Results 501-520 of 591 for speaker:Peter Cleere

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Inquiries (12 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: 533. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 367 of 28 May 2025, to clarify a matter (details supplied). [31505/25]

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: I congratulate the Minister of State on his new role in this very new Ministry. It is fantastic to see. I have spoken to many stakeholders in the industry and the feedback on the Minister of State is that he is prepared to roll up his sleeves, get stuck in and get involved. It is fantastic to have a Minister of State like him going out to communities right around the country. Fair play to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: The witnesses are all very welcome. I thank them and all the groups they represent for the unbelievable public service they give. It is very easy to come here and give out about X, Y and Z but I have observed at first hand the impact they make to so many households around the country, in particular in Carlow and Kilkenny where I come from. I just wanted to acknowledge this and thank the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: I will stick with the IBI and then move on to the others. As a politician, I am especially interested in local media coverage. I will speak specifically about independent broadcasters' election coverage and out-of-the-norm events. For example, some of the witnesses will be aware that there was a flood in my home town of Graiguenamanagh in 2016. It was devastating for everybody in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: I am conscious of time, but I have one more quick question. On the additionality element, what is the position regarding a programme which is running and for which funding cannot be obtained being brought to an end and then restarted when funding is obtained? That seems to be a real anomaly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: That is something we should look at.

Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (17 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: Fianna Fáil supports the Bill, which will provide for a new method of calculating the local property tax liabilities in advance of the new valuation period set to commence in 2026. The proposed changes to local property tax will mean that most homeowners will remain in their present valuation bands, which is to be welcomed. Base local property tax charges will increase a small amount...

Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (17 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: I was a councillor on Kilkenny County Council for ten years. Kilkenny County Council increased its property tax by 15%. The benefits that came to every single community in the county were unbelievable. Footpaths were upgraded and additional lighting was put in. There was investment in playgrounds and remedial grants, which went from €34,000 to €200,000. Each council had a...

Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (17 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: -----came up with a concrete proposal as to how it was going to do this. Not once did Sinn Féin say which playgrounds it would shut down, which roads it was not going to fund, which libraries it was going to close or which community groups that get amenity grants in the constituency were going to lose funding as a result. All we are hearing from Sinn Féin is soundbite after...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (17 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: 101. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if families availing of a childminder coming to their family home can qualify for the national childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32433/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (17 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: 116. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether a childminder who is minding children in those children’s family home can register with Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32434/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: 273. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans to widen the VAT for small family home bed and breakfast suppliers as is the norm in other countries that have a threshold of €150,000 unlike €37,500 in Ireland at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32093/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (17 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: 346. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a full list of the current IDA sites in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31828/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (17 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: 347. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a full list of the current IDA sites in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31830/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: 503. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on short-term letting and tourism legislation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32090/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (17 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: 606. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí assigned to every Garda station in counties Carlow Kilkenny for the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32089/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (17 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: 607. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí due to retire in 2026,2027 and 2028; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32091/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (17 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: 608. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí, per county, due to retire in 2026, 2027 and 2028, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32092/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (17 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: 714. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her views in relation to a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32363/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (17 Jun 2025)

Peter Cleere: 849. To ask the Minister for Health her views in relation to a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32361/25]