Results 361-380 of 10,515 for in 'Written Answers' speaker:Seán Barrett

Written Answers — World Trade Negotiations: World Trade Negotiations (18 Jun 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the situation regarding the World Trade Organisation talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23727/08]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (17 Jun 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Transport if all money allocated for public transport programmes in 2008 will be spent in full; the amount spent to date in 2008 for public transport; the amount remaining to be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23334/08]

Written Answers — Customs and Excise: Customs and Excise (17 Jun 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the State continues to pay for customs and excise services at privately owned and regional airports which receive both capital grant funding and public service obligation subsidies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22565/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Jun 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 378: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when and the way she will address the lengthy waiting lists for specialist rheumatology treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23177/08]

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (17 Jun 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 379: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her proposals to implement a code of practice that incorporates employment rights for persons with an intellectual disability in sheltered employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23178/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (17 Jun 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 380: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to improve services for patients with epilepsy; her proposals to address waiting lists for MRI scans, neuropsychological services and epilepsy surgery; her views on the shortage of neurologists and trained epileptologists here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23179/08]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Jun 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 381: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will address the shortfalls in the area of muscular dystrophy, with particular reference to physiotherapy which is denied to 18% of MD sufferers and intermittently available to another 44%, and occupational therapy, personal assistance and counselling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23180/08]

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (17 Jun 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 520: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to improve employment incentive schemes for businesses to employ workers with disabilities in view of the economic downturn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23175/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Jun 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 572: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if disability payments will be pitched to more accurately reflect the true cost of disability estimated at an average of 30% of a person's income here, ranging between 15% up to 48% for some people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23176/08]

Written Answers — Rights of People with Disabilities: Rights of People with Disabilities (17 Jun 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 783: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason Ireland has failed to ratify the UN convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which came into force in 2007; when it is proposed to ratify the Convention which reinforces equal rights for people with disabilities to education, health, work and community support services; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (5 Jun 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to provide appropriate adult placements for the autistic students leaving a school (details supplied) in County Dublin at the end of June 2008, particularly in view of the oral commitment at a meeting in September 2007 by the Health Service Executive disability manager that no school leaver from the school would be denied...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (5 Jun 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 201: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason this Deputy has not received an answer to Parliamentary Question No. 527 of 12 February 2008 and 544 of 17 April 2008, in relation to the numbers randomly breath-tested on roads here in 2007; the number and percentage of those who were taken to Garda stations for blood or urine testing; the number and...

Written Answers — Household Indebtedness: Household Indebtedness (4 Jun 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance his views regarding the high and rising levels of household debt. [21860/08]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (4 Jun 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to extend the Freedom of Information Act 1997. [21859/08]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (27 May 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 360: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his proposals to reduce and eventually eliminate the heavy reliance, particularly by primary schools, on prefabricated rooms for temporary classroom accommodation and other purposes; his views on the suitability or otherwise of prefabs in inclement weather conditions for these purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (22 May 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Defence the number and percentage of each grade of civil servant within his Department who are work-sharing and e-working respectively; the number and percentage of each grade who have applied to participate in the term time scheme in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20009/08]

Written Answers — Public Service Charges: Public Service Charges (22 May 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 272: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the valuable contribution that old folks associations make to local communities in providing old folks centres for the aged and retired, he will exempt such centres from water charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20345/08]

Written Answers — Animal Feedstuffs: Animal Feedstuffs (20 May 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his Department will introduce policy measures to tackle escalating costs of animal feed and fertilisers; if he will ensure Ireland does not hinder the efforts of millers to import ingredients for animal feed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19606/08]

Written Answers — Fishing Industry Development: Fishing Industry Development (20 May 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the issues raised by the EU Commission in recent correspondence regarding the operational programme for fisheries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19605/08]

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (20 May 2008)

Seán Barrett: Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the rationale behind the decision to outsource cervical screening services to a laboratory (details supplied) in view of the fact that Irish laboratories, whose staffs have provided this service for many years in the absence of a national screening programme, already meet international best practice criteria; if specialist graduates...