Results 641-660 of 765 for speaker:Colm Keaveney in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (23 Apr 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 610. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the impact that the delay in hiring key health specialist professionals can have on the welfare of vulnerable persons including many children and the need to provide communities with reassurance that the needs of such persons will be addressed, if he will provide specific details regarding the date on which the recruitment of 13 occupational...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Commercial Rates Valuation Process (17 Apr 2013)

Colm Keaveney: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current arrangement by which full time community childcare facilities are in the main exempt from rates while private providers are not, which places private providers at an unfair disadvantage and endangers the employment that they provide; if he will consider, as a means by which...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (17 Apr 2013)

Colm Keaveney: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of primary level schools in Connaught that operate the ECCE scheme on their grounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17902/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (16 Apr 2013)

Colm Keaveney: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to take the Mercer Report into the banking sector at face value or if he will reconsider their disregarding of performance related pay as non-core pay as treating this element of pay, essentially by which a portion of an employee's salary was at risk unless certain targets were met, as being a discretionary bonus is disingenuous; if he recognises...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (16 Apr 2013)

Colm Keaveney: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of his decision to extend the fuel excise duty rebate to the passenger transport sector if he will now remove the disparity between the haulage and passenger transport sectors by permitting the latter to reclaim VAT on their input, noting, that coach operators in Northern Ireland are zero rated for VAT and can reclaim VAT on all inputs which is handing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (16 Apr 2013)

Colm Keaveney: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current personnel strength of An Garda Síochána and of the Garda Reserve and civilians whole time equivalents and the strength of community Gardaí broken down by division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16171/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (16 Apr 2013)

Colm Keaveney: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí in the Drugs Unit; their location based on division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16172/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Rank (16 Apr 2013)

Colm Keaveney: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí who hold the rank of detective; their location based on division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16173/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Central Bank (26 Mar 2013)

Colm Keaveney: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a broadening of the mandate of the European Central Bank beyond their current sole focus on controlling inflation in order to include, in a manner similar to the Federal Bank in the United States and the Bank of England in the United Kingdom, a mandate to aid and promote growth to be prudent; if so, if he will detail the initiatives he has taken to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Disability Support Service (26 Mar 2013)

Colm Keaveney: To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter regarding services providers (details supplied); if he will confirm that the agreed cut to the core disability budget will be applied consistently and without variation across all service providers here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14890/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Early Childhood Education (20 Mar 2013)

Colm Keaveney: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in the primary sector that are operating early childhood care and education facilities in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13618/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (20 Mar 2013)

Colm Keaveney: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in the primary sector that have had funding approved for extensions and the number awaiting approval, broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13619/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates Issues (20 Mar 2013)

Colm Keaveney: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the introduction of the local property tax, if he has any plans to introduce legislation reforming the system of commercial rates, taking into account the state of our domestic economy and the strain that many small businesses are under, the need to retain vibrant town centres, and the irregularities in the system...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (20 Mar 2013)

Colm Keaveney: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an estimate by county of the number of unregulated childcare providers; the measures being taken to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13621/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Government Bonds (13 Mar 2013)

Colm Keaveney: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions No. 185 of 26 Feburary 2013 and No. 71 of 6 March 2013 if the Central Bank of Ireland, can act unilaterally, or in concert with the European Central Bank, dispose of the bonds, referred to in his reply, in accordance with a schedule different to that detailed by him in his earlier replies, without the agreement of the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Government Bonds (13 Mar 2013)

Colm Keaveney: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions No. 185 of 26 February 2013 and No. 71 of 6 March 2013, if he has the lawful authority to direct or inhibit the disposal of the bonds, referred to in his reply, by the Central Bank of Ireland in accordance with a schedule different to that detailed by him in his earlier replies; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (13 Mar 2013)

Colm Keaveney: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the appropriate assessment against predetermined conservation objectives will take place within Galway Bay, Kinvara Bay, and Clairnbridge Bay, as such assessments are needed in order that additional oyster licences may be granted in view of the fact that these bays have been designated as special areas of conservation; if his...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry Development (13 Mar 2013)

Colm Keaveney: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the initiatives his Department is taking to develop and expand the oyster and shellfish industries here, with particular emphasis on the potential to generate significant exports of value-added products, and also with regard to the income that this industry can provide to costal communities; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (12 Mar 2013)

Colm Keaveney: To ask the Minister for Finance whether there will be a €20 billion reduction in the National Treasury Management Agency's market borrowing requirements in the next decade (details supplied); the way this figure was calculated and the assumptions, including of economic growth, future refinancing rates, net present value and inflation that were used to underpin that calculation; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme (12 Mar 2013)

Colm Keaveney: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current position of the rural social scheme; if she will provide details of the likely changes that may be made to the scheme in the coming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12562/13]