Results 121-140 of 3,438 for speaker:Joe Higgins in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff Data (9 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: 476. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of public sector workers that are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in his Department. [30406/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff Recruitment (9 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: 488. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of public sector workers that are on temporary contracts or other non-permanent contracts of employment in his Department. [30396/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Branch Closures (8 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: 207. To ask the Minister for Finance his views regarding the announcement by Ulster Bank of the closure of a further ten branches here; his plans to meet senior executives in Ulster Bank or Royal Bank of Scotland and if any such meetings are planned; his views on a possible merger with other institutions to form a third force in banking; his views on the call by the Irish Bank Officials...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Health Professions Admission Test (8 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: 251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the number of private colleges offering tuition courses in the health professions admission test; and if his Department has made any assessment on the impact this private tuition may be having on the final student cohort entering medicine in universities. [29360/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Remit (8 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: 333. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider extending the freedom of information legislation to cover records that are kept by religious institutions. [29774/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (8 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: 353. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on the talks related to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and the Trade in Services Agreement; if he will outline the Government's position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28241/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (8 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: 517. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the duration of the pilot housing assistant payment schemes in the six chosen local authority areas; and when his Department will extend it to all local authority areas. [29409/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Disabilities Services Funding (8 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: 544. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reverse the budget cut to the National Deaf Advocacy Service of the Irish Deaf Society; if his attention has been drawn to the levels of social exclusion and difficulties in accessing essential public services that the deaf community face; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29776/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (8 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: 618. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider extending data protection legislation to cover records that are kept by religious institutions. [29774/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (2 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: 12. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the increase in State security and the workers and human rights abuses that accompany many international sporting events such as the World Cup. [28240/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Iraqi Conflict (2 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: 17. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position on the political and military situation in Iraq. [28242/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (2 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: 26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the Government's position on the political and military situation in the Central African Republic; and his views on further intervention by foreign powers in that State. [28243/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (2 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: 37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made representations to the Israeli Government on the matter of the Israeli Defence Forces operation in the occupied Palestinian territories following the abduction of three young settlers near Hebron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28239/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (1 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: 73. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will guarantee that a child care service (details supplied) in Dublin will remain open and fully funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27989/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (24 Jun 2014)

Joe Higgins: 75. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a Garda investigation has been launched into the treatment, death and burial of children at the Bon Secours mother and baby home, Tuam, County Galway, between 1925 and 1961. [26755/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (24 Jun 2014)

Joe Higgins: 81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish a public inquiry into the policing of protests related to the Shell/Corrib gas project at Rossport, County Mayo. [26754/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (24 Jun 2014)

Joe Higgins: 91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will examine the process for the issuing of deportation orders in the case of persons who have abided by their visa conditions and left the State having deportation orders issued against them and thereby causing difficulty when wishing to re-enter the State. [26758/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (24 Jun 2014)

Joe Higgins: 92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reform family law prior to any future referendum on marriage equality to give same-sex civil partners the same legal entitlements and rights as married couples. [26756/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Issues (24 Jun 2014)

Joe Higgins: 434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there has been a discontinuation of the supply of free EU intervention surplus cheese; and the alternative means by which the families who previously benefited from this scheme via community based organisations who disbursed it on behalf of his Department can continue to avail of same. [27201/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (17 Jun 2014)

Joe Higgins: 317. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an increase in rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16. [25385/14]