Results 181-200 of 2,599 for speaker:Brendan Ryan in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (23 Oct 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the interdepartmental working group established following the publication of the national waste policy A Resource Opportunity will report to him with its recommendations on measures to minimise the impact of waste charges on low income houses; when he will implement the working group's recommendations; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education (6 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to the decision to discontinue the adult refugee programme, if the services provided by the programme will be replaced by new schemes or if existing schemes will be enhanced to cover the gap in service; if staff employed under the adult refugee programme whose contracts are not now to be renewed will be retained under these schemes; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (6 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be allocated and works carried out by the Office of Public Works and or other relevant bodies, as a matter of urgency towards emergency coastal protection measures at the Burrow, Portrane, County Dublin in view of the rapid dune erosion in recent days and the imminent risk not only to family homes and business' but to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme (6 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many applicants for positions through jobbridge are having their applications unacknowledged by host organisations; if there is any mechanisms in place to ensure that all applicants receive an acknowledgement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48244/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Household Charge Collection (6 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will investigate the situation in an estate in North County Dublin (details supplied) which is unfinished and exempt from the household charge but where residents living in the unfinished section of the estate have been issued with late payment penalty notices, when no resident should have to pay any household charge;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (8 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Health the reason no replacement for a specialist surgeon in a hospital (details supplied) has been hired in over 18 months; the impact this has had on waiting list for specialist surgeries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49216/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (8 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Health if he will prioritise the hiring of a new specialist surgeon (details supplied) in order to tackle waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49217/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge (13 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Finance in the Budget 2013, if he plans any changes to the Universal Social Charge for Deeds of Covenant as it relates to permanently incapacitated minors, in order to remove them from liability to pay the charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50075/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge (13 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money that was collected from the Universal Social Charge from Deeds of Covenant in respect of permanently incapacitated minors in 2011 and to date 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50076/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge (13 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will itemise the way the money collected from the Universal Social Charge is used; if it entitles person's to specific benefits and entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50077/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services (20 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to include a village (details supplied) in County Dublin in the national broadband plan; if not, can it be included in the plan as surrounding towns and villages are included in the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51496/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (27 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Finance if the recommended exemption in the Commission on Taxation Report 2009 for persons who paid high rates of stamp duty will be considered in the Government's proposed property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52930/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that the current site of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin which currently consists of temporary buildings, is in fact the long term permanent site for this school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52435/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will indicate a timeframe for when permanent buildings will be constructed on the site of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; if it is included in current building programmes; if there is any application for permanent buildings with his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52436/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services (27 Nov 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made on the Programme for Government's commitment to establish independent regulation of the legal professions to ensure adequate procedures for addressing consumer complaints; if he is considering the appointment of an Ombudsman for the legal profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52872/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (4 Dec 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in respect of a newly qualified teacher working as a substitute teacher (details supplied) in County Dublin, his attention has been drawn to the fact that this person is being underpaid; the reason for this underpayment; when this error will be corrected and arrears paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54128/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Delays (13 Dec 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the delay in processing a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; when a decision will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56150/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation (18 Dec 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Finance if the list of estates deemed unfinished for the purposes of the local property tax will be based solely on the exemptions granted from the household charge; if the list will be revised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56320/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Issues (18 Dec 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the person liable if a member of the general public that is a person not the owner of the house and not present in the house were injured in an accident caused by pyritic heave in a house for instance, a shattering window pane or gas explosion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56287/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Household Charge Exemptions (18 Dec 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria that was used for determining the list of unfinished estates for the purposes of an exemption from the household charge; the reason an estate (details supplied) in County Dublin was not included on the list; if these criteria will be reconsidered for the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the...