Results 21-40 of 1,798 for speaker:Joe Flaherty

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Joe Flaherty: For years to come we will reference the Covid-19 era and reflect on how it has changed so much in our everyday lives. An unexpected consequence of the lockdown is that for the first time in many years, we have been able to focus on the quality and number of garda personnel that should be on the ground and on patrol in rural Ireland. Trainees from Templemore were dispatched nationwide in an...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (9 Jun 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an extensive campaign aimed will be undertaken at encouraging civil servants to switch to roles at locations closer to their homes (details supplied) [10140/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (9 Jun 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 519. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if confirmation has been received from Bord na Móna that its health and safety plans and procedures have been updated to provide sufficient support to deal with bog fires in the absence of the recently laid-off 200 plus staff (details supplied). [10141/20]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (10 Jun 2020)

Joe Flaherty: As a native of Leinster where peat can be found in the veins of most families, it is with a heavy heart that I accept the closure of our bogs for commercial power generation. However, that does not mean I accept the manner in which this process has been covertly fast-tracked, nor do I accept the shabby treatment of Bord na Móna workers. We are gambling a great deal on the just...

July Education Programme: Statements (10 Jun 2020)

Joe Flaherty: As the Minister well knows, two sections of our community have paid the greatest price in terms of safeguarding the public in the face of Covid-19. I am referring to the elderly and our special needs children. Some of the toughest calls that many Deputies in the House have taken in the past three months have been from parents who are despairing as their children flounder and regress...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home School Community Liaison Scheme (16 Jun 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will engage with Tusla Education Support Service, TESS, and provide a full-time home school community liaison scheme to support disadvantaged pupils and families (details supplied). [11318/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (16 Jun 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will liaise with the Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board, LWETB, and restore the VTOS programme for Longford town as part of the just transition reskilling programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11319/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (16 Jun 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 528. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider permitting local public health nurses to take bloods and administer the 'flu jab in the homes of elderly persons and especially those suffering from dementia (details supplied) in advance of the winter 'flu jab programme. [10848/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (16 Jun 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 529. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request that staff assigned to a facility providing care through the share-a-break scheme and a foundation can resume the service (details supplied). [10849/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (16 Jun 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 606. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for the Be on Call for Ireland campaign. [11033/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (16 Jun 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 857. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application for a driver licence by a person (details supplied). [11023/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (16 Jun 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 1020. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff by location and function in each office of her Department nationally. [11468/20]

Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Acting Chairman but there has been one change to the line-up; I will be sharing with my colleagues, Deputies Devlin and McAuliffe. I commend our new Minister for Health and wish him the very best in his new role. I would be remiss if I did not single out the immense personal contribution of his predecessor, Deputy Harris, in the battle against Covid-19. The challenges in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (30 Jun 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 380. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand care in the community to provide mobile treatment services for chemotherapy and dialysis as is the practice in the UK and other European countries (details supplied). [12733/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Archaeological Sites (14 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 366. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of an application by a group (details supplied). [15647/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Safety Authority of Ireland (14 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 1225. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in a funding dispute between the Food Safety Authority of Ireland and his Department in view of the fact that the authority has indicated its funding from his Department is not sufficient to fund both it and the local authority veterinary service (details supplied). [15588/20]

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: I am sharing time with Deputies Cathal Crowe and O'Callaghan. I am thankful for this opportunity to speak on the Financial Provisions (Covid-19) Bill 2020, specifically its importance and relevance to rural Ireland. We all know and realise that Covid-19 has ripped through the heart of rural Ireland, robbing families of loved ones and imposing a necessary lockdown on rural Ireland that ran...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition Fund (15 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 31. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications made to the Just Transition Fund to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16073/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Consumer Protection (16 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to put in place a compensation package for persons who booked flights prior to 16 March 2020 for summer 2020 in cases in which airlines are insisting on flying thus forcing families to either risk Covid-19 and bring back a second wave of the virus here or lose significant sums of money (details supplied). [16408/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (16 Jul 2020)

Joe Flaherty: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidance that can be provided in the situation pertaining to students who only intended to sit one subject in the leaving certificate 2020 and would not have been in a position to avail of the continuous assessment option (details supplied). [16407/20]