Results 201-220 of 2,335 for speaker:Joe O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (29 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: The person concerned has completed his quota for time allowed on a  CE Scheme. He completed 6 years on the CE Scheme which is the maximum allowed for him.  The person concerned did have his eligible time on CE reviewed but unfortunately he had completed 6 years on 21th August 2020. The aim of the CE programme is to enhance the employability of disadvantaged and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (29 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 554 and 577 together. The Community Employment (CE) Scheme is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long-term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a temporary, fixed term basis. In general, the period of participation on CE is for one...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (29 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: Recent research by the ESRI as part of their Budget Perspectives 2021 series examined the potential cost and distributional effect of Covid-19 unemployment. It found that the Pandemic Unemployment Payment and Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme significantly softened the financial impact of Covid-19 on families and household income. Families in the lower 40% of the income distribution were better...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme (29 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: The Rural Social Scheme (RSS) is an income support initiative providing part-time employment opportunities for farmers or fishers in receipt of certain social welfare payments, and underemployed in their primary occupation, within their local area in community and voluntary organisations.  Communities benefit from the skills and talents of local farmers and fishers and the RSS...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (29 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: The Community Employment (CE) programme is a community centred labour market initiative established for the purposes of social inclusion and activation, to help long-term unemployed people and other vulnerable groups to enter the workforce by breaking their experience of unemployment. CE projects are sponsored by groups wishing to benefit the local community, namely voluntary and...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: National Volunteering Strategy (29 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: Supporting the role of volunteers in our society is an important element of my Department's work in developing vibrant, sustainable and inclusive communities.  Consequently, the development of a National Volunteering Strategy is a key priority for my Department. The first step in the development of the Strategy was a Call for Input paper launched in December 2018....

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Development Programme (29 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: My Department is responsible for the Seniors Alert Scheme which encourages community support for vulnerable older people in our communities through the provision of personal monitored alarms to enable them to live securely in their homes with confidence, independence and peace of mind.  Funding is available under the scheme towards the purchase by a registered community-based...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Development Programme (29 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: My Department currently supports over 400 community organisations under the Community Services Programme (CSP).  The organisation in question is supported under the CSP and has been allocated €57,099 in resect of three full time equivalent positions for 2020. In addition, the 2020 CSP Support Fund, which provided additional funding to many CSP supported organisations to...

Child Poverty: Motion [Private Members] (30 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: No. I will take it all, if I can.

Child Poverty: Motion [Private Members] (30 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: I thank Deputy Whitmore for bringing forward this motion and I thank the other Deputies for their thoughtful and well-considered contributions to this debate. Perhaps nothing encapsulates the inequality and unfairness of our society more than issue of child poverty. Up the road in the Rotunda, some children will be born today and during this week into situations where they will virtually...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (30 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance if discussions have been undertaken with a group (details supplied) on an extension of the mortgage moratorium on behalf of mortgage holders in Dublin in view of the increased public health restrictions in the county and associated reduction in economic activity; if so, the status of the talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27415/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the proposed extension project for a school (details supplied) will include provision for an ASD unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27670/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pension Provisions (30 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: As the Deputy will be aware, Community Employment (CE) supervisors and assistant supervisors have been seeking for several years, through their union representatives, the allocation of Exchequer funding to implement a 2008 Labour Court recommendation relating to the provision of a pension scheme for CE supervisors who are employed by CE schemes. CE sponsoring authorities are the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (30 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of piglets that had their teeth clipped or grinded in each of the years 2017 to 2019; the percentage of the overall piglet numbers these represent; and the reason given by producers for carrying out the procedure. [27410/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (30 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of pigs that had their tail docked in each of the years 2017 to 2019; the percentage of the overall piglet numbers these represent; and the reason given by producers for carrying out the procedure. [27411/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (30 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the different antibiotics administered to pigs in the pig industry in each of the years 2017 to 2019; the level of antibiotic used in the pig industry; the measures being put in place by his Department to reduce the use of antibiotics in the industry; and the research carried out by his Department on the long-term...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (30 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 266. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of pigs that have been exported live to date in 2020; the age of the majority of pigs, that is, over 75%, that were exported live; the countries to which they were exported; the number by each country; and the reason pigs are being exported live. [27413/20]

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

Joe O'Brien: 99. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will be instructed to conduct an audit and review of the operation of the temporary wage subsidy and employment wage subsidy schemes in a company (details supplied) in view of reports from employees that they have been in receipt of pay below the minimum mandated by the schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

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

Joe O'Brien: 327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of fines issued to the State under Annex V of the European Habitats Directive regarding the conservation of the Irish hare, lepus timidus hibernicus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28130/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2020)

Joe O'Brien: I thank Deputies for some very useful inputs on these important relevant supports. As outlined by the Minister, I assure this House and the other House that the Government is fully committed to supporting people at this difficult time. At the onset of the pandemic, the previous Government was quick to take action and introduce the range of measures initially intended for a 12-week period...