Results 181-200 of 2,965 for speaker:Robert Dowds
- Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: We would all be on trolleys if the Deputy's party was in there.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Claims Agency (11 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance the names of the barristers who were appointed to each of the State Claims Agency panels; and the fees each of these barristers received in 2014 and in 2015 to date in State Claims Agency claims. [39713/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Claims Agency (11 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance the names of the barristers who are not on the State Claims Agency panels and who have been instructed in State Claims Agency claims since the panels were established; and the fees received by each of these barristers in 2014 and in 2015 to date in State Claims Agency claims. [39714/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff (11 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: 104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will appoint a new Secretary General to her Department; and the reason for the delay. [39679/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector (11 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: 155. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the housing agencies operating and receiving Government funding; and the amount they received in the past three years. [39678/15]
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: I am broadly sympathetic with what Deputy Ó Cuív said but I am not going to embarrass the Government by voting against its wishes. Perhaps the Minister of State will consider the matter before the Bill is brought back to the Dáil. For clarity, I would like somebody to explain a particular matter for me. In constituencies with islands, is it a decision entirely for the...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Personal Public Service Numbers (10 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: 184. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 286 of 3 November 2015, the reason a deceased foreign person, who never held Irish citizenship and who left a legacy to a resident here, must be given a personal public service number; and if he will ensure it is made easier for such an Irish relative to declare the gift for tax purposes. [39372/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Programmes (10 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: 556. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason it took until June 2015 for his Department to publish the low carbon energy roadmap produced for it in December 2013. [39428/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Programmes (10 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: 557. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received an update to the low carbon roadmap produced in December 2013 and published in June 2015, which does not assume that there will be an unlimited quantity of bio-energy available for import to Ireland, and which does not assume that carbon capture and storage technology will be available; and, if so, if...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Generation (10 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: 558. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources how he is ensuring, in accordance with the policy set out in One World, One Future, that the development of low carbon energy policies by his Department takes account of the actual and potential negative impacts of developed countries sourcing large quantities of bio-energy in developing countries; if his Department has...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Issues (10 Nov 2015)
Robert Dowds: 581. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when each of the runways at Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Ireland West-Knock, Kerry, Shannon, Sligo and Waterford airports last had their numbers re-designated because of the movement of the magnetic North Pole; and if it is currently known when each will next need to be re-designated. [39007/15]
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) Robert Dowds: Is this a regular occurrence in terms of filling leading positions in Departments? Is it unique?
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) Robert Dowds: Mr. Waters, please proceed with your statement.
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) Robert Dowds: Deputy Deasy is our first questioner.
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) Robert Dowds: To take the example of an application being discriminated on the grounds of religion, does the Department undertake an investigation of the country from which the applicant has come?
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) Robert Dowds: Could Mr. Waters also address the issue of those who have been refused permission to remain?
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) Robert Dowds: What proportion actually leave voluntarily? Mr. Waters probably does not know.
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) Robert Dowds: In the circumstances, Deputy Deasy can go on but before he moves on, I have a question. When the new legislation comes in, what is likely to happen to the people who have been in the system for six or seven years?
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) Robert Dowds: Thank you. Deputy Deasy may resume.
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) Robert Dowds: I think the Director of Public Prosecutions is coming in next week so it may be possible to pursue this issue.