Results 41-60 of 3,079 for in 'Written Answers' speaker:Michael Fitzmaurice

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (3 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 299. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and the way the partnership is being structured; the position on the investor-state dispute settlement element of the proposed partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5002/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Conventions Ratification (3 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 357. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the likely ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by the Irish State; when this ratification is likely to happen; if there is a reason it has not been ratified already; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4683/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (3 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student whose parent is a State employee earning in the region of €65,000 per year, but who is engaged in the insolvency process and consequently has no disposable income whatsoever, is eligible for the student grant scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4783/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Reform Implementation (10 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 253. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason he has not sought the opening of formal negotiations on giving effect to the various elements of the Civil Service renewal plan with the public service unions; if his attention has been drawn to the unions that have indicated their willingness to participate when his Department issued the prerequisite invitation to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Procedures (10 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 336. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans, if any, to review and, if necessary, to amend the 1986 regulations contained in Statutory Instrument No. 15 of 1986, specifically in relation to Order 40, subsections (6), (9) and (15), which impose a strict requirement for the accurate inclusion of the prescribed information in all circumstances; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Physical Education (10 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the merits of expanding the University of Limerick’s health and sciences faculty's third study into flexibility and neuromuscular development in adolescents in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5735/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (10 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if recognition will be provided by Student Universal Support Ireland towards insolvency arrangements in the calculation of reckonable income for the purposes of student grant awards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6115/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision (10 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 574. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of contracts which were put out to tender by the local authorities in 2011, 2012 and 2013 for water services, that is for waste water treatment, water treatment, bore holes, pumping stations and so on; if he will provide a breakdown of these figures per each individual local authority; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (10 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 597. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm, that in order to comply with the water framework directive, legislation is required for the registration and licensing of all private wells; the charge that will be applied for private well registration and licensing, if water charges are applied to water extracted from registered and licensed private...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Numbers (11 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the figures, categorised on the basis of sex, for the number of persons who are currently in receipt of reduced State contributory pensions, due to the rate band changes she implemented on 1 September 2012, whereby rate band 20 to 47 was abolished and replaced by rate bands 20 to 29, 30 to 39 and 40 to 47; and if she will make...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Complaints Procedures (17 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 326. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a review by an independent panel into a complaint against the Garda Síochána, arising from an incident with a person (details supplied) in County Mayo on 14 July 2013 will be completed. [7101/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (18 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of the Government's claims that the Irish economy has turned the corner and is in recovery, if he will amend the temporary Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts to reduce the impact of the pension related deduction on the pensions of retired public servants, specifically those on modest pensions; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (18 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse the 15% cut to resource hours made by the previous Minister during the economic emergency; if she will reverse the resource hour cuts to pupils with dyslexia and general mild learning disabilities made by the previous Government in 2005, during the reign of the Celtic tiger; if she will reverse the cuts to English as an...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Activation Projects (24 Feb 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 204. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the outstanding performance of the disability activation project also know as Project DAWN in the Roscommon Disability Support Group DALE Centre, Derrane, County Roscommon, in exceeding its targets in the first seven month of operation, if she will make provision for the extension of European Social Fund co-funding beyond April 2015,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ministerial Correspondence (3 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the contents of an open letter to him, dated 19 February 2015, from the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association, which is supported by 21 other organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8887/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments (3 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 623. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons who received compensation in the Barroughter, Cloonmoylan and Ardgraigue bog complexes; the number that are individual plot owners; and if one, or more, family members are claiming on the same turf bank. [8891/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Relocation (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm receipt of a valid request in respect of a person (details supplied) to transfer from her Department's County Longford office to the Department's offices in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, which is now in excess of three years; if she will facilitate this transfer request; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (5 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider creating a status analogous to being on the live register for previously self-employed persons who, following the financial crash, are now de facto long-term unemployed, enabling them to apply for positions or employment schemes, often with State agencies on a part-time or a temporary basis, where there is a stipulation that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Felling Licences Applications (5 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 110. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide copies of all general and limited felling licences associated with a development (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9622/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Parcel Identification System (5 Mar 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 112. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that all commonage land parcel identification system reviews, from 2009 to date in 2015, have been carried out in a transparent and non-discriminatory manner, with specific regard to notice and the provision of reports to the affected applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9629/15]