Results 1,861-1,880 of 2,066 for speaker:Joe Flaherty

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (21 Apr 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 389. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons in the current backlog of driver theory tests nationwide by county for each of the 16 licence category tests, that is, category AM through to category D1E in tabular form. [19642/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (21 Apr 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 885. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons who have applied for a passport which have not yet been processed. [20504/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (21 Apr 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 886. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons who have applied for a passport which have not yet been processed by county in tabular form. [20505/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Apr 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 1091. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if arrangements will be made to facilitate a child (details supplied) in relation to their application for enrolment in a special educational unit. [20738/21]

Children (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I welcome the Children (Amendment) Bill, which will rightly lift the blanket ban on identifying children who were killed as a result of the perpetration of criminal offences. Only a parent who has suffered the loss of a child can truly comprehend that loss, and it is surely compounded when a child or a young sibling's life is taken in heinous act. For many, the pursuit of justice is a...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (31 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: The House will be aware there are a large number of small and family-run car dealership businesses in a state of turmoil post Brexit given the interpretation of the Union customs code regarding returned goods relief. There are a number of these businesses in County Longford, and they include the family-run Clonfin Car Sales in Ballinalee. This business has extensively researched the issue...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme (Health): Statements (25 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: The public has put significant effort into the battle against Covid and has placed significant faith into the vaccination programme. The Minister and I both agree that we simply cannot disappoint these people. NPHET and the Government have significant decisions to make over the coming days but the reality is that the public needs to see the start of a pathway out of lockdown. At the end of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if clarity will be provided on student work placement and practical requirements (details supplied) for post-leaving certificate courses. [16162/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (24 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if local authorities have reported delays in the completion of their restoration improvement programmes; and his plans to assist local authorities in increasing their capacity to carry out roadworks in the coming months. [15653/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 834. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for vaccine roll-out in special education schools in which there are very vulnerable young children; and if there are plans to also prioritise staff in such settings given that colleagues in adult disabilities have already begun their vaccinations. [14183/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (24 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 878. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding teaching time. [14721/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (24 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 1224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a decision will issue on a leave to remain request in the case of a person (details supplied). [14403/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 1428. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to prioritise private sector special needs education workers in the vaccine roll-out given that they are providing an invaluable service to families and in view of the fact colleagues in the HSE have already been vaccinated. [14185/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 1427. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions for the vaccine roll-out in relation to high risk persons with Down's syndrome that live at home with family members and are not accessing day services given concerns that they could possibly be overlooked it is important that they are vaccinated under the revised prioritisation. [14184/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I welcome our three speakers. This is very informative. Their presentation took much of the technical jargon out of the process and that is greatly appreciated. I will probably echo what many other speakers said in that I have concerns that the proposals, as set out, for the veterinary medicines regulations will increase costs for farmers. Ultimately, farmers and everybody on this...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax (11 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 52. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider waiving the local property tax for pensioners in receipt of the fuel allowance given that the benefit of the fuel allowance payment is null and voided by the local property tax payment. [13786/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance (11 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 139. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of pensioners in receipt of the fuel allowance that are also paying the local property tax; and the value of local property tax collected in cases in which the payee is also in receipt of the fuel allowance. [13785/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (11 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 221. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an opportunity for students to avail of the HPV vaccine when the forthcoming school vaccination programme resumes given they are now in older years (details supplied). [13699/21]

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I welcome the Land Development Agency, LDA. It will be an important mechanism as we look to undertake a strategic review of State lands and fully utilise these lands with the aim of building sustainable communities and affordable homes. I know that the Minister and his Department are passionate about affordable housing and committed to delivering it for Dublin and for other major urban...

Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Statements (10 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: There was great excitement in Longford this week with the confirmation of the allocation of €10 million plus in URDF funding. It has come a number of months after €1 million was allocated to the Longford-Westmeath Education and Training Board, ETB, to develop a digital learning hub in Longford. The ETB is located on the Battery Road in Longford. It is at the very heart of the...