Results 2,021-2,040 of 2,066 for speaker:Joe Flaherty

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Forestry Sector (23 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a technical review group for the forestry sector will be established consisting of technical experts from across the industry in order to identify key and substantive improvements to the current processes (details supplied); and if so, if supporting legislation will be introduced in relation to same. [17827/20]

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: I am pleased to see the Bill proceeding through the Dáil today. It will be important as we look to kick-start our economy in a Covid-19 era. The Bill will enable the distribution of low-cost loans to many businesses affected by the global pandemic. That will be a great help. Equally important and as significant as those low-cost loans will be the July stimulus programme. It will...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 30. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of measures being introduced to support small theatres which have experienced significant disruption due to Covid-19. [17282/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: People with Disabilities (17 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the speakers who are here this morning. We are in no doubt about the challenges facing the disability sector as it seeks to come to terms with the Covid-19 era. Many of the witnesses have eloquently emphasised that those challenges existed before Covid-19. I am particularly concerned about the funding challenge and the timeline for a return to full day care services. We got the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Consumer Protection (16 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to put in place a compensation package for persons who booked flights prior to 16 March 2020 for summer 2020 in cases in which airlines are insisting on flying thus forcing families to either risk Covid-19 and bring back a second wave of the virus here or lose significant sums of money (details supplied). [16408/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (16 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidance that can be provided in the situation pertaining to students who only intended to sit one subject in the leaving certificate 2020 and would not have been in a position to avail of the continuous assessment option (details supplied). [16407/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (16 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 179. To ask the Minister for Health if the disparity in pay for staff at a facility (details supplied) will be addressed. [16409/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (16 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 180. To ask the Minister for Health if he and the HSE will engage with the management at a facility (details supplied) to provide the necessary funding to ensure a day care service can resume. [16410/20]

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: I am sharing time with Deputies Cathal Crowe and O'Callaghan. I am thankful for this opportunity to speak on the Financial Provisions (Covid-19) Bill 2020, specifically its importance and relevance to rural Ireland. We all know and realise that Covid-19 has ripped through the heart of rural Ireland, robbing families of loved ones and imposing a necessary lockdown on rural Ireland that ran...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition Fund (15 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 31. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications made to the Just Transition Fund to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16073/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Archaeological Sites (14 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 366. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of an application by a group (details supplied). [15647/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Safety Authority of Ireland (14 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 1225. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in a funding dispute between the Food Safety Authority of Ireland and his Department in view of the fact that the authority has indicated its funding from his Department is not sufficient to fund both it and the local authority veterinary service (details supplied). [15588/20]

Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Acting Chairman but there has been one change to the line-up; I will be sharing with my colleagues, Deputies Devlin and McAuliffe. I commend our new Minister for Health and wish him the very best in his new role. I would be remiss if I did not single out the immense personal contribution of his predecessor, Deputy Harris, in the battle against Covid-19. The challenges in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (30 Jun 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 380. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand care in the community to provide mobile treatment services for chemotherapy and dialysis as is the practice in the UK and other European countries (details supplied). [12733/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home School Community Liaison Scheme (16 Jun 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will engage with Tusla Education Support Service, TESS, and provide a full-time home school community liaison scheme to support disadvantaged pupils and families (details supplied). [11318/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (16 Jun 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will liaise with the Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board, LWETB, and restore the VTOS programme for Longford town as part of the just transition reskilling programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11319/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (16 Jun 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 528. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider permitting local public health nurses to take bloods and administer the 'flu jab in the homes of elderly persons and especially those suffering from dementia (details supplied) in advance of the winter 'flu jab programme. [10848/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (16 Jun 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 529. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request that staff assigned to a facility providing care through the share-a-break scheme and a foundation can resume the service (details supplied). [10849/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (16 Jun 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 606. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for the Be on Call for Ireland campaign. [11033/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (16 Jun 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 857. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application for a driver licence by a person (details supplied). [11023/20]