Results 5,061-5,080 of 6,598 for speaker:Michael Moynihan

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Remuneration (30 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 483. To ask the Minister for Health the additional costs of increments paid to section 38 employees since 2010. [26342/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadcasting Sector Regulation (30 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 654. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a list of all media organisations that he or his predecessor met with to discuss the media merger provisions of the Consumer Protection and Competition Act 2014 and his Department’s media merger guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25869/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Resources (30 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 655. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has had discussions with a company (details supplied) regarding its sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25870/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Harbours and Piers Development (30 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 656. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on Cork Harbour being proposed as an energy support hub for Irish based exploration and production activity as well as for offshore wind generation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25871/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (30 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 657. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form on a county basis, the total number of premises forecasted to be covered by the national broadband plan’s intervention; the total number of premises forecasted to be covered by commercial high-speed broadband services by the end of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licence Applications (25 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is any discretion applicable in relation to the six-month rule for a person on a learner permit, before the person can sit a driving test, in the case where a person must leave the country for work purposes before the six-month waiting time would expire and urgently requires a full driving licence for employment purposes; and...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: Almost every Deputy who spoke on Second Stage of the Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act 2011, as I remember it, was very concerned about data protection and how it would be enshrined in the Act. This Bill is the first major change in postal addresses in this State. There is genuine concern that we have to bring in a Bill to amend the Communications Regulation (Postal...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (24 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 265. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the total number of premises targeted for delivery of high speed fibre internet broadband for companies (details supplied); if his Department has held discussions on the estimated number of premises to be targeted for delivery of this broadband; if so, the number; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (23 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 241. To ask the Minister for Finance with value added tax of 23% currently payable on all broadcasting and electronic services provided to consumers of digital content, if he has examined allocating value added tax receipts accruing to the Exchequer to fund public broadcasting and digital content; if he has had discussions with the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (23 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 242. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the monthly breakdown of the value added tax receipts, on all broadcasting and electronic services provided to consumers of digital content, that accrued to the Exchequer in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24769/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (23 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 407. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the enormous difficulties persons are still experiencing with the medical card application process, and in particular persons who have been diagnosed with cancer, and who are being treated appallingly by the Primary Care Reimbursement Service, where persons who are undergoing treatment for cancer are left waiting for months without a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (23 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 471. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with the Saint Joseph Foundation, Charleville, County Cork as soon as possible, to discuss its financial situation, in view of the huge importance of this service and its ongoing discussions with the Health Service Executive regarding this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24946/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Media Mergers (18 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 264. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he or his predecessor met a person (details supplied) concerning media mergers; if the meeting was requested by this person, or instigated by his Department; the issues discussed at the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24368/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Media Mergers (18 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 265. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he or his predecessor met a person (details supplied) concerning media mergers; if the meeting was requested by this person, or instigated by his Department; the issues discussed at the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24369/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Post Office Network (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: I welcome the opportunity to discuss the issue of post offices. I express my disappointment that a question I had tabled to the Minister earlier was disallowed for some technical reason. It should have been answered. The interim report on post offices has just been released. Its authors have analysed all of the relevant issues. I wish to make a number of comments on the report. The...

Topical Issue Debate: Post Office Network (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: Of the 24 net closures of post offices, four were on the northern side of my constituency. The most recent was in Milford in north Cork. I made an enormous effort, with officials of An Post, to try to maintain that post office. It was a retrograde step for the community there that the post office franchise was not readvertised. Has the Minister and officials of his Department met the...

Other Questions: Energy Conservation (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: Retrofitting should apply to some of the old local authority estates, both urban and rural. Deputy Colreavy mentioned non-cavity walls and some of those houses were built as mass concrete buildings 50 or 60 years ago. There is a major issue of heat loss, even with some of the newer local authority housing estates that were built 25 or 30 years ago. Any retrofitting programme should apply...

Other Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: When are the guidelines likely to be issued? On wind energy, what is happening is that the technology has improved dramatically in terms of the height of wind turbines. In the case of current planning applications, wind turbines are approximately twice the size of those dating back to 2004 and 2005. There is considerable concern across the country and in any community I have been in about...

Other Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: Does "the very near future" mean days, weeks, months or years?

Other Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an outline of the discussions he had with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government on new planning guidelines for wind turbines; the scenarios examined for set-back distances between wind turbines and residential homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22976/15]