Results 321-340 of 1,391 for speaker:Patrick Nulty

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (26 Sep 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 258. To ask the Minister for Health if the renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be expedited; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40284/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Report (25 Sep 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 42. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, under the recent Quirke report recommendations with regard to the Magdalene laundries, there is any scope to examine individual cases, for example, whereby the woman who attended a laundry is now deceased but where they have surviving children with special needs requiring long term care; and if any provision exists within such situations.....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Collection (24 Sep 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 217. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to address the fact that persons paying their property tax on a weekly basis must pay an extra euro; his views on whether this impacts much harder on persons on lower incomes who can only afford to pay on a weekly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39726/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Maternity Benefit Issues (24 Sep 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 223. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is willing to exempt women who do not receive a full salary top-up from maternity benefit tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39823/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2014 Issues (24 Sep 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 224. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to equality proof Budget 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39829/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (24 Sep 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is sufficient regulation of the numbers entering teaching colleges for both primary and second level sectors here; if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the cost to the Exchequer of Ireland's teaching colleges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39819/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (24 Sep 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the impact of the new 19:1 student-teacher ratio for further education in a college (details supplied) in Dublin 10; his views on the impact to the college regarding the proposed deployment of 18 teachers; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the new ratio may equate to the loss of 10 teaching...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (24 Sep 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for any changes to the pupil-teacher ratio at primary, secondary and further education levels in budget 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39826/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Payments (24 Sep 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 336. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will commit to maintaining the fuel allowance at its current rate; if she will consider allowing a mechanism to receive two lump sum payments across the year for those receiving home heating oil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39643/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (24 Sep 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 365. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on whether natural heritage should be added to the list of activities for which lottery funding is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39824/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (24 Sep 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 417. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take to assist a person (details supplied) in securing asylum in Ireland as requested by him on the basis that he is a whistleblower (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39105/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (24 Sep 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 418. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm Ireland's commitment to the universal right to seek and enjoy asylum as laid down in statutory international law; his views on whether potential asylum seekers should not be denied passage to a country that has offered safe harbour; if he will confirm that should a person (details supplied) seek to transit Ireland's airspace...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Policy (24 Sep 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 445. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will sign up to the European Convention on Preventing and Combatting Violence against Women and Domestic Violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39822/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (24 Sep 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 446. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the assistance offered to victims of human trafficking here; the number of persons that have been victims of human trafficking here; his plans to tackle human trafficking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39830/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (24 Sep 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 499. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she has put in place to improve regulation of childcare here since the RTÉ Prime Time programme revelations; her views on whether adequate resources are being dedicated to the national vetting strategy and to the national early years strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39821/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Decision (24 Sep 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 558. To ask the Minister for Health if the provision of a mobility scooter will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39670/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commencement of Legislation (24 Sep 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 564. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the implementation of the 'X' case legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39818/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (24 Sep 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 565. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the most recent figures for the numbers waiting to access neurological services here; his plans to address these waiting lists; his future plans for the development of neurological services here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39820/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction Issues (24 Sep 2013)

Patrick Nulty: 566. To ask the Minister for Health his views on stem cell research here; the way he sees this area developing in the years to come; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39828/13]

Order of Business (19 Sep 2013)

Patrick Nulty: I join other Deputies in commending you on the initiative he has taken for the rights of Members. No. 122a has been put on the clár today and I ask the Tánaiste if the Government will provide time to debate it and a similar motion placed on the clár yesterday. People are watching whether the Government's commitment to Dáil reform is real or rhetoric, and the test of...