Results 181-200 of 4,049 for speaker:Martin Browne

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (29 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: 253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the way in which the backlog in driver tests is affecting third-level students that opt to travel to college on the days they are required on campus; the number of additional staff that have been recruited to deal with the backlog; if the staff members have reduced the backlog; his plans to increase the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (29 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: 407. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the problems being experienced in the taking-in-charge of developer-led developments (details supplied). [27298/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: 440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of a school (details supplied), which was first agreed in 2013; and if progress has been made towards the opening of the school. [26305/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Peace Commissioners (29 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: 716. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the number of peace commissioners for the district of Thurles, County Tipperary is sufficient. [26869/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme (29 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: 873. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make the FreeStyle Libre device available for type 1 through the long-term illness scheme (details supplied). [26755/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (29 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: 987. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an instance in which a frontline worker who had a broken bone had to wait a number of days to be treated; his views on the way in which the worker tested negative for Covid-19 but could not get treatment for a number of days at two hospitals due to the fact no isolation beds were available; his views on the prevalence of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (29 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: 990. To ask the Minister for Health if arrangements have been made whilst Covid-19 restrictions on travel are in place to accommodate persons using medicinal cannabis preparations under licence; the length of time such arrangements are envisaged to remain; and if consideration has been given to such arrangements being made permanent. [27325/20]

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

Martin Browne: 51. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration will be given to restoring pre-recession funding to the development scheme for Irish run by an organisation (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the fact that funding for an officer to run the scheme was cut from five days per week to four when the economic crisis hit; her views on the valued...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water (1 Oct 2020)

Martin Browne: 160. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff directly employed by Irish Water; the number of staff employed through contracted services; the cost of subcontracted and directly employed employees; and the breakdown of services which are subcontracted. [27943/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (1 Oct 2020)

Martin Browne: 161. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the provisions in place to avoid persons who are on the housing list as joint applicants being penalised when as a result of relationship breakdown they have to reapply as single persons; and if there is a provision in place such that such persons are not treated as new applicants. [27944/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (1 Oct 2020)

Martin Browne: 241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which the six-week absence rule is calculated in view of the fact that applicants are being given conflicting information as to whether it is the entire period that is counted once it is over six weeks or just the number of days over the six weeks. [27796/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (1 Oct 2020)

Martin Browne: 288. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements that were made while Covid-19 restrictions on travel were in place to accommodate persons using medicinal cannabis preparations under licence; the length of time such arrangements will continue; and his views on making such arrangements permanent. [27845/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (1 Oct 2020)

Martin Browne: 371. To ask the Minister for Health the supports his Department has made available for persons with dementia or Alzheimer’s since the start of March 2020; and the supports planned for the coming months. [27945/20]

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

Martin Browne: 75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the way in which the commitment in the programme for Government to make housing a social and economic imperative is possible with a lack of services such as public transport in some areas; his plans to provide the communities under his remit with access to such services; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (6 Oct 2020)

Martin Browne: 131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the removal from office of the Catalan President for the crime of disobedience to the Spanish state; his views on the fact that he is the third successive Catalan president to be removed from office by the Spanish authorities; and the steps the Government has taken and will take to support democratic politics in Catalonia....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Covid-19 on the Agriculture Sector and Priorities for CAP and Brexit: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2020)

Martin Browne: I congratulate the Chairman, the Vice Chairman, Senator Lombard, and the Minister on their appointments. There is much uncertainty and worry abroad now. I would like to ask some questions in that regard, and many of them may have been touched on already. What discussions are taking place in the context of the possibility of another lockdown and a no-deal Brexit? How advanced are those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Covid-19 on the Agriculture Sector and Priorities for CAP and Brexit: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Oct 2020)

Martin Browne: Farmers have been affected by the Covid-19 crisis in terms of their income and their ability to trade. This, coupled with the wet summer and various other issues, means that income volatility has worsened for many. This is also an issue in the context of the reduced CAP budget. Is there a long-term plan to address income volatility? The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association, ICMSA,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Oct 2020)

Martin Browne: Yesterday was European Carers Day. In an online briefing, Family Carers Ireland spoke of the pressures that family carers are under to meet their bills. Some are forced to make a choice between heating their homes and getting their shopping. The programme for Government commits to improving supports for carers. Now that electricity and other utility bills are going up for many, will the...

Brexit and Business: Statements (7 Oct 2020)

Martin Browne: This has been a year of nothing but uncertainty. Up to now all the talk has been about Brexit, but as we know the Covid-19 pandemic has spread around the world and has made the complex process of the withdrawal of the UK from the EU even worse and has wasted time that could have been devoted to more important matters. Brexit has presented challenges that we could not imagine. It has put...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Naval Service (8 Oct 2020)

Martin Browne: 9. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on reports that personnel are leaving the Naval Service to join the Army due to issues related to pay and conditions; his views on the impact this will have on the Naval Service; his further views on pay levels throughout the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29259/20]