Results 201-220 of 851 for speaker:Arthur Spring in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (6 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any debtors of the National Assets Management Agency in receipt of salaries from NAMA who are being pursued by said organisation for personal guarantees. [47856/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (6 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any debtors of the National Assets Management Agency in receipt of salaries from NAMA who are being pursued by said organisation for recovery of assets transferred to a third party. [47857/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (6 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Finance the average wage for developers or project facilitators in the National Assets Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48105/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (6 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Finance the extra cost to the Exchequer that would arise if mortgage interest relief was extended to 50% for persons with net income of less than €30,000, and extended to 40% for person's with net income between €30,000 and €40,000. [48212/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Regulation of Accountants (6 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the Revenue Commissioners, under current legislation, provide sufficient protection for the tax payer if incorrect accounts and information are submitted by the tax payer's accountant to the Revenue Commissioners without the taxpayer's agreement. [48350/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Graduate Medicine Programme (6 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the difficulty medical graduate entrants are having in securing bank loans in order to complete their qualifications; if the situation is being examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48102/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (6 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in grant applications being processed through the new Student Universal Support Ireland website system; the number of these grants that are being held up due to delays by the applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48108/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (6 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action being taken to cater for the provision of Church of Ireland schools, taking into account the absence of any secondary schools with a Protestant ethos being provided in County Kerry. [48211/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Assessments (6 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform regarding repeated flooding in the Kilmoyley area (details supplied) in County Kerry, if the Office of Public Works will undertake a flood risk assessment and undertaken appropriate measures to prevent flooding which is impacting on local residents as well as the church and cemetery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48671/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Blind Person's Pension Eligibility (6 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the qualifying criteria a person (details supplied) in County Kerry failed to meet in order to be registered as blind when applying for the blind welfare allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47430/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries (6 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will examine the feasibility of a salmon hatchery on the River Feale in County Kerry; the potential to rejuvenate salmon fish stocks and the potential economic benefits such a project would have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48164/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy (6 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the level of engagement regarding the development of a renewable energy European supergrid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48674/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy (6 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the level of engagement of the European Investment Bank in the development of the renewable energy European supergrid and the way he is engaging with the European Investment Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48675/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Functions (6 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department is engaging with the European Investment Bank and on what matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48676/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons (6 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if any of the National Assets Management Agency allocated social housing properties will be utilised to meet the needs of the rising homeless population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48104/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gender Recognition (6 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his view on the proposed 40% female corporate gender quota in the EU; if he will support the quota; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48113/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy Reform (6 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recent provisional deal to reshape the common fisheries policy and the aim to reform the eradication of discards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47854/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (6 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Health if the model of the home help services of Northern Ireland has been examined by his Department in view of the recent report composed by researchers from Trinity College Dublin and Queen's University Belfast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48107/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Staff (6 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the difficulty of retaining Irish-trained doctors and attracting doctors who have gone abroad to return to Ireland; his plans to improve this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48100/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Research and Training (6 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent accusations that the Health Service Executive does not understand or care about education and research in the medical field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48101/12]