Results 41-54 of 54 for 5 million speaker:Seán Haughey

Seanad: Waste Management (3 Jul 2008)

Seán Haughey: ...in this way. We must ensure that the costs of using this infrastructure reflect the environmental burden imposed. For this reason, the Minister recently increased the landfill levy by the €5 per tonne maximum currently permitted in law and is developing proposals for a much more ambitious approach to using levies to minimise our reliance on landfill and incineration and to promote the...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (3 Jul 2008)

Seán Haughey: ...for Educational Inclusion, has been forwarded to the Deputy. A total of 90,000 children attend primary and 61,000 children attend post-primary schools participating in DEIS. In the region of €800 million will be spent by the Department this year on tackling educational disadvantage at all levels — from pre-school to further and higher education. This represents an increase of nearly...

Written Answers — Education Welfare Service: Education Welfare Service (29 May 2008)

Seán Haughey: ...attendance issues in general. Where required the EWO has responsibility to initiate legal proceedings under the Act to safeguard the educational welfare of a child. The Board operates through 5 regional teams and the service is provided from 26 locations nationwide. Resources to the EWB has grown incrementally since its establishment and future allocation to the Board will be considered in...

Seanad: Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000: Statements (28 May 2008)

Seán Haughey: On Thursday last, both Houses of the Oireachtas approved the draft Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000 (Section 5) (Specified Period) Order, 2008. Under the terms of section 5(5) of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000, an order to extend the term of the commission must be approved by both Houses of the Oireachtas. As obliged under the Act, the Department consulted...

Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000: Motion (22 May 2008)

Seán Haughey: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the draft Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000 (Section 5) (Specified Period) Order 2008, a copy of which was laid before Dáil Éireann on 21 May 2008. The extension is required to allow the commission to fulfil its statutory mandate to publish its report during the specified period. The current period expires at midnight tonight, 22 May 2008....

Services for People with Disabilities. (10 Apr 2008)

Seán Haughey: ...of equality legislation. It puts the policy of mainstreaming of public services for people with disabilities on a clear legal footing. The main elements of the strategy were the Disability Act 2005; the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; the sectoral plans published in 2006 by six Departments; the Citizens Information Act 2007; and the multi-annual investment...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (11 Dec 2007)

Seán Haughey: ...as part of their fleet replacement policy. In line with the Programme for Government, CIÉ has also been asked to set out as quickly as possible an action plan to convert the existing fleet to a 5% biofuel blend. I also understand from the Minister for Transport that the Mineral Oil Tax Relief (MOTR) Scheme II, announced in November 2006 will also support a move to biofuels. This Scheme...

Foreign Orphanages. (20 Nov 2007)

Seán Haughey: ...regarding living and sanitary conditions in many institutions. The Deputy can be assured that the EU continues to support the process within Bulgaria to reform this sector. Next year, some €5 million of EU Structural Funds will be directed towards the development of alternative care arrangements for children such as those featured in the documentary. We have been told that the...

Schools Building Projects. (13 Nov 2007)

Seán Haughey: ...potential sites are being considered and my Department has asked Fingal County Council to expedite the process as a matter of urgency. The Department has intervened at primary level in the Dublin 15 area in response to the acknowledged need for considerable extra school places. These interventions include measures to increase the capacity of existing schools, as well as the development of...

Seanad: Education Schemes (25 Oct 2007)

Seán Haughey: ...in the PLC sector. The current negotiations on the development of the PLC sector are being looked at in the context of Towards 2016, Ten-Year Framework Social Partnership Agreement 2006-2015, which states as follows: Having regard to developments in the PLC sector, including the McIver report, concrete prioritised proposals in relation to PLC provision and focused in particular on the...

Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (7 Mar 2007)

Seán Haughey: ...increase in the overall Departmental provision of 8%. The question of a capital provision for Adult and Further Education is under consideration. My Department has provided an increase of €7.4 million, or 21%, in the budget for Adult Literacy and Community Education in 2007. This will allow for 3,000 additional literacy places in 2007 as promised in Towards 2016 (Ten Year Framework...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Motion (Resumed). (28 Mar 2006)

Seán Haughey: ...about the scourge of gun crime and organised crime which is fuelled by the prevalence of drugs in our society. The callous murder of Donna Cleary, a young mother from Coolock, on Sunday morning, 5 March 2006, shocked the ordinary, decent people of this country. Donna Cleary was an innocent person who was shot by a drug-crazed thug while she was attending a birthday party. Her murder was a...

Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (2 Mar 2006)

Seán Haughey: ...is opened up as an option to local building control authorities. There is no doubt that we have come a long way since 1981. The annual running cost of the fire service is now in the order of €250 million and Dublin alone makes up for €90 million of this sum. Since 1981, the State has provided the fire service with almost €240 million in capital funding, including €19 million this...

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (24 Feb 2005)

Seán Haughey: ...dormant accounts fund is managed by the National Treasury Management Agency, while disbursements of the fund is the responsibility of the Dormant Accounts Fund Disbursements Board, established on 5 June 2002. The board prepares a disbursement plan, presents its objectives in making disbursements and the strategy for achieving them and sets out the priorities for each of its areas of...