Results 181-200 of 3,384 for speaker:Pa Daly

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (1 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: The impact of the pandemic on finances is quite pronounced. When representatives of the IRFU were before the Covid committee, they said 80% of their organisation's revenue is generated by the senior men's team. It is now down €30 million. The FAI, which is already in a difficult position, is down €14 million, and League of Ireland clubs fear for their future. Just today, it...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (1 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: Given the return to sport and what the Minister of State said about the mental health of returning spectators and participants, and given what he said about being supported by the Government, what does he think about introducing the 1 m rule in stadiums? In Germany, for example, a capacity rate of 20% has already been introduced. There are no away fans and no alcohol and it depends on the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (1 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: When will the report be published?

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ministerial Meetings (1 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: 17. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of her recent meetings with sporting organisations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26514/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: 181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the lack of teacher-student interaction in circumstances in which remote learning is required due to the Covid-19 pandemic in certain instances; the actions and steps she will take to ensure that there is a national standard to deliver such remote learning; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Consular Services (6 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: 99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of emergency repatriations carried out since March 2020 by his Department. [28297/20]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Consular Services (6 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: I pay tribute to the consular staff and the staff in the embassies who have helped in emergency repatriations carried out this year. While thousands have come home in this manner, many other Irish citizens have made their own way home without consular assistance. We met recently with the Crosscare Migrant Project, which does tremendous work with returning migrants. However, it is what...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Consular Services (6 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: Does the Minister have a breakdown as to how many people were given financial assistance or flights as opposed to those were given solely advice? I have dealt with Safe Home Ireland, which works with older Irish emigrants in London and all over Britain. Many migrants who have returned home to Ireland find that once they are here, they experience problems accessing social welfare, dealing...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Consular Services (6 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: I will be brief. Perhaps my question should have been a little more specific but I was not only talking about those who were repatriated due to the situation around Covid-19. Perhaps the Minister and I could have a conversation about these matters. I am aware of some cases of people who have been repatriated very quickly. There are older Irish emigrants, or people who have grown up in...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (6 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: 105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the diplomatic representations that were made to Israel regarding its annexation plan; and if his attention has been drawn to the town of Beit Sahour (details supplied) affected by the annexation in the occupied West Bank. [28298/20]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (6 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: The Minister may or may not be aware that my home town, Tralee, twinned with the town of Beit Sahour in the occupied West Bank in May of last year. I wish to ask the Minister what diplomatic representations have been made to Israel regarding its annexation plan and if his attention has been drawn to what is happening in Beit Sahour. We have an email from the mayor dated 26 September 2020.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (6 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: In the email that I referred to from the mayor in recent weeks, he instructed us that Palestinian-owned land in and around Beit Sahour is to be confiscated, that homes will be demolished, and that displacement will take place as a result of this. In addition to what is already happening, they are being deprived of their basic civil rights. Beit Sahour in this proposed annexation will lose...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (6 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: The email, which the Mission of the State of Palestine in Leeson Street sent us today calls: ...on the international community to hold the occupying power accountable, and to encourage real actions towards banning produce from the illegal settlements. The failure to do so to date has fostered a culture of impunity which has greatly emboldened the occupying powers and allows the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (6 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: 71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of criteria which each local authority applies with respect to residency for persons looking to access homeless services and support. [28299/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Postal Voting (6 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: 87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the criteria for postal ballot eligibility will be expanded in order to align them with those in Northern Ireland. [27753/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (6 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: 432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if adherence to distancing, capacity and other anti-Covid-19 measures on buses serving a school (details supplied) will be investigated. [28092/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (6 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: 474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of leaving certificate students in County Kerry that have had errors with their calculated grades identified; the nature of these errors; and the way they are categorised in tabular form. [28706/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Data (6 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: 674. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 773 of 15 September 2020, the statistics gathered on staff derogations from requirements to self-isolate; and the basis on which they are collated, if by service or geographic area. [28364/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (6 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: 718. To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees of the national ambulance service; and the number on sick leave currently by county in tabular form. [28677/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (6 Oct 2020)

Pa Daly: 719. To ask the Minister for Health the overall budget assigned to the running of officer response vehicles in the national ambulance service. [28678/20]