Results 341-360 of 851 for speaker:Arthur Spring in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Forecasts (14 Mar 2013)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Finance if the economy here is currently working off of a primary deficit or a primary surplus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13445/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (20 Mar 2013)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the strategy the Office of Public Works has developed to combat the coastal erosion to Rossbeigh Beach, County Kerry; the funding available to carry out this strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13930/13]

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

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Finance the way he intends to protect possible job losses in the retail sector (details supplied) in view of the fact that selling goods on line at prices cheaper than cost price of goods available to Irish retailers in the same industry; his views on the fairness of non-flucuating exchange rates attributed to retail prices of goods to be sold in Ireland by UK...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (16 Apr 2013)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; when a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16813/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Exemptions (16 Apr 2013)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if an exemption can be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) from accumulated non principal private residency penalties and charges due to the fact that the person was unaware of the NPPR charge having lived out of the country for a period of twenty years [16970/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cycle Network (16 Apr 2013)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current availability of funding for the development of cycling and walking trails here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17692/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (16 Apr 2013)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if CIÉ has any objections to citizens walking on disused railway lines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17691/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cycle Network (16 Apr 2013)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the availability of funding for the further development of a trail (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17693/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cycle Network (16 Apr 2013)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the availability of funding for the further development a walkway (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17694/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Placements (24 Apr 2013)

Arthur Spring: 158. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the time frame a person has to be in receipt of a job seeker's payment prior to being eligible for placement on an internship through the jobBridge National Internship Programme; if the same timeframe applies to persons who were in receipt of carer's allowance immediately prior to receiving a jobseekers payment; the reason for such a waiting...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (25 Apr 2013)

Arthur Spring: 186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay with agri-environment options scheme payments; if his attention has been drawn to the conditions that farmers are facing after the unfavourable weather that has been experienced; and the way he is going to rectify this. [19621/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Properties (30 Apr 2013)

Arthur Spring: 258. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount the State spent on lighting in State owned or operated public buildings in 2012. [19894/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (30 Apr 2013)

Arthur Spring: 259. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of the State's current expenditure that is spent on social protection, healthcare and education. [19895/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (30 Apr 2013)

Arthur Spring: 513. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for fluoridation in the water here. [20113/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (30 Apr 2013)

Arthur Spring: 514. To ask the Minister for Health if the policy of fluoridation of our national water system has been reviewed recently. [20114/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (30 Apr 2013)

Arthur Spring: 565. To ask the Minister for Health the health benefits and the reason for fluoridation in water here [20112/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (7 May 2013)

Arthur Spring: 205. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the maximum duration a recipient of disability allowance may remain outside the State in order to remain entitled to their payment. [21158/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Internet Safety Issues (7 May 2013)

Arthur Spring: 256. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if web sites promoting eating disorders, also referred to as pro mia and pro ana websites, can be censored here if the target market of the site is considered to be under the age of eighteen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21422/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (7 May 2013)

Arthur Spring: 271. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria for rent increases by local authorities in the shared ownership scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21339/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (7 May 2013)

Arthur Spring: 272. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the options available to a person in the shared ownership scheme when making a will in relation to the property; the options available to the benefactors of the will if the local authority holds equity in the house at the time of the death of the person; if the local authority can insist in the sale of the property or...