Results 481-500 of 1,730 for speaker:Colm Keaveney

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates Issues (20 Mar 2013)

Colm Keaveney: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the introduction of the local property tax, if he has any plans to introduce legislation reforming the system of commercial rates, taking into account the state of our domestic economy and the strain that many small businesses are under, the need to retain vibrant town centres, and the irregularities in the system...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (20 Mar 2013)

Colm Keaveney: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an estimate by county of the number of unregulated childcare providers; the measures being taken to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13621/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Central Bank (26 Mar 2013)

Colm Keaveney: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a broadening of the mandate of the European Central Bank beyond their current sole focus on controlling inflation in order to include, in a manner similar to the Federal Bank in the United States and the Bank of England in the United Kingdom, a mandate to aid and promote growth to be prudent; if so, if he will detail the initiatives he has taken to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Disability Support Service (26 Mar 2013)

Colm Keaveney: To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter regarding services providers (details supplied); if he will confirm that the agreed cut to the core disability budget will be applied consistently and without variation across all service providers here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14890/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (16 Apr 2013)

Colm Keaveney: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to take the Mercer Report into the banking sector at face value or if he will reconsider their disregarding of performance related pay as non-core pay as treating this element of pay, essentially by which a portion of an employee's salary was at risk unless certain targets were met, as being a discretionary bonus is disingenuous; if he recognises...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (16 Apr 2013)

Colm Keaveney: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of his decision to extend the fuel excise duty rebate to the passenger transport sector if he will now remove the disparity between the haulage and passenger transport sectors by permitting the latter to reclaim VAT on their input, noting, that coach operators in Northern Ireland are zero rated for VAT and can reclaim VAT on all inputs which is handing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (16 Apr 2013)

Colm Keaveney: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current personnel strength of An Garda Síochána and of the Garda Reserve and civilians whole time equivalents and the strength of community Gardaí broken down by division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16171/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (16 Apr 2013)

Colm Keaveney: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí in the Drugs Unit; their location based on division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16172/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Rank (16 Apr 2013)

Colm Keaveney: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí who hold the rank of detective; their location based on division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16173/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Commercial Rates Valuation Process (17 Apr 2013)

Colm Keaveney: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current arrangement by which full time community childcare facilities are in the main exempt from rates while private providers are not, which places private providers at an unfair disadvantage and endangers the employment that they provide; if he will consider, as a means by which...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (17 Apr 2013)

Colm Keaveney: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of primary level schools in Connaught that operate the ECCE scheme on their grounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17902/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (23 Apr 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 602. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a financial breakdown of the current budgetary performance of every hospital providing acute services within the Health Service Executive with details of the expected target of each acute hospital and the projected outturn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18493/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (23 Apr 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 609. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the commitments in the Health Service Executive National Service Plan 2013 to a number of objectives including the further developments of forensics and community mental health teams for adults, children, older persons and mental health intellectual disability and to the recruitment of 477 additional staff to implement these measures, if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (23 Apr 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 610. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the impact that the delay in hiring key health specialist professionals can have on the welfare of vulnerable persons including many children and the need to provide communities with reassurance that the needs of such persons will be addressed, if he will provide specific details regarding the date on which the recruitment of 13 occupational...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (23 Apr 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 602. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a financial breakdown of the current budgetary performance of every hospital providing acute services within the Health Service Executive with details of the expected target of each acute hospital and the projected outturn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18493/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (23 Apr 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 609. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the commitments in the Health Service Executive National Service Plan 2013 to a number of objectives including the further developments of forensics and community mental health teams for adults, children, older persons and mental health intellectual disability and to the recruitment of 477 additional staff to implement these measures, if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (23 Apr 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 610. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the impact that the delay in hiring key health specialist professionals can have on the welfare of vulnerable persons including many children and the need to provide communities with reassurance that the needs of such persons will be addressed, if he will provide specific details regarding the date on which the recruitment of 13 occupational...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (30 Apr 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 147. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the veracity of reports in the media that the European Central Bank has issued an instruction or request to his Department directing that no details regarding the liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation be released under any freedom of information request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19785/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Freedom of Information Requests (30 Apr 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 148. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in connection with the liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; the number that have been received and the number that have been refused, in whole or in part; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19786/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals (7 May 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 327. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway may expect to receive a response regarding an appeal submitted under the agri environment options scheme. [21138/13]