Results 521-540 of 2,406 for speaker:Tony McLoughlin

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: In respect of Lissadell House, the Minister is quite right about the Cassidy-Walsh family and the amount of investment it has put into the house, which is the Gore-Booth family home and has associations with Countess Markievicz and W. B. Yeats. My question concerned additional grants for such houses. This is a house that is being lived in. Nine members of the Cassidy-Walsh family live in...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: Hazelwood House may not have appeared on the Department's radar but it will do so very shortly. There are huge plans for the house and I may speak to the Minister and her officials about it in the near future.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: Among other things, this Bill will help promote the uptake of new employment and give increased support to lone parents to find work, while also helping to protect the Irish taxpayer from increased fraudulent social welfare claims in the future. The main purpose of the Bill, as detailed by the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, yesterday evening is, as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (4 Mar 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the distress being caused to asylum seekers in the direct provision system as a result of delays in processing their applications, if she will allocate extra staff resources in order to expedite the processing of requests for asylum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9427/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (4 Mar 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 202. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason revenue raised from road taxation has gone to the establishment of Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9430/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Bodies Data (10 Mar 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 175. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons to whom each advocacy service provided a service; the issues that were addressed by each advocacy service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10385/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Bodies Data (10 Mar 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 176. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of each organisation funded by her Department or agencies under her Department, which provide advocacy services; the total funding to each organisation for year ended 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10388/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (10 Mar 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 427. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of persons to whom each advocacy service provided a service; if he will provide a list of the issues addressed by each advocacy service for the year ended 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10389/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (10 Mar 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 428. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of the organisations, funded by the Health Service Executive, which provided advocacy services; the total amount of funding to each organisation for the year ended 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10390/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (10 Mar 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 431. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure on advocacy services funded by the Health Service Executive for 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10393/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passports Data (10 Mar 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 453. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the waiting period for a passport to be issued here in view of the fact that the current advertised ten days is not the case at present; if he will ensure the information on his Department's website, which advertises a ten-day turnaround, is changed to the current waiting period in view of the fact that it is causing much distress to...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (10 Mar 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 623. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will consider purchasing the listed building formerly occupied by Summerhill College from the Diocese of Elphin, which is seeking to offload it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10329/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Projects (11 Mar 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reasoning behind the requirements for biomass combined heat and power facilities to achieve an efficiency threshold, nearly twice that of our European counterparts (details supplied); his views that this is a major hurdle in realising the development of these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Generation Targets (11 Mar 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of his Department currently forecasting a potential deficit of 2% in Ireland meeting its 2020 renewable energy commitments, if he will provide the current forecast for the amount needed to cover the potential purchase of energy and carbon credits to cover the forecast deficit; the number of years the deficit is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Generation Targets (11 Mar 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 0. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of his Department currently forecasting a potential deficit of 2% in Ireland meeting it's 2020 renewable energy commitments, if he will provide the current forecast, on the amount of money needed, to cover the potential purchase of energy, and carbon credits, to cover the forecasted deficit; the number of years...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms and Ammunition Security (24 Mar 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 461. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her Department's estimates at present in relation to the number of illegally owned firearms; her plans to seize these illegal firearms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11393/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (24 Mar 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 714. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of every organisation directly funded by his Department, excluding the Health Service Executive, to provide an advocacy service; the total amount of funding each organisation received for year ended 2014; the number of persons each organisation provided advocacy service for; the issues each organisation addressed for year ended...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (24 Mar 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 715. To ask the Minister for Health when the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 will be published and considered by Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12038/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (24 Mar 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 858. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding that will be provided in 2015 and 2016 for housing in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11097/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Stations Provision (24 Mar 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 918. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that discussions have been ongoing for a number of years regarding the provision of a new fire station in Ballyshannon, County Donegal; if he will provide an update on the current situation regarding the proposed development of the Ballyshannon fire service; and if he will make a statement on the...