Results 301-320 of 3,895 for speaker:John Halligan
- Private Members' Business. Medical Treatment (Termination of Pregnancy in Case of Risk to Life of Pregnant Woman) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Apr 2012)
John Halligan: In refusing to face up to its responsibilities to address this legislative void that prevents constitutionally-mandated safe and legal terminations of pregnancy, the Government simply is turning a blind eye to those silent victims and is accepting what one could call abortion tourism as a viable solution. That is precisely what is being done. I remind Members that 20 years after the Supreme...
- EU-IMF Programme (24 Apr 2012)
John Halligan: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on his meeting with representatives of the Troika on 17 April 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20257/12]
- Estimates for Public Services 2012: Messages from Select Committees (24 Apr 2012)
John Halligan: She speaks for the Technical Group.
- Estimates for Public Services 2012: Messages from Select Committees (24 Apr 2012)
John Halligan: No, four hours.
- Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2012)
John Halligan: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in relation to applications for disability allowance if she will clarify when an application has been assessed by the appointed medical assessor and has been deemed not to qualify for the allowance, the way the medical evidence provided by the applicant's medical practitioner in support of their application can be dismissed without a...
- Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2012)
John Halligan: As a long-standing politician, the Minister, and many Members, will be aware that many people who present with illness to a medical practitioner are often diagnosed with a serious illness and subsequently deemed incapable of working. This diagnosis is then sent with their application form for disability or invalidity allowance. In many cases, these diagnoses are rejected.
- Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2012)
John Halligan: I would like to read a small piece of correspondence into the record, following which I will have a question for the Minister. The following is relevant to many cases with which Members deal: X has a medical diagnosis of ischio-vertebral dysplasia resulting in significant deterioration and orthopaedic problems, has a rod inserted in her spine to attempt to support her trunk due to...
- Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2012)
John Halligan: I understand that.
- Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2012)
John Halligan: Without meeting the patient.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2012)
John Halligan: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the recent review of those in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance, the number of children that have been left without this support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15131/12]
- Order of Business (26 Apr 2012)
John Halligan: The Minister is going after Denis O'Brien.
- Order of Business (26 Apr 2012)
John Halligan: The Minister is making a case for extra time.
- Order of Business (26 Apr 2012)
John Halligan: This will drive more people into poverty.
- Order of Business (26 Apr 2012)
John Halligan: That is all the Minister wants to do.
- Written Answers — Job Protection: Job Protection (26 Apr 2012)
John Halligan: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he will take with a company (details supplied) to secure a reversal of its strategy to export jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20886/12]
- Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (2 May 2012)
John Halligan: Question 16: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the costs to his Department of outside consultancy companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21945/12]
- Written Answers — Semi-State Companies: Semi-State Companies (2 May 2012)
John Halligan: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a company (details supplied) is a contractor for Bord Gais; and if it is in line for the contract to install water meters here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21946/12]
- Written Answers — Water Services: Water Services (3 May 2012)
John Halligan: Question 50: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider investing in the water infrastructure as both a water saving measure and a job creation measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20887/12]
- Citizenship Applications (8 May 2012)
John Halligan: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify the way the series of measures announced in June 2011, which were aimed at providing for the speedier processing of citizenship applications by bringing about a reduction in the average processing timescale and also by dealing with the backlog of applications that had accumulated have actually impacted on the...
- Citizenship Applications (8 May 2012)
John Halligan: I welcome the initiative the Minister has put in place. Like many other Deputies and councillors to whom I have spoken, I can sometimes be inundated with representations in this respect from people who have been on the waiting list for one, two or three years. It is a traumatic time for many people who have to leave their country of origin for reasons that, in some cases, are a matter of...