Results 4,001-4,020 of 15,547 for speaker:Dara Calleary

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (16 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: The importance of delivery under Housing for All is known to everybody. What work is the Department doing to monitor delivery and the appointment of staff to various authorities at engineer and quantity surveyor levels? Without such staff, none of the promises under Housing for All or the defective blocks scheme will be delivered upon. Is there regular monitoring of the appointment of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Policing Reform (16 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: I too have some concerns about the policing, security and community safety Bill. It contains a diminishment of the joint policing committees, to be replaced by a new structure. The joint policing committees have been effective, though less so since the abolition of the town councils by the Government that was in office between 2011 and 2016. This new structure will result in a further...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (16 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 19. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [55904/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Policing Reform (16 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 7. To ask the Taoiseach the details of the policing reform implementation programme office based in his Department. [55890/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (16 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made on initiatives to improve the delivery of capital investment projects and to achieve greater value for money as set out in the national development plan. [55837/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Work Permits (16 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 600. To ask the Minister for Health if he was consulted by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment in relation to the recent expansion of work permits, the feedback provided in relation to permit requirements and salary rates in the healthcare sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55869/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (16 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 601. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to assist public and private healthcare providers to address the serious staff shortages that are impacting on care standards in hospitals, nursing homes and in homecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55870/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks (11 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if will give further consideration to the strong wishes of communities across County Mayo to retain the name Ballycroy in the name of the National Park; if his attention has been drawn to the anger and disappointment at the dropping of the name; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55072/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Development (11 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria and application timeline for urban regeneration and development fund funding in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55157/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (11 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 191. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports that will be available for small-scale festivals in 2022; the criteria for applications; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55112/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Income Inequality (11 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 193. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the pilot basic income guarantee scheme for artists including its planned scope; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55113/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (11 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 324. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a service to allow for the renewal of public services cards has been discontinued at a location (details supplied) in County Sligo; her views on whether it is not acceptable for residents of the area and its vast hinterland to have to travel 20 miles or more to avail of the...

Regional Transport Infrastructure: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: I thank Deputies Conway Walsh and O'Rourke for giving us the chance to discuss this matter this evening. Deputy Connolly quoted an tAthair Micheál Mac Gréil, to whom the Bradley report is dedicated. I will come back to the report in the context of the Minister of State's remarks. I want to speak about another priest, Monsignor James Horan, who, 40 years ago, showed how it is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in counties Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal that have now registered under the business resumption support scheme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54335/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (9 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 150. To ask the Minister for Finance the plans he has to address the difficulties currently arising in securing insurance for outdoor sports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54336/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (9 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 258. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether in the context of a bank exiting the Irish market and selling its loan book that in the case of any family home mortgage being sold on to a third-party at a discount on the mortgage, for example, a tracker mortgage, that the discount be offered in the first instance to the mortgage holder who may be in a position to buy out their...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (4 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 181. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available for private companies that wish to develop remote working spaces in regional towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53739/21]

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: Cuirim fáilte roimh an mBille. I welcome many aspects of this Bill. I commend the Minister on the work he has put into the Bill and also on his work on the reform of corporation tax. Securing our best interests as a country took enormous personal commitment on his part. I welcome the provisions to assist those who are working remotely. However, they could go much further. We...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (3 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 167. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the large void in the number of carers presently available to the HSE to carry out home help services; his views on whether the suspension of necessary study courses due to Covid-19 has restricted the number of new entrants into the home help system; if he will examine the possibility of allowing dispensations from certain...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (2 Nov 2021)

Dara Calleary: 26. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the proposed industrial park for Ballina, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52614/21]