Results 81-100 of 1,679 for speaker:John Halligan in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (2 Oct 2012)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding leeway in the means testing of jobseeker's allowance (details supplied). [41398/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Services (2 Oct 2012)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify for Dáil Éireann the plans he has for the potential merger of services within Waterford City Council and Waterford County Council; when these plans will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41870/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Services (2 Oct 2012)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the level the numbers of currently elected council members on both Waterford City Council and Waterford County Council will potentially be reduced to; the estimated timeframe for any potential changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41873/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (2 Oct 2012)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Health when day clinics, home based treatment facilities and additional staff will be provided to the Mental Health Services in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41885/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (4 Oct 2012)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a wealth tax as an alternative to property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42324/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (4 Oct 2012)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider higher taxes on incomes of more than €100,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42284/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (9 Oct 2012)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has any concerns that cuts on newly qualified teachers will have a detrimental effect on both their morale and the willingness of young persons to enter such a low paid profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43050/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (9 Oct 2012)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his ideas for restructuring teachers' pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43049/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Availability (9 Oct 2012)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider reinstating the entitlement of some 20 children (details supplied) to qualify for transportation under the school transport scheme in the 2012/2013 school year; the monetary savings that would be made arising from changes to the school transport scheme in respect of these 20 pupils; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (9 Oct 2012)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the resources that are being put in place to ensure that every child in the State, regardless of ability, can access education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33394/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ground Rents Abolition (9 Oct 2012)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality notwithstanding either the provisions contained in Part III of the Landlord and Tenant (Grounds Rents) (No. 2) Act 1978 which contains a statutory scheme whereby the fee simple interest in lands upon which a dwelling is constructed may be purchased by the property owner, or the abandoned 1997 Fianna Fáil PMM - the Landlord and Tenant (Ground...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (9 Oct 2012)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 568 of 2 October 2012 regarding the €1.5 million which was allocated for construction and development work at the Department of Psychiatry at Waterford Regional Hospital under the Acute Mental Health Services Reconfiguration Plan outlined in 2010, if he will clarify that although there has been an aesthetic...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Issues (10 Oct 2012)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to maintain frontline services in view of his plans for targeted voluntary redundancies in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43500/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Exploration Licences (11 Oct 2012)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources with regard to the exploratory licence recently granted to a company (details supplied), when the drilling in Dublin bay is due to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43742/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Petroleum and Gas Exploration (11 Oct 2012)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, in view of a possible oil find in Dublin Bay, if his attention has been drawn to the pamphlet, produced by Dublin Shell to Sea Campaign, Liquid assets: Ireland's oil and gas resources and how they can be managed for the people's benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43746/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Gender Proofing of Policies (16 Oct 2012)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will gender-proof Budget 2013 before publication to ensure that women will not be disproportionately affected by cuts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44579/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Payments (16 Oct 2012)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has consulted or is planning to consult with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, in the interests of the imprescriptible rights of children with regard to any planned cuts to child benefit, back to school allowance, family income supplement, back to education allowance, carer's allowance, disability benefit and all other social...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Oct 2012)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for patients awaiting x-rays in hospitals throughout the country where they have not been referred as either an in-patient or through the accident and emergency department; his views on whether this is a reasonable time; his plans to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44436/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbour Authorities Membership (18 Oct 2012)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will launch an independent investigation into the event of February 2010 when a dinner took place in the Royal Marine Hotel hosted by the Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company chief executive officer and if he will confirm how this event was paid for; the amount this event cost; if he will provide a breakdown of what the costs were for; and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbour Authorities (18 Oct 2012)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm the policy for filling vacant positions in semi state agencies; if Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company is subject to this policy; if he will confirm that the said harbour company has always recruited according to this policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45205/12]