Results 61-80 of 8,826 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (24 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 340: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he and the Garda Síochána have identified the increasing problem of prescription drugs being sold illegally; and the measures he and the Garda Síochána are taking to address this problem. [12737/11]

Written Answers — State Companies: State Companies (31 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has appointed a committee to examine the accounts and cost base of the semi-States, a bord snip for the semi-States; if he will recommend ways to reduce costs and improve efficiencies in each company with a view to passing on any savings to customers as committed to in the NewERA semi-State investment and reform programme; and if he will...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (31 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will re-open the FÁS training centre on Bannow Road in Cabra, Dublin, as part of the jobs initiative training and re-skilling proposals; if this is not his intention, his views on the matter; his plans for the Bannow Road site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13655/11]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (31 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants that schools in the Dublin central constituency will lose in the next academic year 2011-12; and if he will provide details of the schools affected. [13489/11]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (31 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 236: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the additional funding he will allocate to the housing services for which he is responsible for the refurbishment of bedsitter accommodation in the Dublin city area and throughout the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13667/11]

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (1 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support the introduction of further legislation for the taxi industry if that is the finding of the Minister of State, Deputy Alan Kelly's, report into same. [13677/11]

Written Answers — Home-School Liaison Scheme: Home-School Liaison Scheme (1 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to his recent circular indicating changes in the appointment procedures for home-school community liaison posts, if he will confirm that he does not intend to make further cutbacks to the home-school liaison co-ordinators' role within DEIS schools; the changes he intends to implement to the appointment procedures for HSCL...

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (1 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 152: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reasons for the delay in processing Dublin City Council's proposal for 40 senior citizen units on a site (details supplied) in Dublin 7. [13747/11]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (1 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 153: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding provided by him to Dublin City Council to date for regeneration programmes (details supplied); and the future funding commitments made by him for same. [13752/11]

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (2 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 14: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position towards the upcoming UN General Assembly special session on HIV and AIDS; and the action Ireland will take to combat the global perception that the focus on HIV and AIDS is waning. [13738/11]

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (2 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 26: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way he has implemented the initiative announced in 2006 by the then Taoiseach, former Deputy Bertie Ahern, pledging that Ireland would increase spending on HIV and other communicable diseases to at least €100 million per year with 20% of these resources to be spent on programmes that benefit children. [13739/11]

Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (7 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Finance the evidence base used to calculate the assumptions on which the projected return to the bond markets in 2012 and 2013 is based. [14230/11]

Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (7 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Finance the assumptions on which the projected return to the bond markets in 2012 and 2013 is based. [14229/11]

Written Answers — Wage-setting Mechanisms: Wage-setting Mechanisms (7 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures he is considering in conjunction with the Department of Finance and the Department of Education and Skills to counterbalance the negative impact of abolishing or changing joint labour committee wage agreements for students working part-time at weekends who rely on their current rates of pay to fund rental...

Written Answers — Traveller Community: Traveller Community (8 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the statistics which show that only one in every ten children from the Traveller community who enrols in school goes on to complete his or her post-primary education; and, in view of these statistics, his plans to address this crisis. [14459/11]

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (8 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional measures he intends to introduce to tackle the increasing numbers of second level students attaining low grades in mathematics, science and technology, as detailed by a European Commission report published in April 2011. [14460/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (8 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health if he has received signed service level agreements from a group (details supplied); if not, the actions he will take against the group; when the group will make available its full financial statements, including the remuneration packages of the groups of directors, to the Government; if he deems the current remuneration package of the group chief...

Written Answers — Wage-setting Mechanisms: Wage-setting Mechanisms (9 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a detailed account of his or his officials' discussions with Commissioner Olli Rehn and his officials on the issue of the reform of joint labour committees and registered employment agreements. [14716/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many public servants who have experienced a reduction in pay due to recent budget cuts have been put in a position their income is now so low that they have become eligible for family income supplement; and her views on this matter. [15331/11]

Written Answers — Public Service Remuneration: Public Service Remuneration (15 Jun 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance, following the controversy surrounding the severance package of the former FÁS chief executive, Rody Molloy, which was agreed by the previous Administration, the changes he has made to his Department's guidelines on the exit packages of senior civil servants. [15267/11]