Results 121-140 of 1,974 for speaker:Arthur Spring

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (11 Jan 2012)

Arthur Spring: Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the National Asset Management Agency does not have to put contracts for services it utilises out to tender like other State agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41215/11]

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (11 Jan 2012)

Arthur Spring: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the National Asset Management Agency did not contract Irish auction houses to auction art that NAMA repossessed recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41216/11]

Written Answers — Education Sector Staffing: Education Sector Staffing (11 Jan 2012)

Arthur Spring: Question 173: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of staff that earn more than €100,000 per annum in the each of the following; primary and secondary level education sector; third level education sector; in his Department; and in vocational education committees. [41164/11]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (11 Jan 2012)

Arthur Spring: Question 885: To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive appointed a person with project management qualifications and experience to oversee the transfer of medical card processing from local offices to the central office in Finglas, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41217/11]

Written Answers — Long-Term Illness Scheme: Long-Term Illness Scheme (11 Jan 2012)

Arthur Spring: Question 913: To ask the Minister for Health the proposed start date for the new arrangements of free general practitioner care under the long term illness scheme in view of the fact that budget 2012 stated that primary legislation has to be introduced to extend this scheme. [41399/11]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (11 Jan 2012)

Arthur Spring: Question 925: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; if and when the medical card will be issued; his views that a ten-month waiting period from the submission date of the application without a decision being made is acceptable; the reason the PCRS is requesting documentation that has been...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (12 Jan 2012)

Arthur Spring: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the proposed dual carriageway from Adare to Abbeyfeale, County Limerick, and of the Adare bypass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1346/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Advertising: Departmental Advertising (17 Jan 2012)

Arthur Spring: Question 78: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of money spent by him on advertising with international, national and local media for each year since 2006. [1885/12]

Written Answers — Public Relations Contracts: Public Relations Contracts (17 Jan 2012)

Arthur Spring: Question 79: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of money spent by his Department with public relations companies each year since 2006. [1886/12]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (19 Jan 2012)

Arthur Spring: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance the possibility of 0% VAT being charged on the admission price to pet farms for educational school tours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3053/12]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (19 Jan 2012)

Arthur Spring: Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry may expect to have their medical card issued in view of the fact that they submitted their renewal application in the same envelope as their spouse's application and, upon calling the medical card processing unit, were informed that their application has not been received, even though their spouse's...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (24 Jan 2012)

Arthur Spring: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he proposes to take to ensure that all the tax exiles are brought into the tax net at the earliest opportunity; the legislative changes which he deems necessary to make the levy more effective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3523/12]

Written Answers — Third Level Courses: Third Level Courses (24 Jan 2012)

Arthur Spring: Question 172: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the retaining of the programme of general nursing in Tralee Institute of Technology, County Kerry, in view of the integral role the course plays in the IT in attracting students and as a precursor to the masters in science in nursing offered at the IT. [3472/12]

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (24 Jan 2012)

Arthur Spring: Question 511: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria used in the decision by him to close the Garda station in Moyvane, County Kerry; the way he assigned a population of 530 to Moyvane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3589/12]

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2012)

Arthur Spring: Take a look at Argentina.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (25 Jan 2012)

Arthur Spring: Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the waiting time for a public patient to receive an appointment for an eye operation in Cork University Hospital, in view of the fact that a person (details supplied) visited an ophthalmic surgeon for consultation in July 2011 in CUH and cannot even be given a tentative date for their required surgery by CUH; and...

Local Authority Contracts (1 Feb 2012)

Arthur Spring: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for choosing this topic because although we are creating work, we are not necessarily creating jobs. I will elaborate on that. The Road Safety Marking Contractors Association, RSMCA, was established within the Construction Industry Federation in 1998. It comprises the leading road marking contractors in Ireland. They provide direct employment to an estimated 400...

Local Authority Contracts (1 Feb 2012)

Arthur Spring: I do not consider it is an issue of the association actually having evidence but, nonetheless, the rules under which its members are applying are not the same for non-Irish resident companies. The examples are the construction workers pension scheme, to which the Minister of State referred, the compliance with Revenue regulations and so on. The fact this is not auditable, is self-regulated...

Order of Business (2 Feb 2012)

Arthur Spring: What is the timeframe for the personal insolvency Bill and will there be ancillary legislation in the contexts of the banks and the State agencies that will deal with insolvency?

Health Service Plan 2012: Statements (Resumed) (2 Feb 2012)

Arthur Spring: I thank Deputy Kenny for sharing time. Being the son of a doctor and a nurse, I will not lecture anybody as an expert in medicine, considering I never studied it myself. However, I feel the public health service should be called the public ill health service. The problems arise when people with ill health have to access services that heretofore they did not have to do. I want to take a...