Results 161-180 of 10,125 for speaker:Róisín Shortall in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (19 Apr 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 308: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the implications of the €2,000 [i]ex gratia[/i] payments and other repayments of illegal nursing home charges to medical card holders for recipients of means tested social welfare payments. [11800/05]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (19 Apr 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the acceptance of an [i]ex gratia[/i] payment of €2,000 for the repayment of illegal nursing home charges to medical card holders will in any way preclude a recipient from further repayments. [11801/05]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (19 Apr 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 354: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he is taking to address the continuing problem whereby wheelchair-accessible, low-floor buses are not yet available on many Dublin Bus routes; the funding which is being provided in 2005 to provide more such buses; the number of wheelchair-accessible buses in the Dublin Bus fleet for each year from 2000 to date; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (20 Apr 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the numbers of deaths and injuries reported arising from industrial accidents in each year from 2000 to 2004; the further steps he intends to take to reduce the level of such accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12110/05]

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (20 Apr 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 145: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the numbers of deaths and injuries reported arising from accidents in the construction sector in each year from 2000 to 2004; the further steps he intends to take to reduce the level of such accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12111/05]

Written Answers — Children Act 2001: Children Act 2001 (20 Apr 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the sections of the Children Act 2001 for which she has responsibility and which have not yet been commenced; and if she will report on her intentions in this regard. [12295/05]

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (20 Apr 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 254: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will list all the studies or reports which will inform his decision on the optional location for a second terminal at Dublin Airport; and if each of these documents will be made available in the library of Dáil Éireann. [12301/05]

Written Answers — Children Act 2001: Children Act 2001 (20 Apr 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 306: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the sections of the Children Act 2001 for which she has responsibility and which have not yet been commenced; and if she will report on her intentions in this regard. [12294/05]

Written Answers — Multi-Denominational Schools: Multi-Denominational Schools (26 Apr 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the call from Educate Together for the State to take action to provide real support for the planned development of a national network of multi-denominational schools; if she intends to respond to the call; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13028/05]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (26 Apr 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason her Department is still not able to supply figures for the academic year 2002-03 of the socioeconomic breakdown of new recipients of third level grants; when she expects to be able to make this information available; the action she intends to take to broaden access to third level grants; when the Student Support Bill will...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (27 Apr 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance if the 1999 EU directive on fixed term contracts is now being applied to all public sector workers; if there has been communication from the EU Commission on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13367/05]

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (27 Apr 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that there are sufficient procedures in place to supervise companies based in this country offering re-insurance, especially in view of concerns in other jurisdictions about a company (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to recent comments in [i]The New York Times [/i]suggesting that Ireland was among the world's...

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (27 Apr 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Question No. 254 of 20 April 2005, the reason he did not provide details of the studies or reports which will inform his decision on the optimal location for a second terminal at Dublin Airport as requested; and if he will provide that information and make the studies available in the Oireachtas Library. [13632/05]

Written Answers — Illegal Emigrants: Illegal Emigrants (28 Apr 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the discussions he has had with the US authorities regarding the position of Irish persons living illegally in the United States; if his attention has been drawn to the suggestion made by the US Ambassador to Ireland, Mr. James Kenny, at a recent meeting of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs that Irish persons might secure the right to...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (28 Apr 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the work to date of the Government's special envoy for the tsunami. [13557/05]

Written Answers — Live Exports: Live Exports (4 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to recent concerns expressed, following the release of film by Compassion in World Farming, of the conditions under which some live cattle are exported from this country for slaughter abroad; the steps in place to ensure that such animals are treated humanely; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Forestry Sector: Forestry Sector (4 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 127: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the report from the EU Court of Auditors regarding the way in which forestry grants were awarded here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14172/05]

Written Answers — Haulage Industry: Haulage Industry (4 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 324: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on his Department's inspectorate for the haulage industry; the remit of the inspectorate; the number of inspectors in same; the number of inspections carried out in each of the past five years; the number of drivers who have been found to be non-compliant in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14570/05]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (10 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 22 March 2005, the position regarding the review of fees for chiropodists under the chiropody scheme; the way in which she plans to tackle the problem of chiropodists charging top-up fees to elderly patients with medical cards. [15138/05]

Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (10 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Higher Education Training Awards Council does not come within the scope of the Freedom of Information Act 1997; and if he will take steps to address this matter to ensure transparency in the third level sector. [15610/05]