Results 321-340 of 1,380 for speaker:Pádraic McCormack in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 Mar 2007)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 379: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the provision of additional speech therapists for the Galway city area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9524/07]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (20 Mar 2007)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 587: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to revise the eligibility criteria for the back to education allowance; if these payments will be extended to 12 months rather than the academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9489/07]

Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (20 Mar 2007)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 768: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to put in place an overarching national structure for adult and community education co-ordinating structures at local level to be led by the VECs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9487/07]

Written Answers — Third Level Fees: Third Level Fees (20 Mar 2007)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 769: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to abolish fees for part-time learners in higher education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9488/07]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (20 Mar 2007)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 770: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she proposes to take to establish a national forum for all parties involved in education and training of adults with special educational needs. [9490/07]

Written Answers — School Catchment Areas: School Catchment Areas (20 Mar 2007)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 780: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria necessary for the changing of a school boundary area (details supplied); if the school catering for an area does not have the required number of subjects, will the school boundary area of the adjoining school which would have facilities for teaching extra subjects be changed to accommodate children to qualify for school...

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (20 Mar 2007)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 784: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if a site has been acquired by her Department on lands in the ownership of GMIT, Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9626/07]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (20 Mar 2007)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 831: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9926/07]

Written Answers — Official Languages Act: Official Languages Act (20 Mar 2007)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 920: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will notify landowners in the Irish language to comply with The Official Languages Act 2003 and extend the date on which landowners in the Gaeltacht area can lodge an objection in having their lands included in the proposed designated areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9414/07]

Written Answers — Special Areas of Conservation: Special Areas of Conservation (20 Mar 2007)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 931: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proportion of land in Connemara that has been proposed to be designated as special areas of conservation; the proportion of land nationally that has been proposed to be designated as SAC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9600/07]

Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (8 Mar 2007)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will backdate the top up payment under the farm retirement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8809/07]

Written Answers — Genetically Modified Organisms: Genetically Modified Organisms (8 Mar 2007)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her position on the release of genetically modified crops; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8849/07]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (6 Mar 2007)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 461: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the provision of extra classroom accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Galway, which is currently catering for 358 pupils many of them in very bad conditioned prefabs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8387/07]

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (6 Mar 2007)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 462: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Galway; the steps her Department have taken in the acquiring of a site for the building of a new school for the school which is catering for 197 pupils in temporary accommodation and paying a rent of €126,000 per year; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (6 Mar 2007)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 494: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the application by a school (details supplied) in County Galway who have submitted a revised application to her Department in 2006 for a significant school expansion and larger playing area; when this work will receive approval from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8675/07]

Written Answers — Special Areas of Conservation: Special Areas of Conservation (6 Mar 2007)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 509: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the closing date for SAC submissions or objections can be extended to allow time for SAC observations to be submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8266/07]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (1 Mar 2007)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of working and non-working women respectively who have personal or occupational pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7983/07]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (1 Mar 2007)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the assertion made by a company (details supplied) that three out of four women will be dependent on someone else for their retirement income; his concerns regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7984/07]

Written Answers — Wildlife Conservation: Wildlife Conservation (1 Mar 2007)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 227: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure that the traditional annual horse racing can take place in 2007 at Errismore, Ballyconneely, County Galway where horse racing has taken place for hundreds of years; if he will clarify the objections the Wildlife Section of the Office of Public Works and the National Wildlife...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (28 Feb 2007)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he is satisfied with the situation whereby 57% of people recently surveyed were found not to have an ability to speak Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7726/07]