Results 261-280 of 9,561 for speaker:Anne Rabbitte

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Applications (26 Oct 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funds that have been granted through his Department for an engineer for south Galway lowlands project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32276/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Applications (26 Oct 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 107. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funds that have been granted through his Department for conducting an EPA for the south Galway lowlands project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32277/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Applications (26 Oct 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the delay with the Kiltartan scheme in south Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32279/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (26 Oct 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of creating a new entrance to the archaeology museum from the office of the Leader of Seanad Éireann while works are being carried out on Seanad Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32278/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (26 Oct 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 123. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the delivery of home help packages and the persons available for delivery of service; his further views on the ongoing issue of unanswered phones in Galway home help offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32174/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (26 Oct 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 131. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the delivery of home help packages; if he will confirm the persons available for delivery of service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32250/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Regulation (26 Oct 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 195. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the grandfather scheme applies to child care providers which have years of experience in the sector and run their own business; if so, when this grandfather scheme is due to expire; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32271/16]

Calais Migrant Camp: Statements (2 Nov 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: Not On Our Watch is a great name for a campaign. Not On Our Watch has highlighted for the people in the Chamber and the greater public what this issue is all about, namely, there are 1,500 unaccompanied children in Calais. Those unaccompanied children do not have parents or relatives. They were left in the camp, but their homes burned down in the past week and they have dispersed. Not On...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Development (2 Nov 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the proposed greenway from Dublin to Galway to be completed; his proposals to resolve issues that have arisen among parties along the Athlone to Galway section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32764/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Project Funding (2 Nov 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress being made in developing the lakelands initiative; if he has committed funding to the project in 2017; and when he expects the project to be completed. [32765/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (2 Nov 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools, by county, that have fewer than six classes per school registered with his Department in tabular form. [32511/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (2 Nov 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason it is the case under the staffing ratio for small schools that a school can gain a second teacher with 15 students, but only if the single teacher has children across six or more class groups, the so-called six class adjustment; and if a school that has 15 pupils can gain a second teacher if it has less than this number of classes....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (2 Nov 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be eligible to gain a second teacher in 2017-18, if they have 15 pupils spread across three class groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32621/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (2 Nov 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when his Department will be in a position to support a family (details supplied) with a demountable home. [32828/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Licensing (2 Nov 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 327. To ask the Minister for Health if a drug (details supplied) can be legalised here. [32731/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Child Care Costs (8 Nov 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 18. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the lack of income progressivity in the universal child care subsidy as announced in budget 2017; and her views on whether the scheme is fair on households the income of which falls just above the income threshold for the targeted child care subsidy. [33783/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Child Care Costs (8 Nov 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: Does the Minister have concerns about the lack of income progressivity in the universal child care subsidy as announced in budget 2017? Does she believe the scheme is fair on households the incomes of which fall just above the income threshold for the targeted child care subsidy?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Child Care Costs (8 Nov 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: I welcome the closing remarks on being flexible and on income subsidy adjustment. If I was a parent on €29,000, under joint income I could not avail of the €2,800 subsidy but would only get €900 per annum. If I want to progress in my career and I am on €28,000, where is the avenue for me to do so? I need to understand what options and what degree of flexibility...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Child Care Costs (8 Nov 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: Information and a new website would be very welcome as parents feel a little bit in limbo, as do the crèche providers. Given the new subsidy, does the Minister have any fears about the inflation of fees in crèches? There is a huge concern over this. The child care worker is among the lowest paid in the sector at the moment. They are looking after our most precious and are the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency Funding (8 Nov 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 20. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding allocated to Tusla in budget 2017 which will go towards implementing the provisions on aftercare contained in the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2015; and the progress being made by Tusla in ensuring that every child leaving care has an aftercare plan in place. [33784/16]