Results 161-180 of 2,017 for speaker:Anthony Lawlor

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2012)

Anthony Lawlor: The Deputy did not read the Bill.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2012)

Anthony Lawlor: Sinn Féin is in power in Northern Ireland and decides on those rates.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2012)

Anthony Lawlor: The Minister has a vision for the future.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2012)

Anthony Lawlor: I thought we dealt with that. Why is the Deputy repeating it?

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Feb 2012)

Anthony Lawlor: Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health the level of State support and resources available to sufferers of Lupus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6971/12]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Feb 2012)

Anthony Lawlor: Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered introducing a national campaign to provide information regarding Lupus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6972/12]

Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)

Anthony Lawlor: When is it proposed to introduce legislation for the regulation of the private clamping industry, since I was clamped a couple of weeks ago?

Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2012)

Anthony Lawlor: This is a totally new experience for me. I have spoken on the budget debate in Kildare County Council and taken an active part in the local authority system. It is challenging to do that because here we can debate the issues in the Finance Bill but at local level the budget is presented to us and we have very little input into it.

Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2012)

Anthony Lawlor: I agree with Deputy Nash that the more input there is from backbench and Opposition Members, the better the Bill will be, particularly if Deputies will be positive in their contributions. When the Minister for Finance presented his budget, a constituent contacted me about mortgage interest relief. We pursued this matter and I was grateful the Minister took it on board as an amendment to the...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (15 Feb 2012)

Anthony Lawlor: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the future plans for the summer works scheme and minor works grants; if these schemes are being phased out, the funding that will be available to schools to undertake necessary minor structural works, such as improving recreational facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8544/12]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (15 Feb 2012)

Anthony Lawlor: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delays in processing applications for State redundancy payments; the steps being taken to expedite the processing of these claims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8543/12]

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)

Anthony Lawlor: Name the developer.

Action Plan for Jobs 2012: Statements (16 Feb 2012)

Anthony Lawlor: I am extremely happy with parts of this plan. As regards the initial targets, it is commendable that the Minister should commit 270 actions to paper. It is also commendable that the Taoiseach and the Minister should be answerable to the House on a quarterly basis for progress on foot of these actions. I wish to refer specifically to the hugely important role education plays in the jobs...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Feb 2012)

Anthony Lawlor: I welcome this Bill. It is probably the first innovative legislation to deal with legal services in a long number of years. Those of us who watch television would have seen the legal drama, Garrow's Law, a few months ago which was about a 17th century barrister. One wonders if there has been any change since that time in the way legal proceedings are conducted. We still see the wearing of...

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2012)

Anthony Lawlor: I welcome the Bill purely for the removal of the board. I was concerned about the board and its inefficiencies. It is our policy to remove quangos and this is a good example of a bad quango. I approve of the way the money is to be disbursed to various groups, especially those whose aim is to ease poverty and alleviate social deprivation. I wish to examine the workings of the board. I give...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (28 Feb 2012)

Anthony Lawlor: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a non-EU dependent child of a person who has permission to remain in the State by virtue of marriage to an Irish national residing in the State is deemed eligible to apply for a maintenance grant by the vocational education committee however a dependent child, not of EU nationality, of an Irish citizen is not eligible to...

Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Mar 2012)

Anthony Lawlor: I welcome the Minister. He has been a very progressive Minister since he took on the education portfolio and if he has done nothing else, he has stimulated debate on the whole education system. I was part of that system at one stage as I did the H.Dip and taught for a short period. I compliment Deputy Colreavy on raising the issue of bullying and on highlighting that it is a two-way...

Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Mar 2012)

Anthony Lawlor: I will give an example. If we put together a pool of teachers in County Kildare who are qualified to teach a specific subject, the principal of a school in the county that needs a substitute teacher of mathematics or geography can get a suitable teacher from that pool and thereby ensure the pupils in the school do not lose out. The same thing could be done in the case of oral examinations....

Written Answers — Disabled Drivers: Disabled Drivers (6 Mar 2012)

Anthony Lawlor: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons in order to qualify for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme a vehicle must be purchased from an authorised person according to SI 353/1994, section 8(1); the assistance that can be offered to someone in terms of motor taxation exemptions who did not buy from an authorised dealer but has been medically certified as...

Ceisteanna ó na Ceannairí (7 Mar 2012)

Anthony Lawlor: Tá deich nóiméad caite ag an Teachta.