Results 401-420 of 1,750 for speaker:Declan Breathnach

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 84. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken in 2017 to reduce waiting times for outpatient consultations in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, which increased significantly during 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4684/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (1 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 94. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be any increase in the number of home help hours provided in 2017 in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4685/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (2 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 316. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he is taking to speed up the rolling out of high-speed broadband into communities in which there is currently little or no service; if there is a timeframe on the urgent points identified in the implementation programme on the mobile telephone and broadband access document; if he will direct the broadband and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (2 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 317. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he is taking to speed up the roll-out of high-speed broadband into communities in which there is currently little or no service; if there is a timeframe on the urgent points identified in the implementation programme on the mobile telephone and broadband access document; if he will direct the broadband and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (2 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 318. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he will take to speed up the roll-out of high speed broadband into communities in which there is currently little or no service; the timeframe on the urgent points identified in the implementation programme on the mobile telephone and broadband access document; if he will direct the broadband and mobile...

Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: On page 102 of A Programme for a Partnership Government there is a commitment to delivering our national defence and security policy and to implementing the Schengen Information System II - the sharing IT system - to improve interoperability internationally to enhance the policing of the entry points of the State, in particular to support the Garda in detecting and preventing crime,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (7 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 560. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to speed up the roll-out of high speed broadband into communities in which there is currently little or no service; if there is a timeframe on the urgent points identified in the implementation programme on mobile phone and broadband access document; if he will direct the broadband and mobile phone service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 476. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is such a long waiting time to see a consultant ophthalmologist in the Mater Hospital in respect of the serious condition glaucoma (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6115/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 479. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay for a person (details supplied) to see a consultant ophthalmologist in the Mater Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6118/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (7 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 569. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to speed up the roll-out of high speed broadband into communities in which there is currently little or no service; if there is a timeframe on the urgent points identified in the implementation programme on mobile phone and broadband access document; if he will direct the broadband and mobile phone service...

Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: Deputies Josepha Madigan and Peter Fitzpatrick are sharing time.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade in Fuel and Tobacco Products (8 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the number of seizures of illicit cigarettes and tobacco has dropped 16% from 7,154 seizures in 2015 to 6,024 in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6147/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (8 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 208. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the waiting lists in County Louth for occupational therapy are increasing; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are children on the waiting list for more than 20 months because of staff shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6206/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (8 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there are continuing delays in payments under the GLAS scheme; when a person (details supplied) will receive payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6142/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan (8 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 253. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if consideration will be given to appointing a number of liaison officers from his Department to deal with different regions in taking broadband queries on behalf of members of the public submitted by elected representatives; if further consideration will be given to supplying elected representatives with the contact...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result (Resumed): Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (9 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: I welcome the Minister's comments and thank him for his proactivity on questions from the Dáil and Seanad on this important funding stream. I have lived through all of the peace programmes and INTERREG programmes. Indeed, when INTERREG was announced, many in the Border area wondered if it was an Easter egg. There was a great deal of difficulty in trying to understand what the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Issues (14 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the EU ESTA proposal; if she has discussed it with her UK counterpart; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6917/17]

Brexit and Special Designation for the North: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: I have lived all my life in the constituency of Louth in a community that suffered the fallout from the Troubles yet benefitted greatly from our membership of the EU. It was only with peace and EU investment that our region came out of the shadow and began to thrive. That process ensured an invisibility in our Border. It would be a regressive and retrograde step should any damage be caused...

Brexit and Special Designation for the North: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: The next speaker is Deputy Bríd Smith who is sharing time with Deputy Mick Barry.

Brexit and Special Designation for the North: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: The next spearkers are Deputies Michael Healy-Rae, Mattie McGrath and Danny Healy-Rae, who are sharing eight minutes. Is that agreed?