Results 461-480 of 4,399 for speaker:Martin Browne

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (17 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: I recently pointed out that when peak milk production is under way there is a possibility that a processor's ability to cope could be severely affected if workers in the sector are affected by Covid-19 to such an extent that large numbers may have to stay away from work. I have three questions for the Minister. Are there plans to vaccinate workers ahead of the spring surge? Can the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (17 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce grant funding for sport centres interested in installing solar panels to reduce running costs and the carbon footprints of the centres, given that the current SEAI grant does not fully meet the requirements of sports centres. [8779/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes (17 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce grants for rainwater harvesting systems in sports centres given that such a scheme would allow centres to significantly reduce their water usage. [8778/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (17 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the guidelines that local authorities must follow when contacted by a person who has had to leave their local authority home to escape domestic violence; if there are clear guidelines on their entitlement to a HAP package; if there are clear guidelines on whether they are deemed as having given up a local authority house...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions that have been made for the special needs students who will not return to school on 11 February 2021 given that they attend mainstream schools (details supplied). [8230/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 921. To ask the Minister for Health if persons travelling to Ireland from Brazil will be required to pay for their hotel quarantine. [8777/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 829. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the World Health Organisation’s determination that Ireland has been in breach of its international health regulations on contagious disease control by failing to designate a competent authority at ports and airports; the reason Ireland has been non-compliant for approximately a decade; the progress being made to address this in the long...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: There are full-time paramedics with the National Ambulance Service Representative Association, NASRA, who have been demanding for nearly a decade the right to be represented by a recognised trade union of their choice, that being, the Psychiatric Nurses Association, PNA. In 2019 when there were shenanigans with confidential documents, they went on strike. They did so because they wanted to...

Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (24 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: I congratulate the Social Democrats on tabling the motion. I will begin by speaking about one survivor who gave her testimony to the commission of investigation. She is one of the survivors who did not recognise her testimony in the written report, she is also one of those whose testimony was said to have been deleted and she is among those who strongly dispute the commission's claim that...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cybersecurity Policy (24 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of additional staff that have been recruited to National Cyber Security Centre in 2020 and to date in 2021; and if further staff will be recruited later in 2021. [9774/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (24 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 188. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield from the life assurance exit tax in 2019 and 2020; and the forecasted yield in 2021. [9775/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council (24 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 266. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on claims by the live arts sector that the €50 million funding made available to the Arts Council excludes many artists; and her views on the case of a person within the arts sector who had to obtain a loan from a family member due to the fact they cannot afford to let the insurance on their band's van lapse....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (24 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 267. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on giving some arts instructors, such as dance teachers, educational status, to offer them the opportunity to open to the public when restrictions are eased. [9941/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (24 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of recruiting seven additional ecologists and wildlife inspectors at grade 3, and four district conservation officers for the National Parks and Wildlife Service, in tabular form. [9776/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (24 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 379. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the establishment figures for grades 5 and 6 technicians in the communication and information service corps of the Defence Forces; and the number of grade 5 and 6 technician positions in the corps not filled. [9779/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (24 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of providing 860 additional special needs assistant posts. [9777/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (24 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of permitting schools with enrolments of 535 to 730 to fill secretary vacancies providing they have fewer than three posts and schools with enrolments of 685 to 800 providing that they have fewer than four posts. [9778/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the number of second level students who hear public health advice saying that schools are safe yet they do not feel safe; her views on the fact many students say they feel excluded from the decision on school openings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9942/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (24 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an additional guidance counsellor was promised to a school (details supplied); and if so, the reason the placement has not been filled. [9943/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Autism Support Services (24 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 643. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the current waiting lists for autism assistance dogs and the number of years children are left on the list; and his plans to address this issue. [10384/21]