Results 461-480 of 1,995 for speaker:Joe Flaherty

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 103. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his engagement with the insurance industry to address the issues with access to affordable insurance faced by some businesses. [62218/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Dec 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 127. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in counties Longford and Westmeath, respectively, currently being supported by the employment wage subsidy scheme; the number of businesses in each county currently availing of the business resumption support scheme; the number of businesses in each county currently availing of the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy and Young Farmers: Engagement with Macra na Feirme (1 Dec 2021)

Joe Flaherty: That would be 12 facilitators.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Needed to Support the Economic Recovery Plan: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the witnesses for appearing. This is an informative and timely meeting. Obviously, there are many issues and challenges facing the hospitality sector and these have been intensified by the new restrictions. The Restaurant Association of Ireland called for an updated report on the skills needs in tourism and hospitality on three occasions in the past 20 months. The expert group on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Needed to Support the Economic Recovery Plan: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I can certainly appreciate the demands on the finite resources of the secretariat. However, we have to acknowledge that since 2018, when it finished that phase and it was handed over to Fáilte Ireland, there has been seismic change in this sector. Every member of this committee will be aware of the anecdotal information we are getting that a large number of those who were in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Nov 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I thank Mr. Cronin and Dr. Ó Cadhla for a very informative contribution. I must preface my questions by saying I am from the most inland county in the Dáil - Longford. I would also add that in the 1980s, we sent six councillors from Longford to a conference on coastal erosion so we are very enthused about the coastline, and this is an important Bill. I have a few questions....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I assure Deputy Higgins that I will leave plenty of time for her. I welcome the Supplementary Estimate and congratulate the Minister on all the work he is doing. He has hit the ground running and everybody on the committee agrees that he is the man with all the solutions. We are invigorated by his efforts to date, as I am sure everyone here agrees. I want to follow up on the points...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank all the speakers. It has been hugely informative. I will probably come at it from a slightly different angle. I am looking at the issues in the context of a very rural and provincial town with a population of 10,000 to 14,000 people. The great thing about those towns is that we have plenty of space in the towns. Many of these towns, historically, have very large and wide streets....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Cost and Supply of Fertiliser in the European Union: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (19 Jan 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I welcome all our guests. I will say to Mr. Santini that, as a frequent visitor to Brittany, I do not think agriculture is that adversely affected by the challenges. I see a vibrant agriculture community there. We are envious when we visit. I have a couple of questions for Mr. Santini. I will go back to what Deputy Carthy raised about the issue of duties. I was struck by the point Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Cost and Supply of Fertiliser in the European Union: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (19 Jan 2022)

Joe Flaherty: Mr. Santini spoke to the previous speaker about greenhouse gases. Urea and nitrogen have taken over from ammonium nitrate as a fertiliser. What is the difference? Are both equally as guilty in terms of creating greenhouse gases or would ammonium nitrate be less of an offender?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Cost and Supply of Fertiliser in the European Union: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (19 Jan 2022)

Joe Flaherty: That is all right. I have a final question, similar to one that Mr. Santini side-stepped earlier. We will see how we get on this time. There has been a significant consolidation in terms of the ownership of companies supplying urea products in agriculture. There has been a major shift in the ownership of these companies in recent years. Would Mr. Santini agree that urea and agricultural...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Cost and Supply of Fertiliser in the European Union: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (19 Jan 2022)

Joe Flaherty: Very good. I suppose it would be remiss of me if I did not use this opportunity to try my limited français. Merci beaucoup, Monsieur Santini.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (20 Jan 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 36. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2545/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Jan 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 53. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of expenditure in 2021 related to Covid-19; the way this compared to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2546/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Policy (20 Jan 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 93. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the strategies in place to deliver on the recommendations proposed by the Night-time Economy Taskforce including the status of the establishment of an implementation structure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2504/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (20 Jan 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 141. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures in place to meet labour supply and skills requirements in the tourism sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2503/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Jan 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 520. To ask the Minister for Health if agency and porter staff assigned to hospitals throughout the pandemic are eligible for the €1,000 frontline workers’ payment; if HSE home help staff are eligible for the €1,000 frontline workers’ payment; and if agency home help and PA staff are eligible for the €1,000 frontline workers’ payment. [3574/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (26 Jan 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the income thresholds for supports for social housing applications will be adjusted to reflect the recent €5 increase in social welfare payments. [3846/22]