Results 141-160 of 2,931 for in 'Written Answers' speaker:Michael McNamara

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences Applications (11 Jul 2013)

Michael McNamara: 206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm when he was informed of the decision of the licensee of the salmon farming site (details supplied) to reopen this site; if he is aware that the licensee has recently moved equipment onto the site in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34041/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences Applications (11 Jul 2013)

Michael McNamara: 207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware when the licensee of the salmon farming site (details supplied) intends to stock this site; if it is the licensee's intention to keep salmon of the same generation or different generation from fish that are grown in the neighbouring site. [34042/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Water Treatment Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Michael McNamara: 811. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the statutory basis upon which a local authority can decline to take into charge of an on-site wastewater treatment plant when requested to do so by the majority of owners of the houses involved in accordance with s. 180(2)(a) of the Planning and Development Act 2000. [35192/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Water Treatment Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Michael McNamara: 812. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities are exposed to a liability if they did not carry out prescribed reviews of discharge to waters authorisations for private wastewater treatment plants which were subsequently found to be dysfunctional and/or non-compliant. [35193/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Water Treatment Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Michael McNamara: 813. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if all local authorities have carried out reviews of all section 4 discharge to waters licences by 22 December 2012; if the EPA has carried out reviews of all municipal wastewater treatment plants by 22 December 2012; if there was any obligation to have done do; if the EU Commission has requested information from Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Michael McNamara: 1127. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the anamoly whereby nurses who will undergo training to become public health nurses next year will be guaranteed employment in advance of commencing their courses whereas those who recently completed the same course had no such guarantee and are experiencing difficulty in obtaining employment as public health nurses; if...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Michael McNamara: 63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it is intended to continue to support the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Integrated Border Control project in the Islamic Republic of Iran, aimed at strengthening the drug interdiction capacity of the Iranian Anti Narcotics Police in view of the fact that at least 314 persons were executed there in 2012, many...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McNamara: 370. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is concerned that the first thing that will greet arriving tourists in Shannon Airport is a strong smell that has been attributed to the sewerage infrastructure in the town, following a preliminary investigation by the Environmental Protection Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42266/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McNamara: 400. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding will be made available to upgrade the sewerage treatment system in Shannon following preliminary investigations by the Environmental Protection Agency which attribute the smells in the town to its sewerage infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42264/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Environmental Protection Agency Investigations (8 Oct 2013)

Michael McNamara: 572. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commission a study to look into the effect of smells in Shannon; if he or his officials can provide assurances to Shannon residents that the smells there do not pose a threat to public health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42265/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (15 Oct 2013)

Michael McNamara: 41. To ask the Minister for Finance the VAT rate that applies to hurleys. [43659/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (15 Oct 2013)

Michael McNamara: 42. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reducing the VAT rate that applies to hurleys in light of the spread of ash die back. [43660/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Appeals (15 Oct 2013)

Michael McNamara: 146. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a decision on an appeal on Partial Capacity Benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43268/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Data (22 Oct 2013)

Michael McNamara: 392. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportation orders, as distinct from removal orders, made against Latvian and Estonian nationals who were EU citizens, respectively, in each year since their states' accession to the EU in 2004. [44184/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Data (22 Oct 2013)

Michael McNamara: 393. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of removal orders made against Latvian and Estonian nationals who were EU citizens, respectively, in each year since their states accession to the EU in 2004. [44185/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (22 Oct 2013)

Michael McNamara: 433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a permit is required to bring cattle to a show whereas cattle which are under test can be brought to a mart without such a permit. [44260/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (22 Oct 2013)

Michael McNamara: 434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the circumstances in which prepaid envelopes are sent to farmers or made available to them at offices to correspond with his Department and whether there is any difference in practice between various regions. [44261/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Offices (22 Oct 2013)

Michael McNamara: 435. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any office dealing with veterinary, livestock or agricultural and environment structures, AES, which takes telephone calls from farmers, will be retained west of the Shannon; if it is or will be possible to speak to an officer of his Department face-to-face at such offices. [44262/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (5 Nov 2013)

Michael McNamara: 588. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the projects which were allocated funding in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 under the scheme whereby 1% of all capital project funding is allocated to the arts and to specify the projects which had a music component. [45729/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision (5 Nov 2013)

Michael McNamara: 722. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason he did not include Doolin sewerage scheme in the Water Services Investment Programme 2010 - 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46973/13]