banks with a termination date post-September 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21195/10]

Care of the Elderly (20 May 2010)

Joe Behan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise the important matter of Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, inspection charges being passed on to individual residents of nursing homes, in direct contravention of the stated policy of the Government as set down by the Minister of State, Deputy Áine Brady, in this House on Wednesday, 4 November 2009. The announcement in March...

Diversification of Primary School Provision: Statements (20 May 2010)

Joe Behan: On a point of order, I hesitated to interrupt this magnificent debate. I have sat in the Chamber and listened to the entire debate since 1 p.m. I welcome the Tánaiste's opinion on having an open debate, but I wish to point something out to the Members still present.

Diversification of Primary School Provision: Statements (20 May 2010)

Joe Behan: It is. I am referring to how 16 Deputies were called to contribute to the debate. There were seven from Fianna Fáil, two Green Party Members, one Sinn Féin Member, four from Fine Gael and two from Labour. There has not been any facility for myself or Deputies Finian McGrath or Maureen O'Sullivan to speak on this issue. I am no longer willing to accept that position. I ask Members of...