Results 181-200 of 2,825 for speaker:Sandra McLellan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Marriages of Convenience (20 Oct 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 496. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the reason non-European Union citizens are effectively being denied the constitutional right to marry European Union citizens, as the Health Service Executive and An Garda Síochána cannot facilitate them with the necessary meetings, to ensure the marriage is genuine, because members of An Garda Síochána are not yet...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Event Licensing Regulations (20 Oct 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 670. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the review of the event licensing framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35948/15]

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Sandra McLellan: We did.

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I take the opportunity to express my deepest sympathy to the family of Garda Golden, the families of those who died in the Carrickmines tragedy and the family of the homeless man who died on Westmoreland Street on Saturday night. Yesterday evening I received an e-mail from the One Family group about the budget announcements. If I am to be honest, it did not make for great reading. The group...

Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)

Sandra McLellan: That is nothing; it is a drop in the ocean.

Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)

Sandra McLellan: They cannot give it if they do not have it.

Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)

Sandra McLellan: This is not about interference. It is about action.

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Budget Statement 2016 (13 Oct 2015)

Sandra McLellan: Take a break for ten minutes.

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Budget Statement 2016 (13 Oct 2015)

Sandra McLellan: We should reconvene and get a vote on it.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (13 Oct 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 21. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person on a widow’s, widower’s or surviving civil partner’s pension can partake in a community employment scheme and retain a pension plus a community employment payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35402/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (13 Oct 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 290. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 454 of 29 September 2015, if the value of the site transferred in 2009 can be disregarded and capped after three years, as is the case with the family home; if he will use his discretion given that the person's spouse will have no option but to bring the person home, which would be detrimental to the person's health, as...

National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015: Instruction to Committee (8 Oct 2015)

Sandra McLellan: The overall aim of the Bill is provide a statutory basis for the conversion of the National Concert Hall from a company limited by guarantee to a statutory body. The motion, which is technical in nature, changes the name of the Irish Film Board to Screen Ireland, in Irish Fís Éireann, and gives effect to the change of name in all enactments, legal proceedings, statutory instruments...

Building on Recovery: Statements (7 Oct 2015)

Sandra McLellan: Having briefly had the opportunity to read through the infrastructure and capital investment plan, I have noticed what I believe to be a few gaping holes in it. There would appear to be a lack of investment in child care, given the public outcry for better facilities and access in this regard. The sum of €11 million a year in early years and youth projects is a pittance when looked...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility (6 Oct 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 344. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will approve an appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Cork to entitle that person to the national average under the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34036/15]

Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)

Sandra McLellan: They do not want that. They want a home.

Social Housing Policy: Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2015)

Sandra McLellan: It could.

Social Housing Policy: Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2015)

Sandra McLellan: The basis of this motion is once again to highlight the need for social housing and how the crisis is just becoming worse as time goes on. An estimated 5,000 people are living in emergency accommodation in this State today. In Dublin alone, more than 1,200 children are living in these unsustainable conditions. That is double the number of people from this time last year. These families...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (29 Sep 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will approve and expedite an application for a carer's allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32922/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (29 Sep 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 454. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review contributions made in relation to a nursing home loan in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33214/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (29 Sep 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 474. To ask the Minister for Health if a personal assistant will be allocated to two preschool children (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33387/15]