Results 501-520 of 2,017 for speaker:Anthony Lawlor

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (18 Nov 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 150. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the ambulance service's response time in a recent case of an emergency (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40874/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (17 Nov 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of the opening of the promised community welfare office for Naas, County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40144/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Education and Training Provision (17 Nov 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the training courses available for unemployed persons who had been self-employed and now wish to upskill; her views that every opportunity should be provided to all persons wishing to upskill in order to re-enter the workforce; if there are plans to allow greater access to training courses to all unemployed persons, irrespective...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (17 Nov 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 563. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide additional funding to local authorities for the housing aid for older persons scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40271/15]

Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: I am just wrapping up. It is very important that we have owners on both the race fixture committee and on the media rights committee, because their rights are also implicated with regard to the media. They are the owners of the colours and the owners of the horses that are named. The Minister might include owners on the media rights committee. I have a couple of points on the language in...

Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: I just want to highlight this. I do not know whether it is a discrepancy, but what concerns me-----

Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: -----and I have not got around to mentioning point to point-----

Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: I just do not understand why the Bill mentions "the provision, at its discretion, of financial support for point-to-point steeplechases".

Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: Financially in point to point-----

Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: As I stated earlier, I welcome the opportunity to speak to this Bill as I grew up beside a fence, most probably in Punchestown. I have been involved with the legislation from when the heads were first put before a committee or even before that. It seems that some of the Bill is seeking to legislate on what I would call common sense in that people are using common sense already but we...

Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: Okay. I know where the foal levy goes and I heard what Deputy Catherine Murphy stated earlier. The Irish Equine Centre is one of the places the funding from the foal levy goes. I have appealed to the Minister before that its funding be increased. It is a hugely responsible body within the whole horse-racing sector and it is having difficulties at the moment because of staff shortages. I...

Order of Business (11 Nov 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: I raise, in the context of the Courts Service, the fact there is only one arbitrator for the whole country, which is delaying the arbitration processes. When does the Taoiseach expect to have the heads of the courts (consolidation and reform) Bill approved?

Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: I propose to speak generally first and then to speak on the Bill later in the afternoon. I would like to be associated with the sympathies following the death of Pat Eddery. He was from Newbridge and he passed away yesterday at 63 years of age, a young man. Those of us who grew up in the industry will always remember Pat Eddery and some of the great horses he rode down through the years....

Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: They got rid of a racetrack at Baldoyle.

Other Questions: Greenways Funding (11 Nov 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: I welcome that the Minister has said that the greenway from Maynooth to Mullingar will proceed. When will that be started? We are talking about the Royal Canal at the moment, but what plans does the Minister have for the greenway on the Grand Canal?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centre Provision (11 Nov 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 121. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of a primary care centre in Kilcock in County Kildare; when the centre will be completed and open to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39696/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (11 Nov 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, as a result of the population increase in the Johnstownbridge and Enfield areas in County Kildare, she has given consideration to the establishment of a secondary school for this locality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39692/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (11 Nov 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the completion of the Naas Community College located in the Millennium Park near Naas in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39693/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (11 Nov 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the completion of the Celbridge Community College in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39694/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (11 Nov 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the completion of the Maynooth Community College in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39695/15]