Results 1-20 of 95 for apply speaker:Paul Connaughton Snr

Nursing Home Care: Motion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: ...gone under and the country in a terrible state? It is because of the lack of transparency and people not coming up to the plate to do what they were supposed to and paid to do. The same principle applies in this. What shocks me altogether is the apparent gulf between a senior Minister and the Office of the Ombudsman, which is there to protect the rights of every single citizen. That is...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (7 Oct 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: ...an appeal of a decision not to grant a higher education grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason the person was not informed of the residency requirement when applying for the grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35489/10]

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Areas Scheme: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (30 Jun 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: ..., Fisheries and Food his views on the decrease in farming income in 2009; if, as a consequence, he will give consideration to the reintroduction of the full disadvantaged area payments which applied prior to the budget cuts in December 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28634/10]

Criminal Justice (Public Order) Bill 2010 - Second Stage (Resumed) (26 May 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: ...thoroughfare and in places where the public congregate. Another aspect of begging is the unasked for attention of people who offer, for example, to wash one's car windscreen. Will this legislation apply to such people? Let us consider a woman with a car full of children who, on stopping at a traffic light, finds someone wiping her windscreen, which she did not ask him to do and which she...

Written Answers — Farm Planning Schemes: Farm Planning Schemes (18 May 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: ...new cap of €5 million on Dúchas farm plans will mean that there will be no new applicants accepted into this scheme; when existing plans will expire at farm level, will a farmer be eligible to apply to continue in the scheme; if farmers are prohibited from being involved in the scheme, will the restrictions that apply to their land then be lifted; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (11 May 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: ...aid worker in the Sudan is entitled to a second Irish passport given that their current passport will expire in the near future and they believe that if they were to wait until the expiry date to apply it would be too late for them to travel home on leave by the time the passport was granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18655/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Mar 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 349: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway who applied for jobseeker's assistance and has been granted €48.50 per week is not entitled to a higher rate of payment in view of the fact that he has had no employment since 1 January 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13815/10]

Hospital Services. (24 Mar 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: ...the lines of communications from the top to bottom, namely from the HSE down to the various staffing levels. For some strange reason the HSE is not able to tell everybody concerned the story as it applies to him or her. There is always a section in an institution such as this that has not been well briefed about its future and people cannot be blamed for thinking the worst if they have...

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: ...for every hour spent on the road. The development of interurban roads, for which I give some credit to the Minister, Deputy Dempsey, has changed everything. The problem to which I refer does not apply on such routes, which connect most of the country. While I accept that responsibility in this regard lies with the local authorities, I strongly suggest that the Minister should try to...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: ...was deemed to be ineligible for a back to education allowance in view of the fact that they were on social welfare for the approved time; her views on whether the back to education allowance should apply in this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7109/10]

Employment Agency Regulation Bill 2009: Second Stage (4 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: ...is something about which the trade union movement has been making a lot of noise - and rightly so - over the years. The Bill provides that employment agencies established in other EU states must apply for an employment agency licence unless the Minister is satisfied that agencies in that state are permitted to operate only in accordance with a licence or are otherwise appropriately...

Employment Agency Regulation Bill 2009: Second Stage (4 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: ...a capacity to revoke the licence of employment agencies and to prohibit recognised employment agencies from operating in Ireland for stated reasons. I understand this is where the three-year rule applies. I assume there is no possible side-step available. I assume agencies are not single individuals but rather are companies under the Companies Act. In a case where a group finds itself...

Turbary Rights. (26 Jan 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: ...that we cannot understand why we cannot be allowed to continue to cut our 10% of the bog as we have been doing for generations while the other 90% is subject to conservation. The same situation applies to most of the other 31 bogs over the country but primarily those in the west of Ireland. In the 1930s my grandfather got a small holding of land from the Land Commission, as did thousands...

Adoption Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: ...must be adhered to at all times. Adopting parents must always be suitable, an observation which some would argue is infant class stuff. It is vital, however, that this fundamental principle is applied irrespective of the pressures in society. We must ask whether a prospective adopted child will be cared for in a loving manner and provided with the best care possible given that his or...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (24 Nov 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance the set of circumstances in which the proposed 80% windfall tax rate will apply to potential development land for housing in the future; if once-off building sites will come within the remit of this tax; the definition of development land suitable for housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42909/09]

Flood Relief: Statements. (24 Nov 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: ...community is concerned, it is time to stop farm inspections so these people can get out to evaluate how bad the fodder situation so those who need to get fodder to keep their cattle going can apply to some scheme or other. For those people in Ballinasloe who have never seen anything like the flooding tonight, the Government must ensure that those householders without insurance are given...

Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (10 Nov 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: ...would have nothing to do with such type of monkey work, so to speak, which may or may not have taken place. We must get to the bottom of this situation. For example, a person with a disability applying to the local authority for the smallest of grants, must procure two or three different tenders. It appears that on occasion, significant contracts were awarded without that basic...

Public Health (Tobacco)(Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (10 Jul 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: ...persons. This will form the basis of one of Deputy Reilly's amendments. Why was it deemed necessary to change this? As I read the legislation in March or April, there were well-defined fines to apply to those who break the law. That provision seems to be watered down. We are now saying the judge will have discretion. I do not see anything terribly wrong with that but if people...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (7 Jul 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: ...for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will make a statement on the proposed job subsidy scheme which is proposed to form part of the national recovery plan; the companies to which it will apply; and the way it will be funded. [27535/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (24 Jun 2009)

Paul Connaughton Snr: ...and Family Affairs if there are plans to allow Irish citizens who have returned home after working for many years outside the country, and consequently have a pension from another country, to apply for the living alone allowance and free fuel allowance to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25348/09]