Results 41-60 of 3,523 for speaker:Lucinda Creighton

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Warrants (14 Jan 2016)

Lucinda Creighton: 184. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 311 of 24 November 2015, when the up-to-date report from An Garda Síochána will be complete and when she will contact this Deputy with the statistical data sought; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1722/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (15 Dec 2015)

Lucinda Creighton: 627. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated total cost to the Exchequer of completing an integrated motorway network from Cork to Letterkenny, County Donegal, along the Western corridor. [45425/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (10 Dec 2015)

Lucinda Creighton: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of extending the existing PAYE tax credit of €1,650 to all individuals who currently pay income tax as a self-employed persons. [44462/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (10 Dec 2015)

Lucinda Creighton: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of instances and transactions in which capital acquisitions tax and in which inheritance tax was payable and the value to the Exchequer of each of these taxes in 2014; and the yearly cost to the Exchequer of increasing the threshold above which inheritance tax applies from €280,000 to €500,000. [44463/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Data (10 Dec 2015)

Lucinda Creighton: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax reliefs relating to property, the number of persons availing of each relief and the total cost to the Exchequer of each relief in the most recent tax year. [44467/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (10 Dec 2015)

Lucinda Creighton: 113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce the use of body cameras and car dash cameras within An Garda Síochána, given recent high profile incidents of their use in crime detection in the United States of America and in the United Kingdom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44466/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (10 Dec 2015)

Lucinda Creighton: 114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions and of convictions for motor tax offences and the cost to her Department, to An Garda Síochána and to the Courts Service of these prosecutions in 2015 to date [44468/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centre Expenditure (10 Dec 2015)

Lucinda Creighton: 147. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated capital expenditure on primary care centres and convalescent facilities for 2016. [44464/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Flood Prevention Measures (8 Dec 2015)

Lucinda Creighton: It is disappointing that the Minister of State referred to the River Dodder almost like an afterthought in the official reply, which, I assume, was prepared for him by his officials. This issue has been going on since 2012. I cannot impress upon the Minister of State enough just how serious this is for the residents. I commend the Minister of State on travelling around the country to visit...

Topical Issue Debate: Flood Prevention Measures (8 Dec 2015)

Lucinda Creighton: -----to meet the residents who live in Anglesea Road and the surrounding areas whose homes have been devastated and who are absolutely frustrated with the lack of progress and the tardy nature of this works programme. It is a relatively short stretch of river. The funding was allocated in 2012 and the reasoning and excuses that have been offered for the delays would make one wonder. That...

Topical Issue Debate: Flood Prevention Measures (8 Dec 2015)

Lucinda Creighton: I thank the Minister of State for taking this Topical Issue matter. Flood relief works for the River Dodder were committed to by the Minister of State's predecessor in 2012. We fought very hard in very challenging economic circumstances to secure funding for a very extensive works programme after the huge flooding experienced by residents along the banks of the river. At the time, a...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)

Lucinda Creighton: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the legislation to reform Seanad Éireann he proposes to introduce during the lifetime of the current Dáil Éireann; the suggestions and proposals he intends to adopt arising from his meeting with Opposition Members earlier in 2015 to discuss reform of Seanad Éireann; the steps he has taken to implement the recommendations of the working group on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (24 Nov 2015)

Lucinda Creighton: 311. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 23 September 2014, the number of outstanding bench warrants, by Garda division, for each year since March 2011 to date; the actions she has taken to reduce the outstanding number, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41293/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Inspections (24 Nov 2015)

Lucinda Creighton: 370. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the decision to extend the time period for nursing homes run by the Health Service Executive to meet the regulations; if he understands this to be an inequality of standards, challenging the position of the Health Information and Quality Authority as an independent regulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41294/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (19 Nov 2015)

Lucinda Creighton: 131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will investigate the litany of leaks regarding sensitive Garda Síochána criminal investigations to national media outlets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40917/15]

Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)

Lucinda Creighton: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. I know that these are early days in its passage through the Oireachtas. However, it has been the subject of extensive consultation at the joint committee and with individual Deputies. I expect that there will be positive and genuine engagement with the Minister on Committee Stage. I hope some of the points that have been made by Deputies...

Social Welfare Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2015)

Lucinda Creighton: I have no problem with that. While Deputy Broughan and I may not agree on many things, I absolutely admire and respect his integrity and passion. The programme for Government made a clear commitment to open up the budget process to the full glare of public scrutiny in a way that would restore confidence and stability by exposing and cutting failing programmes and pork barrel politics....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Yield (3 Nov 2015)

Lucinda Creighton: 298. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of local property tax collected in the Dublin City Council area for the nine months, ending September 2014; ending September 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37685/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (3 Nov 2015)

Lucinda Creighton: 1102. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in light of the extraordinarily high planning fees paid in securing permission to change the use of land from commercial to residential, if he intends to curtail the power of local authorities in this regard; if he believes that such onerous fees are appropriate, given that they act as a disincentive to the development...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2015)

Lucinda Creighton: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak on this Bill. I am probably in a unique position in the House in believing that the proposed measures are not the correct course of action for the Government, the State and its citizens. It is unfortunate that a Member of the Oireachtas or, for that matter, anyone else who questions the almost automatic decision of the Government to reverse the...