Results 221-240 of 1,995 for speaker:Joe Flaherty

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 523. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the planned payment of €800,000 for services (details supplied) to address historical underfunding at the service provider. [22678/21]

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (6 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: It is very good to see that we now have momentum on the vaccine. I am especially pleased that our vaccine centre is open in County Longford. I thank the Minister for his commitment to opening the centre. From the very outset he was committed to a centre in Longford and it is good to see that it is now open. I thank the staff at the centre, in particular the centre manager, Carmel Breaden,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (11 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the timeframe for clearing the backlog of passports applications from applicants in counties Longford and Westmeath. [23915/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Fáilte Ireland (11 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 311. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when details of the Fáilte Ireland capital investment programme, Platforms for Growth will be announced for 2021 (details supplied). [24597/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (11 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the publishing of the report by the Commission on Pensions which is expected to report in June 2021. [24593/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Widow's Pension (11 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of the widow’s pension. [24595/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Widow's Pension (11 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of widow pension recipients who have to work to raise families; and the value of the resultant tax revenue on their pension payment. [24596/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill: Discussion (11 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I thank both the AILG and the LAMA for coming before us today and for their fantastic submissions. Both were very insightful and provide a great perspective on the challenges we face. I agree with everybody that we need a collaborative approach. Many ideas have been mentioned and many suggestions made. The witnesses have highlighted many fears and concerns and we need to take those on...

Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) Bill 2021: Second Stage (13 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I am very pleased to welcome the Bill, which will end many years of heartache and the taking advantage of enthusiastic concert goers and sports fans. It will mean that sporting and music fans benefit from a fairer sale system for tickets for live events, matches and concerts when the country reopens. Ticket touts have been a scourge for many years, ripping people off, forcing up ticket...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (18 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in County Longford currently in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment; the number of persons in County Westmeath currently in receipt of the payment; the number in each county who were in receipt of the payment on the same date in April 2021; the number of persons in each county who have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (18 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: As I am conscious that a number of colleagues asked similar questions, I will paraphrase the question for the Minister. It is to ask the number of people, by county, in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment at present and the corresponding figures for those same counties last month. The question also seeks the number of people in each of those counties who have received the payment...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (18 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: Obviously, I and my fellow Deputies are very pleased to see the reduction in the number of people in receipt of the PUP as the economy starts to reopen. I commend the Department on the speed and efficiency with which this was rolled out and I commend the staff who, as the Minister rightly stated, have answered more than 10 million phone calls regarding the PUP. I know it is not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (18 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: As the Minister mentioned, it is very important that we commend the staff across the country who have worked in the PUP section throughout the pandemic. Many new staff were brought in and trained up very quickly. I know from personal experience that the level of service and their interaction with Deputies, as public representatives, has been excellent. I also commend the staff at my local...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Natural Gas Grid (18 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: The Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, is well aware that the midlands is the battle line for decarbonisation following the fast-tracking of the closure of the Bord na Móna peat-production process. The just transition fund was introduced to compensate the midlands and help to ensure it will not be left behind, with its local economy being forced to adjust, as the rest of the country...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Natural Gas Grid (18 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Minister of State. I know that he appreciates that the proposal from Longford County Council is far-reaching and on the button as we work on climate action and towards our hefty 2030 targets. There is considerable debate in County Longford on the future of the now dormant Lough Ree energy plant. Local man and engineer, John Hanley, has ambitious plans for an energy hub on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Grant Payments (18 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of projects submitted under Strand 2 of the just transition project (details supplied). [26379/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Plastics Recycling: Discussion (18 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I thank Mr. Fitzgerald for giving us such a detailed presentation. First and foremost we must acknowledge the enormous efforts of farmers in this area. Farmers are facing a lot of challenges and are under a lot of pressure. When plastic was first introduced to farming, it was a blight on the countryside and townies derided this. Hand on heart, though, one would find it hard to drive down...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Plastics Recycling: Discussion (18 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I thank Mr. Fitzgerald. As a follow-on from that, has nobody in the Department said it will give funding for a research project to see what is the alternative or if this can be recycled on Irish soil? If that is not the case, possibly one of the actions for us arising out of this is that we ask the Department to undertake that research project because it seems pertinent. If we are serious...

Situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel: Statements (20 May 2021)

Joe Flaherty: The death toll in the region has surpassed 200 as we look on in horror at the terrible violence unfolding in the Middle East. I welcome today's statement from the Minister and our commitment of €1.5 million in aid for the region. Our nation is no stranger to violence and mayhem and we are horrified and repulsed by the unfolding violence. I was heartened to hear the Minister...