Results 41-60 of 381 for speaker:Frank O'Rourke in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jun 2016)

Frank O'Rourke: 320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of extending child benefit to the estimated 37,300 pupils who are due to sit the leaving certificate for the first time in 2016 and are aged 18 to 20 years of age, as revealed in information received through a reply to Parliamentary Question No. 346 of 31 May 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14683/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (8 Jun 2016)

Frank O'Rourke: 324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of extending community employment schemes to 18 months and two years in duration respectively; his views on providing greater flexibility to schemes to extend the current duration of schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14736/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Play and Recreation Policies (9 Jun 2016)

Frank O'Rourke: 253. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs for details of funding available, to be administered via local authorities, from the capital grant funding scheme 2016; for details of any additional funding she may be considering making available to support new and existing play and recreation facilities for children and young persons, in particular in the Kildare North area; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programmes (14 Jun 2016)

Frank O'Rourke: 333. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider extending the placement period on Tús – work placement initiative from 12 to 18 or 24 months for those who wish to continue beyond the set 12 month period; the cost of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16020/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Union Restructuring (23 Jun 2016)

Frank O'Rourke: 34. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider deploying some of the unused funds allocated to the Credit Union Restructuring Board, ReBo, to support the development and growth of the sector, in line with commitments entered into on the formation of the Government, in particular in relation to supporting the information technology infrastructure and new product offerings; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Staff (23 Jun 2016)

Frank O'Rourke: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of significant vacancies in the Central Bank enforcement division, including at very senior roles; the manner in which these vacancies are impacting on the delivery of the Central Bank’s mandate; the manner in which he can assist in addressing this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17533/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Staff (23 Jun 2016)

Frank O'Rourke: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of significant vacancies within the Central Bank enforcement division, including at very senior roles; the manner in which these vacancies are impacting on the delivery of the Central Bank’s mandate; the manner in which he can assist in addressing this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17533/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (28 Jun 2016)

Frank O'Rourke: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how he will treat non-union members with regards to the announced pay cuts and withholding of payments and increments from Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland members, who are now outside of the Lansdowne Road Agreement, LRA; if he will consider non-union teachers as having accepted or rejected the LRA; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programmes (28 Jun 2016)

Frank O'Rourke: 294. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to provide a further list of the 50 applicants under the Tús-work placement initiative in Celbridge, Leixlip and Maynooth in County Kildare, in addition to the list provided five weeks ago, so as to allow the supervisors to fill the vacancies for the host community groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18425/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (28 Jun 2016)

Frank O'Rourke: 442. To ask the Minister for Health when he will reinstate the home care package which his Department suspended in February 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18427/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Payments (28 Jun 2016)

Frank O'Rourke: 475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue the outstanding payments under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme to farmers who have completed approved works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18173/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Eligibility (28 Jun 2016)

Frank O'Rourke: 476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will increase the limit on the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme grant for piggeries and poultry farms from the current ceiling of €80,000 to an increased ceiling of €300,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18174/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Commencement of Legislation (28 Jun 2016)

Frank O'Rourke: 531. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if section 38 of the Road Traffic Act 1994 has been enacted and if not, why not. [18503/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programmes (30 Jun 2016)

Frank O'Rourke: 52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to consider the possibility of introducing more flexibility to the Tús work placement initiative scheme, including considering extending the period of time a person can avail of the scheme on case-by-case basis, with particular consideration given to a person's age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18689/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Corporate Governance (7 Jul 2016)

Frank O'Rourke: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures in place, in view of the emphasis his Department has on new corporate governance guidelines for agencies under his remit, to ensure persons deemed to be debtors are not actively engaged in the management of such agencies while such debts are not discharged; the procedures in place to notify his Department of any such debtors who...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (12 Jul 2016)

Frank O'Rourke: 289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction of a school (details supplied) will commence and the timeline for the works, given that Kildare County Council has granted planning permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21301/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Frank O'Rourke: 538. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the number of public respite beds at Maynooth community care unit has been reduced to two beds; when this reduction came into effect; if this is a temporary measure or if he has plans to reinstate and increase the number of respite beds available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20860/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (12 Jul 2016)

Frank O'Rourke: 795. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures the Government and its agencies have in place to ensure the benefits of cheaper imports from the United Kingdom in view of the weaker sterling are passed onto Irish businesses and consumers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20694/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (12 Jul 2016)

Frank O'Rourke: 807. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the policies she and the agencies within her remit are pursuing to protect the interests of businesses exporting to the United Kingdom, in particular in the food sector, given the result of the British referendum to exit the European Union and the depreciation of sterling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21300/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (19 Jul 2016)

Frank O'Rourke: 256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider introducing two interventions per student per annum over the range of their second level education, that is, for a duration of five to six years, as part of the career guidance offered to second level pupils to assist the student in his or her choice of career path and the necessary training required to achieve this; if the...