Results 2,501-2,520 of 7,670 for speaker:Jackie Cahill

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (15 Oct 2020)

Jackie Cahill: 110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an Irish Rail district engineer in Limerick Junction will review line speed on the Ballybrophy to Limerick line in view of the fact that a continuous welded rail track is now in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30730/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (15 Oct 2020)

Jackie Cahill: 111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an additional midday service on the Ballybrophy to Limerick rail line will be considered in addition to the morning and evening trains; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30731/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (15 Oct 2020)

Jackie Cahill: 112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an Irish Rail regional line manager for the Ballybrophy to Limerick rail line will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30732/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (15 Oct 2020)

Jackie Cahill: 153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date on which funding will be made available to a county council (details supplied) that applied for funding to deal with wastewater treatment plants in housing estates to allow it to take these estates in charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30848/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (15 Oct 2020)

Jackie Cahill: 187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if remedial teachers are included as part of the overall teacher numbers in schools for calculating the pupil-teacher ratio (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30741/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youthreach Programme (15 Oct 2020)

Jackie Cahill: 232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) was offered a place in Youthreach in Limerick to complete the leaving certificate but was refused a place thereafter; if this decision will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30764/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 Oct 2020)

Jackie Cahill: 126. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the financial supports available to persons that are pub owners and the sole employee of the pub in view of the increase to level three Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31037/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (20 Oct 2020)

Jackie Cahill: 159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) can have the BE driving qualification added to the person's driving licence by the NDLS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31065/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit (20 Oct 2020)

Jackie Cahill: 401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an illness benefit will be reviewed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31188/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (20 Oct 2020)

Jackie Cahill: 408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to relax the criteria stipulating that a person must be unemployed for at least one year in order to avail of the community employment and Tús schemes, in light of increasing unemployment figures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31513/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (20 Oct 2020)

Jackie Cahill: 409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a prospect of creating a two-tier scheme for Tús in a scenario (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31514/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (20 Oct 2020)

Jackie Cahill: 410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered extending the base of those who can apply for the Tús scheme from those who are in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit to include those on other forms of social welfare payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31515/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (20 Oct 2020)

Jackie Cahill: 411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to fuse the Tús and community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31516/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (20 Oct 2020)

Jackie Cahill: 412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if supervisors within the Tús and community employment schemes could be afforded further discretion to allow members of the schemes to transfer from community employment to Tús and vice versa in order to increase their employability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31517/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (20 Oct 2020)

Jackie Cahill: 413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if rules regarding access to the Tús scheme can be relaxed in light of Covid-19 and in order to increase intake into the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31518/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport (20 Oct 2020)

Jackie Cahill: 559. To ask the Minister for Health if a person driving a patient from Thurles to Limerick three times pera week for dialysis is entitled for be reimbursed for expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30929/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (20 Oct 2020)

Jackie Cahill: 715. To ask the Minister for Health when the FreeStyle Libre device will be available to adult diabetics to assist in the management and control of their illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31532/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (20 Oct 2020)

Jackie Cahill: 775. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is funding available for the maintenance of an oak plantation that is 150 years old and has significant environmental benefits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31004/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (20 Oct 2020)

Jackie Cahill: Due to Covid restrictions we must conduct the meeting within a strict timeframe. I got a lecture coming down the stairs on this, which I will put up with. Members are requested that for the duration of the meeting phones are turned off completely or turned to airplane, safe or flight mode. It is not sufficient for members to put their phones on silent as this maintains a level of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (20 Oct 2020)

Jackie Cahill: Today is the first on a couple of meetings on the challenges for the forestry sector. We will hear about Ash dieback and licensing. The meeting will be in two parts. In the first, we will hear from a representative of the Limerick Tipperary Woodland Owners Limited to discuss Ash dieback which is a very great issue in that part of the country. Foresters have suffered severe financial...