Results 61-80 of 12,030 for speaker:Regina Doherty

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (6 Oct 2011)

Regina Doherty: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position on the waiting list for a FÁS training course in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath and when they are likely to hear from FÁS regarding same. [27995/11]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (18 Oct 2011)

Regina Doherty: Question 497: To ask the Minister for Health the differences in services offered and medicines covered by medical cards in different counties. [29916/11]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (25 Oct 2011)

Regina Doherty: Question 182: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in County Meath in which prefabricated buildings are in use at primary and second level; the position of each school on the school building project in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31368/11]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (25 Oct 2011)

Regina Doherty: Question 187: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a copy of the criteria within which the National Council for Special Education operates when allocating resources to schools to support children with special needs. [31416/11]

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (25 Oct 2011)

Regina Doherty: Question 296: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of community work places that have been allocated under the Tús scheme to Ashbourne, County Meath; the number of these places that currently remain unfilled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31369/11]

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (25 Oct 2011)

Regina Doherty: Question 301: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 5 October 2011, if she will direct this Deputy to the studies or qualifying research that proves the optimum times for interventions or assistance to jobseeker's is three months. [31420/11]

Written Answers — Postal Service: Postal Service (25 Oct 2011)

Regina Doherty: Question 330: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the recent changes to postal services in Ashbourne, County Meath and the fact that the nearest sorting office is in Dunshaughlin, County Meath, and there is no public transport between Ashbourne and Dunshaughlin, if he can suggest an alternative mechanism by which persons who work full time and have...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (25 Oct 2011)

Regina Doherty: Question 430: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason behind the refusal to renew a Garda National Immigration Bureau card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31370/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Oct 2011)

Regina Doherty: Question 571: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Meath, is on the waiting list in excess of 12 months to see a cardiologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31182/11]

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (8 Nov 2011)

Regina Doherty: Question 151: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Meath was refused funding from FÁS for a building energy rating training course on the basis that the profession was over-subscribed and employment was unlikely; the reason participants from different countries on the same course had their place fully funded by FÁS; when the person...

Written Answers — Employment Appeals Tribunal: Employment Appeals Tribunal (15 Nov 2011)

Regina Doherty: Question 251: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when a person (details supplied) will receive confirmation notice of a date for their employment appeals tribunal hearing. [34698/11]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (15 Nov 2011)

Regina Doherty: Question 595: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Meath and County Louth included on intellectual disability database in tabular form; the disability strategy for the Louth and Meath region; the services offered for those persons on the intellectual disability database in counties Louth and Meath; the body that provides disability services in the region; and if he...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (15 Nov 2011)

Regina Doherty: Question 596: To ask the Minister for Health the intellectual disability budget per head of population here for the year 2011; the intellectual disability budget per head of population in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34310/11]

Mental Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2011)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Technical Group for bringing forward this motion because the more we talk about it and the more normal we make it as a condition the more acceptable it will be for ordinary people outside this House to talk about it and accept it. On that basis I want to talk about stigma. While one could discuss many topics related to mental health, stigma is particularly important because it...

Private Members' Business. Local Authority Public Administration Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Jan 2012)

Regina Doherty: On a point of order, I understood the business of the House today was the Second Stage debate on a Private Members' Bill. Deputy Collins seems intent to revisit the debate on the Water Services (Amendment) Bill.

Private Members' Business. Local Authority Public Administration Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Jan 2012)

Regina Doherty: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on the Bill, even though I had not planned to do so. The tone of this debate is completely at odds with the reality. It is as if we are trying to paint over the cracks in the system without acknowledging what is happening with local authorities. While the Bill may have been drafted in good faith, it does not do justice to the people who...

Private Members' Business. Local Authority Public Administration Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Jan 2012)

Regina Doherty: It is not warranted and it is unfair.

Private Members' Business. Local Authority Public Administration Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Jan 2012)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Deputy. There are difficulties in the administration of services on a local and national basis. Major reform is needed, not finger pointing laws to admonish people who are not doing their job. These people are doing their job to the best of their ability based on the services, funding and resources available. We should assist them and not point the finger. We should support...

Private Members' Business. Local Authority Public Administration Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Jan 2012)

Regina Doherty: We must provide better finances which is what we are doing with regard to the household charges and the likes of the septic tank initiative.

Private Members' Business. Local Authority Public Administration Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Jan 2012)

Regina Doherty: I do not believe the Bill appreciates the level of services we are already getting from an over-stretched local authority system here. Someone should stick up for the people providing damned good services on the basis of the funding they get and the under-staffing levels with which they have to put up.