Results 181-200 of 384 for speaker:Seán Conlan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Haulage Industry: IRHA and FTA (2 Apr 2014)

Seán Conlan: I welcome the delegates from the Irish Road Haulage Association and fully support their position. I live near the Border and it would be completely detrimental to the haulage industry if the proposed levy were introduced, with the proposals on cabotage and port-to-port transport. The proposed changes would be barriers to trade and ultimately lead to higher consumer prices for everybody on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility (1 Apr 2014)

Seán Conlan: 478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has been unable to receive a response from his Department regarding non-payment of their disadvantaged areas scheme payment for 2012; the reasons they have been unable to obtain an oral hearing in relation to their 2013 payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (1 Apr 2014)

Seán Conlan: 488. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide funding for a preschool (details supplied) in Corcaghan, County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15362/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (1 Apr 2014)

Seán Conlan: 592. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a six year old child, details supplied, in County Monaghan has not received any form of speech and language or occupational therapy since August 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15361/14]

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Seán Conlan: Many speakers have referred to what they would like to happen to the fixed charge processing system and the fact that reform is required. The current system is not without flaws and the new system that has been introduced is likewise not without flaws. Under the current system one receives one fixed charge notice. If one does not receive the fixed charge notice - we do not have an...

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (13 Mar 2014)

Seán Conlan: The problems we face as a country are precisely the problems we faced when we came to Government three years ago, namely, the creation of jobs, unemployment, emigration and personal and public debt issues. We have gone a long way towards tackling some of the major macroeconomic issues and we should give credit where credit is due in terms of what the Government has done in the past 12 months...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (13 Mar 2014)

Seán Conlan: 195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Louth is obliged to carry out certain works on lands which he or she is renting out. [12568/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross-Border Support: Special Olympics Ireland (6 Mar 2014)

Seán Conlan: I welcome the witnesses and have a number of questions for them. I understand that funding from Northern Ireland amounted to £2.5 million over the four-year period, equating to £625,000 per annum. I understand that funding from the Government in the Republic has increased this year from €1.2 million to €1.4 million. Is that correct? In terms of the reserves of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Review of Foreign Policy and External Relations: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (26 Feb 2014)

Seán Conlan: The Minister of State indicated the Government's strong commitment to an all-Ireland economy and its support of reconciliation. The Government is committed to implementing all aspects of the Good Friday Agreement and Deputy Smith has correctly mentioned the big ticket items in developing an all-Ireland economy. In the long run these would include the Narrow Water Bridge, the Ulster Canal,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Transmission Network (25 Feb 2014)

Seán Conlan: 437. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the consequences EU Regulation 347 of 2013 may have in potentially delaying or altering Eirgrid's plans to lodge a future planning application in relation to the North-South interconnector in view of the fact that it has been designated at EU level as a project of common interest; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Discussion with Commissioner for Victims and Survivors (6 Feb 2014)

Seán Conlan: The fact that the commissioner highlighted the issue shows the importance of the job she does. That in 2014 she is highlighting the fact that there is no gold standard access to mental health facilities in the North shows there is a lot of work still to be done at that basic level to help people in the initial stages, even before we get to the other issues that need to be dealt with. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Co-operation on Health and EU Directive on Patients' Rights: Department of Health (6 Feb 2014)

Seán Conlan: As for what has been said regarding cross-Border co-operation in health care, one practical consideration is there must be a tie-up between the Departments of Health and Transport, Tourism and Sport on the development of the road infrastructure between counties Monaghan, Cavan, Fermanagh and Armagh, because at present it is atrocious. Over the past 40 years, this infrastructure has never...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Co-operation on Health and EU Directive on Patients' Rights: Department of Health (6 Feb 2014)

Seán Conlan: I welcome the witnesses. I represent Fine Gael in the Cavan-Monaghan constituency. I very much welcome the directive on access to European health care services. We are almost 20 years into a peace process and on a practical day-to-day basis there must be benefits from the peace process in health care and education for ordinary residents living in peripheral areas, but this has not been...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (5 Feb 2014)

Seán Conlan: 93. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has been waiting over two months on the outcome of an appeal against the decision to refuse them jobseeker's allowance; the current waiting time for an appeal in respect of jobseeker's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5829/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Transmission Network (4 Feb 2014)

Seán Conlan: 395. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the massive response to the Grid Link consultation, which received huge national media coverage, if 18 submissions in comparison to 36,000 was an adequate and acceptable level of public consultation with regard to the North-South interconnector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5245/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Transmission Network (4 Feb 2014)

Seán Conlan: 396. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will include the North-South interconnector as part of the report by Ms Justice Catherine McGuinness on the best underground route options for increasing the capacity of the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5279/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (23 Jan 2014)

Seán Conlan: 122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has not received a decision in respect of an appeal of a decision to refuse them jobseeker's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3315/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (15 Jan 2014)

Seán Conlan: 613. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason persons (details supplied) in County Monaghan has not received their single payment scheme and disadvantaged area scheme payments. [55200/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (15 Jan 2014)

Seán Conlan: 615. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has not received their single farm payment and disadvantaged area payments. [55209/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (3 Dec 2013)

Seán Conlan: 166. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has been awaiting the outcome of a review to their eligibility for disability allowance since 26 July 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51489/13]