Results 241-260 of 1,974 for speaker:Arthur Spring

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (29 Apr 2015)

Arthur Spring: This does not bode well for the person who is trying to get on the property ladder. The price of property is only going to go one way.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (29 Apr 2015)

Arthur Spring: I understand that but Bank of Ireland's loan-to-value ratio is fairly strict and its working capital is probably even stricter. What does it need to do to get more equity into the system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (29 Apr 2015)

Arthur Spring: In the meantime, we are going to have a supply and demand issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Bank of Ireland (29 Apr 2015)

Arthur Spring: We would also like information on overdraft facilities and working capital.

Fair Pay, Secure Jobs and Trade Union Recognition: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (16 Apr 2015)

Arthur Spring: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on this issue, particularly having met many of the Dunnes Stores workers in recent weeks. This matter is going to affect society on many fronts, not just in terms of work but also in the context of how people lead their lives. I agree with much of what was said by Deputies Catherine Murphy, Clare Daly and Maureen O'Sullivan. The...

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2015)

Arthur Spring: I thank the Whip's office for giving me an opportunity to speak to the Bill. I am very much in favour of advancing anything to do with general practitioners. As I come from a household in which my mother was a nurse and my father, a GP, I understand the role played by the GP in society. I am very much of the opinion that in an advanced society people should have access to medical care. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme (16 Apr 2015)

Arthur Spring: 137. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting period for a person who has been removed from a general practitioner's general medical services list at the request of the general practitioner to be re-instated on a new list list with an alternative general practitioner. [15026/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Insurance Cover: Discussion (15 Apr 2015)

Arthur Spring: On this occasion Cork and Kerry are quite alike, without having as many All-Ireland medals. That is particularly so in Tralee, Ballylongford and the Cashin, which are prone not only to river flooding but also to tidal flooding. The enormity of the infrastructure that is required to protect it is such that it is probably beyond comprehension both financially and geographically. I wish to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (15 Apr 2015)

Arthur Spring: 148. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of oversight and input his Department and the Central Bank of Ireland have in retail banks setting interest rates. [14280/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Powers of Attorney (15 Apr 2015)

Arthur Spring: 383. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce legislation to resolve the issue of children of adults with dementia being denied access to see their parent by the adult's carer, who happens to be in their own home and the sibling of those denied access to their parent, due to a breakdown of the sibling relationship; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Administration (15 Apr 2015)

Arthur Spring: 632. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an appeals process available to a medical card patient if a general practitioner removes that patient from his or her General Medical Services list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14862/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Exemptions (15 Apr 2015)

Arthur Spring: 746. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a person who is in receipt of invalidity pension or illness benefit, and previously purchased a commercial vehicle in a period when the person availed of the exemption arrangements where persons on illness benefit or invalidity pension could receive permission to work part-time for rehabilitative or therapeutic...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Safety Regulations (15 Apr 2015)

Arthur Spring: 811. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the procedures the housing sections of local authorities have in place to safeguard against the spread of domestic fires in terraced houses due to interconnected flammable materials existing between dwellings. [14690/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Safety (2 Apr 2015)

Arthur Spring: 242. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management will publish the risk assessment associated with the keeping communities safe document. [13845/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Safety (2 Apr 2015)

Arthur Spring: 243. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management will publish the isochrone drive time maps associated with the keeping communities safe document. [13846/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Safety (2 Apr 2015)

Arthur Spring: 244. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will publish the details concerning the keeping communities safe document and ancillary documentation. [13847/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Safety (2 Apr 2015)

Arthur Spring: 245. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management, through the local chief fire officers, is attempting to utilise section 26 of the Fire Services Act 1981 to implement the keeping communities safe document, and to transfer complete and overall responsibility for the provision of the fire and rescue...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (31 Mar 2015)

Arthur Spring: 485. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of medical card reviews issued by the Health Service Executive to persons under 70 years of age for each month since January 2013 to date in 2015. [13154/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (31 Mar 2015)

Arthur Spring: 486. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of medical card reviews issued by the Health Service Executive to persons over 70 years of age for each month since January 2013 to date in 2015. [13155/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Service Staff (31 Mar 2015)

Arthur Spring: 611. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the terms and conditions that exist for fire fighters in respect of the payment of pension entitlements by local authorities. [12730/15]