Results 501-520 of 850 for in 'Written Answers' speaker:Arthur Spring

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Consultations (15 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of all public consultations his Department has carried out since the start of 2012. [50758/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies (14 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following the formal establishment of Quality and Qualifications Ireland, when will new applications for training provider registration be processed and if any further guidelines, frameworks and the development of codes need to be establish prior to applications being accepted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50228/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the waiting time for patients for a posterior instrumented correction procedure to be carried at Crumlin Hospital, Dublin, and when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be given a confirmed date to have the procedure carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50229/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Applications (13 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the fuel allowance payment should be restructured to allow for a sliding scale rather than a flat cut-off point, to prevent situations arising whereby a person who receives an income which is even less than one euro over the threshold misses out on the whole of the €520 payment. [49812/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (13 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Health the projected increase in the over 65 year old population in the coming decade; if any funds or moneys are being set aside or are being planned to provide this section of the population with the future facilities and care that will be needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49532/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Blind Person's Allowance (13 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Health the qualifying criteria a person (details supplied) in County Kerry failed to meet in order to be registered as blind when applying for the blind welfare allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49872/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (13 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Health if the 1.25 WTE podiatrist position at Kerry general hospital Tralee, which was sanctioned in April 2012 as part of the National Footcare Programme, will be filled as envisaged by the Health Service Executive’s National Clinical Programme for Diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50119/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Local Authority Services (13 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an assessment of the outcomes that result from the pedestrianisation of main and secondary streets in regional towns in particular for retail and tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49753/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Payments (7 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to adjust the student maintenance grant, either by reducing the grant rates or by tightening the conditions for eligibility. [48817/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (7 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a capacity to grow more crops here where a commercial market price can be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48783/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (7 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand the range of medicines, with established safety profiles and available in other locations without prescription, that can be dispensed by pharmacists with a view to generating more savings as seen in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48828/12]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Illegal Israeli Imports (6 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of a recent report Trading Away Peace, published by a consortium of 22 organisations across Europe, which shows that despite viewing Israeli settlements as illegal the EU imports goods and services with an estimated value of €230 million from the Israeli settlements compared to €15 million from...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (6 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the situation in Uganda, the measures and safeguards that are in place to ensure Irish aid funds are not misappropriated by other Governments and authorities that benefit from such funding. [48166/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (6 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any debtors of the National Assets Management Agency in receipt of salaries from NAMA who are being pursued by said organisation for personal guarantees. [47856/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (6 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any debtors of the National Assets Management Agency in receipt of salaries from NAMA who are being pursued by said organisation for recovery of assets transferred to a third party. [47857/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (6 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Finance the average wage for developers or project facilitators in the National Assets Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48105/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (6 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Finance the extra cost to the Exchequer that would arise if mortgage interest relief was extended to 50% for persons with net income of less than €30,000, and extended to 40% for person's with net income between €30,000 and €40,000. [48212/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Regulation of Accountants (6 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the Revenue Commissioners, under current legislation, provide sufficient protection for the tax payer if incorrect accounts and information are submitted by the tax payer's accountant to the Revenue Commissioners without the taxpayer's agreement. [48350/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Graduate Medicine Programme (6 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the difficulty medical graduate entrants are having in securing bank loans in order to complete their qualifications; if the situation is being examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48102/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (6 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in grant applications being processed through the new Student Universal Support Ireland website system; the number of these grants that are being held up due to delays by the applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48108/12]