Results 241-260 of 291 for speaker:Noel McCarthy

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Engagement with UNRWA Deputy Director John Whyte (23 Sep 2025)

Noel McCarthy: In terms of rebuilding, UNWRA cannot make plans for that because of the current situation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Engagement with UNRWA Deputy Director John Whyte (23 Sep 2025)

Noel McCarthy: I thank Mr. Whyte for his responses so far. I have just a couple of question. What role can the Irish Government play or is it already playing to help ensure more aid gets through via United Nations channels safely and quickly? What warnings or concerns does UNRWA have about donor fatigue or shrinking international attention and what risk does that pose to the stability of its programme,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Engagement with UNRWA Deputy Director John Whyte (23 Sep 2025)

Noel McCarthy: I thank Mr. Whyte and the Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Engagement with UNRWA Deputy Director John Whyte (23 Sep 2025)

Noel McCarthy: Mr. Whyte is very welcome. I join my colleagues in complimenting him and his staff on their work. I can only imagine what they are facing daily, in terrible conditions. What are the operational obstacles being faced in Gaza at the moment? Mr. Whyte has talked about staff safety but I am also interested in issues like access, roadblocks, checks, supply chains for medicine and food, water...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Initiative: Department of the Taoiseach (23 Sep 2025)

Noel McCarthy: I thank both witnesses for coming in. I learned a lot today about the shared island programme.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (29 Jul 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 564. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether a project (details supplied) will be prioritised or provided with additional funding for development under the updated National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43359/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Emergency Planning (29 Jul 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 1329. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 8 May 2025 and No. 357 of 27 May 2025, if it is the intention of the Public Warning System to advise of potential flood related events, similar to what is currently in operation in other EU jurisdictions; if there is any requirement under the EU Electronic Communications...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Family Resource Centres (23 Sep 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 14. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the work of her Department to support the opening of new family resource centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50188/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (23 Sep 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a climate action summer works scheme application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50236/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (23 Sep 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 474. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current processing times for Short Stay (Type C) and Long Stay (Type D) visa applications; the efforts being made by his Department to reduce processing times for such visa applications; the additional resources and staff that have been assigned to the visa division over the course of the past year to reduce waiting...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (25 Sep 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 40. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current average processing times for general and critical skills employment permit applications; to provide a comparison with the same period in 2025; the efforts being made by his Department to reduce employment permit application waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50437/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (25 Sep 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 121. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of extending illness benefit to the self-employed; the estimated increase in PRSI rates which would be required to meet this cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50441/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Sep 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 165. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons over 66 years of age who have qualified for the fuel allowance since the expanded means test for over 66s was introduced, by county, in tabular form; the cost of this expansion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50440/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (25 Sep 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 306. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to the Parliamentary Question No. 1420 of 8 September 2025; the estimated number of anomalies under the yearly averaging method of calculating the rate of pay for the State Pension (Contributory); the different types of anomalies encountered by his Department under this system; the estimated cost to the Exchequer if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Noel McCarthy: I thank the Chair for facilitating me and other Oireachtas Members who are not on this committee. I welcome all of our guests today. I live in Fermoy and the Blackwater is very important to us. When the incident happened, people in Fermoy were very upset and were also very taken aback by the lack of information being made available. That is still the situation at the moment and our guests...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Noel McCarthy: My next question is for the EPA and it concerns the fact that we have a business that has constantly broken regulations. I want to simplify this because we have a business that has constantly broken regulations and received constant calls from officers. How many times did Ms McDonnell say she has been there since this incident in North Cork Creameries? Just to simplify this, if you are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Noel McCarthy: Lessons must be learned from this. In the report, we must put something in place like that. I thank the witnesses for coming in and answering the questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Noel McCarthy: It sounds like the four agencies that are here today did not work together. If they had, we would not be in this situation. Dr. Ryan said it was a criminal investigation. Is it still a criminal investigation? Is the investigation ongoing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Noel McCarthy: As public representatives, we will go out of here today and tell the people affected by the River Blackwater that there is no outcome of what happened on 11 and 12 August. Am I right in saying that? We have no answer for the people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Noel McCarthy: That is terribly disappointing. I go back to what Deputy O’Shea and others said. When the witnesses got this information, were they assuming a fungal infection? When they saw 40,000 fish dead in the river on 11 and 12 August, that was a serious pollution problem. Why did it take so long for the samples to go to that unit in Little Island on 1 September? That is the first thing...