Results 601-620 of 2,335 for speaker:Joe O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (28 Apr 2021)

Joe O'Brien: Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long-term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a temporary, fixed term basis. Tús is a community employment support initiative that provides short-term work opportunities for those who have been unemployed...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Apr 2021)

Joe O'Brien: The Community Employment Scheme is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long-term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a temporary, fixed term basis. As the Deputy is aware, my Department has continued to provide funding and support for CE schemes since the onset of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (28 Apr 2021)

Joe O'Brien: Community Employment (CE) is a labour market activation programme designed to provide eligible long-term unemployed people with an opportunity to engage in work experience and training opportunities within their communities on a temporary, fixed term basis.   The eligibility for participation on CE is dependent on the individual circumstances of each person and the length of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Anti-Racism Measures (28 Apr 2021)

Joe O'Brien: 695. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the interim report of the Anti-Racism Committee which held its first meeting on the 18 June 2020 will be provided to Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21367/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (28 Apr 2021)

Joe O'Brien: 801. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a training programme exists or has been introduced for gardaí and Garda staff to build their competency and skills to engage effectively and positively with persons from diverse backgrounds and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21368/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Apr 2021)

Joe O'Brien: The Government is aware of the challenges facing community and voluntary organisations and is committed to working closely with the sector in managing through these, recognising that it will require a whole of Government approach. To that end, Government and my Department have introduced a number of supports to assist sectors in dealing with the impact of COVID-19 and social restriction...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (28 Apr 2021)

Joe O'Brien: My Department has received an application from the organisation in question for the Community Development Pilot Programme. The closing date for receipt of applications was Wednesday 31st March and a large number of high quality applications was received. A two stage assessment is underway to examine the applications against the criteria set out. It is expected that sucessful...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2021)

Joe O'Brien: Civil society, NGOs, the community and voluntary sector or however one wants to frame it - normal people coming together in an organised way around a particular cause - have been at the forefront of much positive change in Irish society down the generations. That has been the case with the causes of social justice and equality, but it has also been the case with the environmental movement...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Meals Programme (29 Apr 2021)

Joe O'Brien: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. The school meals programme provides funding towards the provision of food to some 1,557 schools and organisations, benefiting 227,000 children. The objective of the programme is to provide regular, nutritious food to children who are unable, due to lack of food of good quality, to take full advantage of the education provided to them. The programme...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Meals Programme (29 Apr 2021)

Joe O'Brien: School 2 receives the cold lunch option at the moment. That is what the €42,000 is for.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Meals Programme (29 Apr 2021)

Joe O'Brien: Exactly.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Meals Programme (29 Apr 2021)

Joe O'Brien: I appreciate the disappointment and frustration for all 92 schools that submitted an expression of interest to access hot school meals and were not selected, including the school in question. The level of demand for the programme is a clear sign of the need for its expansion. I will raise the matter with the Minister. Officials from the Department have contacted all schools selected and...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Apr 2021)

Joe O'Brien: The Government is aware of the challenges facing community and voluntary organisations and is committed to working closely with the sector in managing through these, recognising that it will require a whole of Government approach. I am pleased confirm that an additional €10m has been allocated to the Stability Fund as part of the revised Resilience and Recovery plan announced...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (5 May 2021)

Joe O'Brien: 200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consideration given by his Department to the key recommendations of the National Civil Aviation Development Forum regulatory working group aviation restart plan 2021 in the context of planning for the recovery of the aviation sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23174/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (5 May 2021)

Joe O'Brien: 285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a recent media report (details supplied) which indicates that some landlords are using incentivised rents which may be intended to subvert regulations in relation to rent pressure zones and may frustrate the efforts of the Residential Tenancies Board to accurately monitor rental market...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (5 May 2021)

Joe O'Brien: Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long-term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a temporary, fixed term basis. In general CE placements for new entrants aged between 21 and 55 years are for 1 year. As the Deputy may be aware, CE participants who...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (5 May 2021)

Joe O'Brien: My Department's Community Services Programme (CSP) supports over 420 community organisations to provide local services through a social enterprise model. The CSP provides an annual co-funding contribution of €19,033 for each fulltime equivalent (FTE) position being supported, and, where warranted, provides €32,000 towards the cost of employing a manager. Qualifying organisations...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (5 May 2021)

Joe O'Brien: The Government are aware of the challenges facing community and voluntary organisations and are committed to working closely with the sector in managing through these, recognising that it will require a whole of Government approach. To that end, Government and my Department have introduced a number of supports to assist sectors in dealing with the impact of COVID-19 and the social...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 May 2021)

Joe O'Brien: 158. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a process of quality control and inspection for the hotels being used for mandatory quarantine; the steps or process for persons in quarantine to raise concerns in relation to accommodation, food or medical care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23308/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (6 May 2021)

Joe O'Brien: The closing date for receipt of applications was Wednesday 31st March and due to the large number of high quality applications received, my Department is undertaking a two stage assessment process to examine the applications against the criteria set out. It is expected that successful applicants will be notified at the end of May. All applicants have been informed of the timeline.