Results 421-440 of 1,494 for speaker:Deirdre Clune

Literacy Levels (16 Dec 2010)

Deirdre Clune: In response to Deputy O'Dowd, the Minister outlined a number of areas where she feels teaching standards can be improved. Will she outline the timelines for their implementation? Will there be changes to the school year in 2011?

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (15 Dec 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will appoint a replacement to the position of Consultant in Paediatric Diabetic services in the Health Service Executive South area to fill a vacancy that has existed since April 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47518/10]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (15 Dec 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Question 203: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the funding provided to a company (details supplied) to provide fibre optic cable on a nationwide basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47373/10]

National Minimum Wage: Motion (14 Dec 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Considering there was not much time last week to discuss the reduction in the minimum wage rate, I am glad to have a further opportunity to focus on this measure. It makes no sense for the Government to reduce the minimum wage by €1 per hour as it does not save the Government any money for balancing the budget. Decisions in this area should always be taken to encourage people into work...

Written Answers — Language Schools: Language Schools (8 Dec 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Question 10: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the current status of a application with the Advisory Council for English Language Schools for operating a TEFL course by a company (details supplied); when the application process will be progressed; the reasons for the delays; when this application will be decided upon; and if she will make a...

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Today, we see the devil of this budget is in the detail. As we examine it further, it becomes more apparent how unfair it is. I refer in particular to the tax increases on lower and middle income working families, who have been dealt an unfair hand. The budget will hurt them and reduce their spending power, and it will suck money out of the economy that these people would have spent on...

Written Answers — Departmental Records: Departmental Records (7 Dec 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date on which she will release all documents relating to the drug thalidomide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46170/10]

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (7 Dec 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Question 300: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce a system of national postcodes and the form such a system will take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46348/10]

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (7 Dec 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Question 301: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has considered introducing a digital national postcode system based on GPS technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46349/10]

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (7 Dec 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Question 302: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has considered the benefits for business and tourism that a digital national postcode system based on GPS technology would have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46350/10]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (7 Dec 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Question 356: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans to introduce a cost level below which alcohol can not be sold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46166/10]

Written Answers — Innovation Fund Ireland: Innovation Fund Ireland (2 Dec 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the progress to date in establishing the €250 million innovation fund overseen by Enterprise Ireland; the number of new projects funded and their aggregate employment potential. [45368/10]

Health Services (1 Dec 2010)

Deirdre Clune: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise the issue of long waiting lists for assessment and orthodontic treatment in the Cork region. Cork, which is in the HSE's southern region, has always had a difficulty in this regard, particularly in the past 12 months. I wish to pay tribute to Dr. Ian O'Dowling, a consultant orthodontist who died suddenly this time last year. He was a...

Written Answers — Garda Vetting of Personnel: Garda Vetting of Personnel (30 Nov 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Question 202: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when an application for Garda vetting will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44797/10]

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Developments: Unfinished Housing Developments (25 Nov 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Question 37: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to address the findings of the recently published National Housing Development Survey which revealed that 33,000 homes are either complete and vacant or nearly complete in 2,800 ghost estates across the country; if action will be taken quickly in view of the fact that these homes are...

Written Answers — Land Aggregation Scheme: Land Aggregation Scheme (25 Nov 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Question 193: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of land he expects to be transferred under the land aggregation scheme to the Housing and Sustainable Communities Ltd; the value of the land that is expected to be transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44493/10]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (25 Nov 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Question 46: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will establish the independent investigation into the Cork city floods of November 2009 as recommended by the Joint Committee on the Environment, Heritage and Local Government report published in July 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44221/10]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (25 Nov 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to support persons who are experiencing mental health difficulties particularly in the current financial situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44725/10]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (25 Nov 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to support individuals who are experiencing mental health difficulties particularly in the current difficult financial situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44598/10]

Written Answers — Local Authority Lands: Local Authority Lands (25 Nov 2010)

Deirdre Clune: Question 194: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the land aggregation scheme and the Housing and Sustainable Communities Limited were established; the number of persons employed by these bodies; the annual cost of operating this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44494/10]