Results 10,001-10,020 of 16,679 for speaker:Peadar Tóibín

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Film Industry Tax Reliefs (17 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 112. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the section 481 film relief beyond 2020 in the near future in view of the long lead time required in the production sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43370/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (17 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the lack of school bus places being made available for children in 2017; and if the transport supports required by a person (details supplied) will be made available to the person. [43442/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (17 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 241. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the expenditure of the Creative Ireland programme to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43369/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (17 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 242. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the State’s contribution to cultural services per capita in comparison to the rest of the EU 28; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43371/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Programmes (17 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 243. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to fund application assistance for Creative Europe applications for large scale projects in view of the underperformance of Irish applications in funding rounds to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43372/17]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Leader Programmes Funding (17 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 541. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the value of increase in the Leader allocation for 2018 compared to the allocation for 2017 that was announced in budget 2017; and if the 2017 budget allocation was revised at some point, the detail of same. [43896/17]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Development Programme Funding (17 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 542. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the detail of the €1.8 million increase to the rural and community affairs programme expenditure line in budget 2018; and the amount that will be spent on the Leader programme. [43897/17]

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Is the Minister having a joke?

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (10 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 18. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of small scale sector appropriate foreign direct investment enterprises that have been brought to small rural towns by the IDA over each of the past five years. [42965/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (10 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 268. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the positions requested and sanctioned by her Department over the past three years in relation to a library (details supplied). [42380/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (10 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 450. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support, fund and direct the HSE to develop a rehabilitation ward in empty buildings on the site of Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, County Meath in order to allow for the treatment of persons that are clinically discharged from hospital and still forced to occupy beds due to a blocked pathway for treatment. [42386/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (10 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 451. To ask the Minister for Health if he will start to fund the ten bed escalation ward that has been operating within Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan, County Meath for the past number of years in view of the fact this ward is key in order to prevent overcrowding and for the safe delivery of healthcare in County Meath. [42387/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (10 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 452. To ask the Minister for Health if he or the HSE plans to close or part close the 24 hour emergency department service in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, County Meath in the next 12 months in view of the level of pressure experienced by the hospital network in the region. [42388/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (10 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 453. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, County Meath can function safely into the future in view of the fact the conditions in the emergency department have not changed since it was opened in 2015. [42389/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (10 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 454. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to facilitate 24 hour emergency department consultant cover in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, County Meath. [42390/17]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Banking Sector (10 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 636. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the interdepartmental report into the provision of public banking will be published. [42953/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme (10 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 728. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the requirement being made of families who are in mortgage and financial distress to pay their water charges before they are allowed to participate in the mortgage-to-rent scheme in view of the ending of water charges and the process of repayment of these charges. [42841/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme (10 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 734. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons who have been approved for the mortgage to rent scheme; the number of persons that have successfully achieved a completed mortgage to rent; and the number of persons that have been forced to pay for outstanding water charges before they can avail of a mortgage to rent agreement. [42933/17]

Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: There are 5,000 vacant houses in County Meath. One in nine commercial properties in my county is still vacant ten years after the crash. In towns such as Navan and Ashbourne the level of commercial vacancy is as high as one in seven properties. The current level of house vacancy in the State is twice what it should be in a normal housing market. Towns such as Clonmellon, Delvin, Athboy...

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: We can engage with Europe without accepting everything.