Results 341-360 of 9,561 for speaker:Anne Rabbitte

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Data (6 Dec 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of one parent families that are in bed and breakfast accommodation in September and October 2016 by county in tabular form. [38813/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Data (6 Dec 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of children that are in bed and breakfast accommodation due to the severe housing crisis in September, October and November 2016 by county in tabular form. [38814/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects (6 Dec 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 480. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department approved design work (details supplied); when works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38831/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects (6 Dec 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 481. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department approved design work (details supplied); when work will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38858/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (6 Dec 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 493. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for opening the adoption programme between Ireland and Haiti; and if she will prioritise that programme in view of the fact that there are more than 30,000 children in institutions in that country, that many Irish families are approved for inter-country adoption and there are many links between Ireland and Haiti. [38755/16]

Pension Equality and Fairness: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (7 Dec 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Ministers of State, Deputy Helen McEntee and Deputy Seán Canney, for being present. As Deputy John Curran said, the crux of the issue has not been addressed and we must thank Sinn Féin for bringing the motion to the House. I also thank Deputy Willie O’Dea for drawing up the Fianna Fáil amendment. I am no different to many other Deputies and I have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Motorised Transport Grant Closure (7 Dec 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 177. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to bring back the motorised transport grant following on from a review committee being set up in 2013; if so, when; and the conditions that will be attached to the grant. [39015/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (7 Dec 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 286. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 785 of 29 November 2016, if she will provide clarity in particular on a sentence (details supplied); if this means that the universal subsidy will be paid to parents on a pro rata basis; if so, the number of hours of child care per week and the number of weeks per year a child will have to undertake...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (7 Dec 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 287. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 23 November 2016, if she has consulted with the Data Protection Commissioner on PPSN use, data sharing provisions and changes to the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 that will be made in the new primary legislation proposed; if she will provide a description of the Data Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (7 Dec 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 288. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 23 November 2016, when she expects to bring this legislation before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and the date this legislation will have to be commenced for the administrative system for the new scheme to be in place by September 2017. [38910/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (8 Dec 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: I refer to the programme for Government and recent budget announcement regarding rural social schemes. We welcomed the announcement of 500 new places. That was the hand that gave, but the hand that took made sure that there were changes to the terms and conditions. People involved in the schemes could be involved for life, but a person can now only be out for between three and six years....

Questions on Proposed Legislation (8 Dec 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: They are farmers.

Flood Prevention Measures: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Canney, for being here and I thank Deputy Eugene Murphy for introducing this motion. It is greatly appreciated. Fianna Fáil has introduced the motion to highlight the pressing need for further work across a wide range of areas related to flooding. We cannot allow the memories of last year simply to fade away without learning from them and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (13 Dec 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will publish legislation to provide for disclosure by gardaí of details on sex offenders where they consider public safety concerns exist, including disclosure in relevant circumstances to individual parents. [39756/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (13 Dec 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 306. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) does not qualify for maximum rate pension despite having 1,690 reckonable paid and credited contributions; the reason it is calculated as a yearly average; and the way in which this person can qualify for maximum rate pension. [39663/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Provision (14 Dec 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 26. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the changes to existing legislation that the introduction of the new affordable child care scheme will necessitate; the timeframe that she plans to use to make these changes to the legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40303/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Provision (14 Dec 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: I ask the Minister to outline the changes in legislation that the introduction of the new affordable child care scheme will necessitate; the timeframe that she plans to use to make these changes to the legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Provision (14 Dec 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: I acknowledge the persistence and determination of the Minister and her team in bringing forward the affordable child care scheme. However, I am a realistic individual and I note all the Departments the Minister must bring legislation through. The Minister is looking at changing the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 which is to work with the personal public service, PPS, number. When...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Provision (14 Dec 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: Going back to what I said at the beginning, there are 500,000 parents who did not sign up with the Department of Education and Skills by forwarding on the PPS number. People have a reservation about releasing their PPS number because it is private, confidential and personal information. We saw what happened with Irish Water where a U-turn had to be made in 2014 on the release of PPS...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency Remit (14 Dec 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 28. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the responsibility her Department has for children who are placed in emergency homeless accommodation; the steps her Department is taking to care for these children; her views on whether there should be a statutory limit on the amount of time that a child can spend in emergency accommodation; and her further views on whether Tusla should...