Results 821-840 of 2,066 for speaker:Joe Flaherty

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Industry Strategy: Engagement with Horse Sport Ireland (21 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I suppose the message from today is the need to request a meeting. HSI is more than willing to meet them. It is an important part of the engagement process and the future of the industry.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diaspora Issues (15 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a report on the implementation of the Diaspora Strategy 2020-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28096/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Strategies (15 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures he will be taking to support peace and reconciliation at home under his Department's new Statement of Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28095/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 13. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health is next due to meet. [28111/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (14 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the Government's response to Ireland's Competitiveness Challenge 2022. [28109/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (13 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 18. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the national reform programme for the European semester recently published by his Department. [28110/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (13 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 112. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional funding could be allocated to the local improvement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28216/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (13 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 771. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects a biodiversity officer to be appointed in County Longford. [28255/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (13 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 772. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the role the new biodiversity officers will play in the policing of turf cutting. [28256/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (13 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 912. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the Stamp 4 application for an individual (details supplied). [27956/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (13 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 915. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the family reunification application of persons (details supplied). [28032/23]

Nature Restoration Law and Irish Agriculture: Statements (31 May 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I welcome the members of the Edgeworthstown active age group who are in the Public Gallery looking on. They asked me what we were speaking about today and I told them it was bogs. They said we do not have an awful lot of grá for bogs in this House, with the exception of Deputy Fitzmaurice, who was sitting behind my shoulder. I tried to emphasise that we do indeed have a great passion...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (31 May 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 175. To ask the Minister for Health the additional community health services being provided in each county in CHO8 since 2020, in tabular form. [26497/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (30 May 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 496. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on a naturalisation application by a person (details supplied), where further information was requested in March 2023. [25711/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (30 May 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 813. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she intends to announce details of the recipients of funding under the CLÁR Measure 1 - funding for community facilities and amenities, given that the closing date for applications was 12 May 2023. [26214/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: New School of Veterinary Medicine: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the witnesses and apologies we had to step outside. I picked up on Mr. Fleming's points. He said his whole argument is merit-based. Four universities have a pitch in and I am sure they are very detailed,based on the previous ones. I am a little concerned that everything has been staked on Limerick and I hoped he might have gone into more detail and set us apart why Limerick as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: New School of Veterinary Medicine: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Joe Flaherty: Can Mr. Moriarty assure us that speed does not come at the expense of the right location?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: New School of Veterinary Medicine: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Joe Flaherty: Mr. Moriarty does not have a Limerick jersey on underneath.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: New School of Veterinary Medicine: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Joe Flaherty: Okay. We agree it is a case of speed and there is a need to scale it. Everybody here agrees there is a high level of burnout among vets. It is an extremely difficult job. Especially for people with young families, it must be well-nigh impossible. With approximately 80 places in UCD for training vets, Mr. Moriarty has quite rightly pointed out that we are coming to a cliff edge with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: New School of Veterinary Medicine: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Joe Flaherty: Perhaps the point I am trying to get to is, looking at our profile and the number of farms vis-à-visother countries, what is the optimum number of graduate vets we need to be producing, given the age profile and to avoid this cliff-edge scenario? Obviously, we all agree that 80 to 82 is not the right number. What should it be?