Results 81-100 of 776 for in 'Written Answers' speaker:Luke Flanagan

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Travel (3 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make known the full costs of sending Ministers and Ministers of State to foreign lands to mark St Patrick's Day; if he will point to any other nation that does similar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10352/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Franchises (3 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the national lottery franchises are being closed down in rural areas; if this is a purely economic decision; if so, his views on whether this decision will disenfranchise citizens who live in remote areas; if he agrees that where a national lottery franchise is lost that the loss in itself will lead to even further erosion...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Landings (3 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm the figures given by a person (details supplied) to the Committee of Public Accounts stating that the value of fish stocks taken from Irish waters between 1975 and 2010 by all member states of the EU was €201 billion, only €17 billion worth of which was caught and processed by Irish fishermen and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (2 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason drivers are being charged full motorway toll prices when it is being operated as a dual-carriageway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15448/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development Initiatives (1 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 380. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the financial allocations to community fora for the year 2014; his plans for alterations to the role and functions of those community fora during the current year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15274/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Travel (1 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 455. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide clarification as to what exactly was involved in the US customs pre-clearance carried out at Dublin Airport before the departure of the ministerial air transport flight on 16 March 2008; if this procedure involved US custom officials boarding the Irish Government aircraft and asking the aircraft crew any questions or checking the list of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Equine Industry Issues (1 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine pursuant to article 5(4) of SI 357 of the European Communities (Equine) Regulations 2011, as amended, which requires issuing bodies to mark part II of section IX of the passport for equines identified outside the time limits as not intended for human consumption, if he will confirm the number of foals that were born in the years...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (1 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 633. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider making it mandatory for dash cameras to be attached to the front and rear of all motor vehicles to monitor and regulate speeding and ensure safer driving conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15038/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Transport (26 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 148. To ask the Minister for Defence if the Government executive jet operated by the Defence Forces was searched this year before it took An Taoiseach to Washington for the St. Patrick's Day ceremony, as happened on 16 March 2008; if not, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14260/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Shannon Airport Facilities (25 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that US soldiers carry their rifles while on board planes using Shannon Airport; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a US Air Force plane which landed at Shannon Airport was equipped with a 30 mm cannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13612/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (25 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 403. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 214 and 215 of 10 December 2013, if he will clarify whether he was referring to the Athleague Flood Alleviation Committee, or to the River Suck Joint Drainage Committee in his answers; if he will explain what the €270,000 was spent on; if he will give an assurance that any future...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobsPlus Scheme (25 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 518. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason single mothers who want to work cannot work under the JobsPlus scheme (details supplied), as they are not considered unemployed until their child is of seven years of age and are thus the recipient of a single parent payment and deemed not eligible to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13519/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Exports (25 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 608. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the report study on the viability and cost-benefit analysis for Ireland of exporting renewable electricity (RES-E) using the Co-operation Mechanism in Directive 2009/28/EC has not been made public; his views that under the Aarhus Convention this report should be made available to the public and to the groups...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Planning Issues (25 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 622. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will attend the oral hearing into the Government's latest energy project for north Mayo, the proposed Owenniny and Cluddaun wind farms which proposes 160 turbines larger than any existing onshore in Ireland, or the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13707/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Retirement Scheme (25 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 833. To ask the Minister for Defence when he will reply to the claim submitted by PDFORRA to his Department regarding the issue of extending privates and corporals beyond 21 years service in the Defence Forces; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the cost to the Exchequer will be greater than if these men and women were to remain within the Defence Forces; if he considers it to...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Vessels (25 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 837. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will consider purchasing an aircraft carrier to protect Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13857/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Issues (25 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 1049. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that those working as home help and being paid by the Health Service Executive are being paid 28 cents less per hour if they elect to be paid by cheque instead of having their wages transferred directly into their bank accounts; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are about 40 such persons in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Land Acquisition (25 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 1242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 28 February 2014, if he will provide further clarification which identifies the party with whom CIE held the relevant land sale negotiations between 1994 and 2002; the volume of negotiation that occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13059/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technology in Schools (11 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 27 February 2014, the reason the Professional Development Service for Teachers (Technology in Education) is sanctioning the use and purchase of iPads by students, when a much cheaper and more useful tablet is available on which one can use Microsoft Office Applications and study for ECDL and many...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (11 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 27 February 2014, the reason boards of management of schools are now being asked to involve themselves in curriculum matters such as decisions on the use of workbooks; his plans to involve them in other teaching or curriculum matters; if he will advise the way the matter is resolved, when the chosen...