Results 2,421-2,440 of 3,729 for speaker:Martin Heydon

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Payments (23 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance the options that are open to charitable organisations that are suffering significant VAT charges and are not in a position to recover this VAT due to their charitable status (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14755/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Languages Programme (23 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work being undertaken in his Department to consider the inclusion of Polish into the secondary school syllabus from junior cycle upwards, in view of the increase in Polish speaking citizens living here and the growing importance of the language here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14753/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme (23 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: 158. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the inclusion of conditions (details supplied) onto the long-term illness card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14748/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (22 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: 64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a review process concerning a submission by Kildare County Council in relation to the southern distributor route Athy, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14249/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Data (22 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: 88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of applications received for the 2017 sports capital programme; the process that will now take place to assess these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14250/17]

Other Questions: Job Creation Data (21 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: 36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of jobs created in 2016 and maintained to date in County Kildare under the Geoscience Ireland-Enterprise Ireland business cluster initiative; his plans for this initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13927/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan (21 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: 79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the implementation of the national broadband plan in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13936/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (8 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason tax on a pension for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has increased in the past couple of months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12424/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Startup Funding (8 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: 309. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the options that are open to persons that are seeking seed capital for start up businesses; if plans are in place for further schemes to be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12432/17]

Other Questions: CLÁR Programme (7 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: I am aware that the Fianna Fáil-led Government in 2006 established criteria for this scheme and unfortunately no part of Kildare was designated under CLÁR then. If there was to be a review of the process then perhaps the Minister of State might consider that while there is a perception of affluence in County Kildare, there are pockets and areas where we struggle and have...

Other Questions: Rural Development Programme Funding (7 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: 28. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she expects to launch the town and village renewal scheme 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11547/17]

Other Questions: Rural Development Programme Funding (7 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: On the launch of the town and village renewal scheme for 2017, the 2016 scheme was very successful and a great way to re-energise our rural towns and villages. Many of the villages in Kildare South are keen to get their applications in for the new scheme. It was great to have the Minister in south Kildare yesterday, when she visited a number of the areas where funding went last year. Does...

Other Questions: Rural Development Programme Funding (7 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: I very much welcome the fact that there will be an enhanced scheme. In her response the Minister outlined some of the focus on the areas. Last year, €380,000 came to County Kildare to Athy, Kildare town, Ballymore Eustace, Timolin, Ballitore and Prosperous. The €95,000 towards the upgrade of the town square in Athy is crucial as is the €95,000 towards a framework plan...

Other Questions: Rural Development Programme Funding (7 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: I thank the Minister. I agree, that is where it is at. Hopefully the Ministers in control of the purse strings will allow the Minister greater latitude in the finances we have to spend on this scheme in the year ahead. I would be a great advocate for where the money has already gone to, as outlined, such as to villages like Ballitore that have been allocated €125,000. Similarly we...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (7 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: 32. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of Creative Ireland; the way in which this programme links with the Action Plan for Rural Development in terms of promoting the arts in rural counties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11546/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (7 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: 232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position regarding school transport for a person (detail supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11733/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (7 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: 778. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the penalties in place if a manufacturer produces a five axle 39 tonne vehicle after 1 March 2017; the law under which action be taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11492/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Protection (7 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: 816. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the rights available to a person that does not use a gift voucher before the stated expiry date; her plans to introduce legislation to ban the policy implemented in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12154/17]

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (1 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: 34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of autism spectrum disorder, ASD, units at both primary and post-primary level in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10452/17]

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (1 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: My question relates to the status of the provision of ASD units at both primary and post-primary level in County Kildare, in particular in my constituency of Kildare South. As the Minister will be aware, the provision of ASD units is of crucial benefit for parents of children on the autism spectrum or with special needs of some type whose place is in mainstream schools, but we have a deficit...