Results 721-740 of 12,629 for speaker:Willie O'Dea

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Strategies (31 May 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 42. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress she has made in developing a Dark Skies Strategy for Ireland. [27681/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (26 May 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the targeted measures that will be included in the new agri-environment scheme under CAP to ensure that farmers are rewarded for results that help to tackle the biodiversity crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26937/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 May 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 76. To ask the Minister for Health when all persons who are due to receive the pandemic bonus payment will receive it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26812/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Policy (26 May 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 201. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made by the carbon farming working group on developing a system for calculating the amount of carbon sequestered on farmland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26934/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (24 May 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 700. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that he is taking to resolve the issues which have led to industrial action being taken by medical scientists in public hospital laboratories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26562/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (19 May 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 188. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies in each of counties Limerick, Clare and Tipperary that have applied for funding under the Irish Innovation Seed Fund Programme in tabular form; the number that have been successful in each county; and the total funding awarded in each county to date. [24979/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (19 May 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 17. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the progress made to date in the implementation in the Mid-West region of the IDA Strategy - Driving Recovery & Sustainable Growth 2021 – 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24978/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (18 May 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of appointments to the grade of assistant principal officer from 2015 to date by the Revenue Commissioners in County Limerick; the manner in which the appointments were filled, that is, either by open competition, inter-Departmental competition, internal competition, transfer from another geographic location, or any other means by which...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Willie O'Dea: Just four months ago, an English career criminal, Logan Jackson, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of young man in Limerick. That young man had an outstanding sporting background and had a great future ahead of him. It now transpires Mr. Jackson has sought permission to be relocated to the United Kingdom to serve the balance of his sentence. The family of the victim are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (17 May 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 685. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision will issue in regard to funding for a person (details supplied) who has applied for funding to the HSE to be an in-patient at The National Eating Disorders Recovery Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24383/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (12 May 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 10. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he will bring forward a plan to implement the recommendations of the Commission on the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23503/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 May 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 24. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Russian invasion of Ukraine will lead to any further re-assessment of Ireland’s defence capability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23504/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (12 May 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 186. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to increase the funding available for disabled drivers for the purchase of a new car; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24044/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (12 May 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 198. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a decision will be made regarding citizenship for a person (details supplied); if the matter will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23887/22]

Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 May 2022)

Willie O'Dea: I welcome the Bill and congratulate the Minister of State and his staff on bringing it forward. I remember studying a subject grandly entitled "personal property" in UCD about a hundred years ago or so. At that time, the basic legislation in this area was the Sale of Goods Act 1893. That Act provided that goods had to be of merchantable quality and-or fit for the purpose required. There...

Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 May 2022)

Willie O'Dea: What I have noticed is that if a person wants to purchase a product, he or she checks out where it can be sourced and then, because the supplier is unfamiliar to the person, he or she goes on Google. Lo and behold, the person finds that Tricky Dick, the supplier, has loads of testimonials as evidence of his being the most honest guy ever to walk the face of the Earth. It is small wonder he...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 May 2022)

Willie O'Dea: It has generally been accepted that Ireland's response to the recent pandemic has been one of the most successful. At present, a WHO global pandemic treaty is being negotiated. My understanding is that the states which become signatories to this treaty will be ceding power to deal with any future pandemics entirely to the WHO and that the local government will be completely excluded from...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (10 May 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications from counties Limerick and Clare, respectively that are currently outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22918/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (10 May 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the situation in relation to the Northern Ireland protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22919/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flexible Work Practices (10 May 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 291. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider allowing civil servants who live outside of Dublin the opportunity to continue to work most of the time from home as many hundreds have done since the Covid-19 pandemic began; his views on whether this would be helpful for employees in view of the rising fuel costs, rent costs and rising house prices particularly...