Results 121-140 of 5,587 for speaker:Kevin Humphreys

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (21 Jul 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 246: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount paid in 2010 and to date in 2011 to a company (details supplied) under the public private partnership contract terms for the operation of the National Convention Centre; the number of events held in the NCC since it opened; the average attendance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22011/11]

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (14 Sep 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 555: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the fact that a company (details supplied), that has been awarded the contract for the Poolbeg incinerator, Dublin, has been fined €400,000 in the United States of America for release of cancerous dioxins at incinerators in Connecticut and that this is the second time (details supplied) this...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (15 Sep 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 34: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for designating the eastern docklands of Dublin city as a strategic development zone under the management of Dublin City Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23968/11]

Written Answers — Expenditure Reviews: Expenditure Reviews (15 Sep 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 48: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to abolish or reform the Dublin Docklands Development Authority; when he intends to undertake action on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23969/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (20 Sep 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 246: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent by her paying all doctors, including those in the employ of the Health Service Executive, and general practitioners for the provision of medical certificates for social welfare applications in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 respectively; if she will divide the total figure into those paid to public sector doctors and general...

Order of Business. (21 Sep 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Under secondary legislation, in the week that is in it and with the success of the ploughing championships highlighting the importance of the agricultural sector to the economy, there has been a certain amount of scaremongering about the ban on raw milk consumption. Has the Government reconsidered the forthcoming secondary legislation to ban the consumption of raw milk, when will it come to...

European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: I welcome the Bill and I welcome the Minister back to the Chamber. The various elements of the Bill dealing with the EFSF, as far as I can see, allow for the recapitalisation of the financial institutions, but they also provide a longer maturity date for debt. I believe we can use this to address the €31 billion in notes in Anglo Irish Bank, and I would like the Minister to expand further...

National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (22 Sep 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on the Bill. I also welcome the increase in funding to €150 million for future capital investment. There are some fine examples of the impact such investment can have and one which comes readily to mind and which was opened recently is the Mayo greenway. This project, which has won wide acclaim, shows how we can generate tourism in an...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (27 Sep 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 235: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will arrange to have the child dependent half rate payment for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4 back dated to the start of their current community employment programme. [25727/11]

Order of Business (29 Sep 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: The announcement this morning in this House of the strategic investment fund is one of the most significant we have heard thus far. Jobs should be the priority of every Member in this House.

Order of Business (29 Sep 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: What legislation is required to establish the strategic investment fund and when will it come before the House?

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (29 Sep 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance the largest total aggregate amount paid in tax by a corporation in 2010 under all tax headings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26760/11]

Written Answers — Central Bank Expenditure: Central Bank Expenditure (29 Sep 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent annually by the Central Bank on entertainment from 2007 to 2010 and the amount spent to date in 2011, including the amount spent in their private boardroom, and in that breakdown if he will provide the amount of that annual spend that was used to purchase alcohol in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Central Bank Expenditure: Central Bank Expenditure (29 Sep 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent annually by the Central Bank on taxis from 2007 to 2010 and the amount spent to date in 2011 in tabular form; if any of that spend is included in their entertainment budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26776/11]

Written Answers — Safety in School Laboratories: Safety in School Laboratories (29 Sep 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has an inventory of chemicals, both in standard use and in long-term storage, in secondary schools here; his views on the fact that many schools may contain long-term stocks of chemicals such as Brady's reagent, dinitrophenylhydrazine, and picric acid which can deteriorate and become explosive with age; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — National Gallery: National Gallery (29 Sep 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent on rent on leases taken by the National Gallery for storage of artworks; if he will provide a breakdown of the amount of each individual lease and if any of these leases are on property which is in the control of the National Assets Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26771/11]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (29 Sep 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if all the provisions of the EU Hen Directive, Council Directive 1999/74/EC of 19 July 1999, which stipulated better welfare conditions for battery hens, have been implemented here; his views regarding the importation of eggs form other EU countries which have not implemented the directive fully; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Food Safety: Food Safety (29 Sep 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the date on which he intends to introduce a statutory instrument to ban the sale of raw milk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26767/11]

Written Answers — Food Safety: Food Safety (29 Sep 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason he and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland cannot introduce regulations to regulate the production and sale of raw milk similar to those that apply to raw milk cheese, a product that is allowed here and carries similar risks to those of raw milk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26768/11]

Written Answers — Food Safety: Food Safety (29 Sep 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 161: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide figures for total food poisoning outbreaks for the past decade, 2000 to 2010, broken down on an annual basis in tabular form; the annual number of cases that were due to the consumption of raw milk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26769/11]