Results 121-140 of 3,278 for speaker:James Bannon in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Nov 2007)

James Bannon: Question 275: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford is entitled to a contributory pension but at a reduced rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28273/07]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (13 Nov 2007)

James Bannon: Question 310: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the status of a single farm payment for a person (details supplied) in County Longford, particularly in relation to information from her Department relating to the number of transfers requested by the person which are being contested; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28278/07]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (13 Nov 2007)

James Bannon: Question 311: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the grounds on which payment under the single payment scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Longford was withheld on the grounds of non-compliance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28279/07]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (13 Nov 2007)

James Bannon: Question 351: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who has residency on the basis of their Irish born child and on the basis of the humanitarian ground that led to their arrival in this country is being denied a grant to finish their third level studies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28281/07]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (13 Nov 2007)

James Bannon: Question 505: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the grounds and the means by which he would consider granting permission to Dublin City Council to extract water from Shannon/Lough Ree to serve the greater Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28275/07]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (14 Nov 2007)

James Bannon: Question 88: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to counteract the plans to cut funding for the Environmental Protection Agency, the Irish Heritage Trust and the Heritage Council in budget 2008. [28492/07]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (20 Nov 2007)

James Bannon: Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his intentions with regards to directing the new Commission on Taxation to examine the equity issue in relation to personal tax credits with a view to either justifying this ongoing discrimination or recommending that it be ended by the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28269/07]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (20 Nov 2007)

James Bannon: Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will discontinue the discriminatory treatment of farmers and other self-employed sole traders in relation to personal tax credits, particularly as the self-employed are taxed on a current year basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28268/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 Nov 2007)

James Bannon: Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps the Health Service Executive has taken to provide cancer care services for hundreds of patients who have, to date, been treated in Longford Westmeath General Hospital; when such steps were first taken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29281/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 Nov 2007)

James Bannon: Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way the Mater Hospital was set up to take cancer patients from Longford Westmeath General Hospital without notice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29282/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 Nov 2007)

James Bannon: Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason cancer care facilities at Longford Westmeath General Hospital were closed in a knee jerk reaction, by the Health Service Executive, following the closure of same at Portlaoise Hospital and the patients of Longford/Westmeath used as pawns in a political game; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29283/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 Nov 2007)

James Bannon: Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans in place to provide transport for cancer care patients affected by the closure of facilities at Longford Westmeath General Hospital as they cannot be expected to be dependent on inadequate public transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29284/07]

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

James Bannon: Question 254: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a decision was taken to cease hospital bus services from Longford to Mullingar and Tullamore Hospitals, particularly as this is a huge blow for elderly and infirm patients accessing the hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29875/07]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (20 Nov 2007)

James Bannon: Question 255: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will lift the present embargo on employment in the health services for disability services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29877/07]

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

James Bannon: Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide revenue funding and staff to open phase two of the adult respite service in Newtownforbes, County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29878/07]

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

James Bannon: Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide funding to allow the high support community residence at Marian Avenue, Ballymahon, County Longford for persons with intellectual disability to open and operate on a full time basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29879/07]

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

James Bannon: Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide funding to enable the creation of more residential places in north County Longford for persons with an intellectual disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29880/07]

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (20 Nov 2007)

James Bannon: Question 563: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will appoint a boundary commission to review the electoral area boundaries for the next local authority election due in 2009; if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29874/07]

Written Answers — Register of Electors: Register of Electors (20 Nov 2007)

James Bannon: Question 528: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the unexplained anomalies in voting patterns in the general election in May 2007, he will utilise the information gained from the recent census to produce an electoral register, the validity of which he can vouch for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29285/07]

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (20 Nov 2007)

James Bannon: Question 560: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the contract will be signed in respect of the purchase by his Department of turbary from a person (details supplied) in County Longford; when money will be paid to the vendor in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29871/07]