Results 161-180 of 44,944 for speaker:Stephen Donnelly
- Written Answers — EU Agreements: EU Agreements (22 Nov 2011)
Stephen Donnelly: Question 508: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his policy on the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EU and Morocco, which is currently under a one-year extension and may be renewed or extended; and if he has made any representations on this issue at the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35590/11]
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (22 Nov 2011)
Stephen Donnelly: Question 623: To ask the Minister for Health the number and hospital location of consultants currently employed by the Health Service Executive and in voluntary hospitals who were initially employed on temporary contracts and who have been since awarded a contract of indefinite duration; the number and hospital location of consultants employed by the HSE and in voluntary hospitals who were...
- Written Answers — Infrastructure Investment Plan: Infrastructure Investment Plan (23 Nov 2011)
Stephen Donnelly: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if standardised or comparable cost-benefit analyses were used by all Departments in their submissions to him for the Infrastructure and Capital Expenditure Plan 2012-2016. [36386/11]
- Written Answers — Infrastructure Investment Plan: Infrastructure Investment Plan (23 Nov 2011)
Stephen Donnelly: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the decision criteria that were used by him to select the items or areas for investment in the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Plan 2012-2016; the criteria and analysis that were used to come to the figure for total spend of â¬17 billion; the criteria and analysis that were used to allocate the â¬17 billion between...
- Written Answers — Infrastructure Investment: Infrastructure Investment (29 Nov 2011)
Stephen Donnelly: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills, with regard to the process leading to the publication of the Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016 plan by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, if he was instructed to make recommendations up to the total value for education projects identified in the plan; if he recommended additional school development...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (29 Nov 2011)
Stephen Donnelly: Question 293: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, in the case of a family whose business has collapsed, and who won a rental property, and where one of the couple has applied for jobseeker's allowance, how the rental property is assessed as part of the means test for jobseeker's allowance; if this assessment takes into account the equity stake of the family in the property, including...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (29 Nov 2011)
Stephen Donnelly: Question 294: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, in the case of a family whose business has collapsed, and who are paying a mortgage on the family home, and where one of the couple has applied for jobseeker's allowance, if the means test is conducted on means net of the mortgage repayments on the family home; if not, the reason; her views on the matter of adjusting our social...
- Written Answers — Mortgage-to-Rent Schemes: Mortgage-to-Rent Schemes (29 Nov 2011)
Stephen Donnelly: Question 341: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, with regard to comments made on 12 October 2011 that two pilot mortgage-to-rent schemes were due to be launched the following week, the date on which work started on developing the pilot mortgage-to-rent schemes; the officials or unit of his Department that was tasked with developing these; and the state...
- Written Answers — Infrastructure and Capital Investment Plan: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Plan (29 Nov 2011)
Stephen Donnelly: Question 572: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the decision criteria that were used by him in selecting infrastructure projects to recommend to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform as part of the process leading to the publication of the Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016 plan; if he was instructed to make recommendations up to the total value for...
- Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)
Stephen Donnelly: I had not planned to speak in this debate but when I heard the Taoiseach's statement I asked my colleagues for some speaking time. The Taoiseach states Ireland supports the creation of stronger economic governance throughout Europe. What does this mean? He states Irish people are paying the price for the absence of such rules in the past and he is determined we will never return to the...
- Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)
Stephen Donnelly: That is right.
- Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)
Stephen Donnelly: What about quantitative easing?
- Pre-European Council Meeting on 8-9 December: Statements (30 Nov 2011)
Stephen Donnelly: Yes, it is.
- Statements on Expenditure (5 Dec 2011)
Stephen Donnelly: With the agreement of the House, I will share time with Deputies Claire Daly and Catherine Murphy.
- Statements on Expenditure (5 Dec 2011)
Stephen Donnelly: I accept that the Government had to make difficult decisions. I have never sat through this process or watched it on television, but if I were a lone parent or someone in receipt of a jobseeker's payment watching today's circus, in which a bunch of people making up the national Parliament who are paid a minimum of â¬93,000 per annum and protected by gilt edged pensions are behaving in the...
- Statements on Expenditure (5 Dec 2011)
Stephen Donnelly: That is the logic.
- Statements on Expenditure (5 Dec 2011)
Stephen Donnelly: It is how the Taoiseach is looking to avoid the mistakes of the past. I do not agree with the Government's overall approach and there are issues which I, members of the Government parties and others will have with the budget. However, this budget shows we can govern ourselves and are perfectly capable of making very hard decisions. I will finish with a second quote from the Minister for...
- Financial Resolution No. 4: Value Added Tax (6 Dec 2011)
Stephen Donnelly: This increase to VAT is dumb policy making. The only figure supplied is â¬650 million. A 15 year old studying junior certificate economics could do a better job than this. We know this measure will destroy jobs and that there will be second and third order effects. Where are the calculations? An army of people are paid very well to do these calculations. Where is the poverty impact...
- European Summit: Motion (8 Dec 2011)
Stephen Donnelly: This debate has been triggered by tomorrow's European summit. At that summit, the European leaders, Ms Merkel and Mr. Sarkozy, will discuss treaty change with representatives of the other states, some elected like our Taoiseach and some unelected like the new Prime Ministers in Greece and Italy. I will deal with the summit in a minute but first I will address what is at the heart of this...
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2011)
Stephen Donnelly: We must see the Bill in the context of the overall deficit adjustment required. We all know it is impossible to make a â¬3.8 billion adjustment without causing some pain. Many have said there will have to be more. I read some of the analyses yesterday which stated ours was the lowest adjustment in the five eurozone countries in distress. Our growth projections are now so low that it is...