Results 681-700 of 11,290 for speaker:Matt Carthy

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: EU Regulations (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position adopted concerning the EU REACH committee to ban the use of lead ammunition; the details of meetings held within his Department and between his officials and third parties; the reason an adequate public consultation process was not initiated by him in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Biodiversity Plan (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to apply designations in respect of the EU biodiversity strategy; his further plans to consult with landowners and communities prior to a designation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23889/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines and requirements by which Bus Éireann is bound when providing school transport with regard to distance to pickup points; the routes deemed acceptable; the alteration of services provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23846/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide funding for remedial and long-term works to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23482/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 494. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to increase the amount of income disregarded in respect of the farm assist scheme from 30% to 40%, 50%, 60% and 70%, respectively. [23486/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the maximum weekly personal rate to a farmer under the farm assist scheme to €250, €300 and €350. [23487/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons receiving payments under the fish assist scheme in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in bands of €0 to €50, €51 to €100, €101 to €150 and €150 plus, respectively in tabular form. [23488/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Provision (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 614. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and vans attached to the Cavan-Monaghan division as of 31 December 2019 and 7 September 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24051/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 615. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding will be provided for a Garda mountain bike training course in quarter 4 of 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24052/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 690. To ask the Minister for Health the position to be employed by dance schools under the public health guidelines in respect of the numbers that can be accommodated in classes and other pertinent information or clarification that can be provided to this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23483/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Inspections (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 739. To ask the Minister for Health if it is mandatory for HIQA inspections of nursing homes to include infection inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15756/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Protected Disclosures (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 740. To ask the Minister for Health the number of protected disclosures made by HIQA employees in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of staff that made protected disclosures that are working on a full-time basis with HIQA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15757/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Communications (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 803. To ask the Minister for Health if he has spoken formally with the Director General of the WHO since 1 July 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24053/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 804. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2021 of recruiting 120 extra paramedics. [24054/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 875. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will work with farmers to ensure that participants in the beef data genomics programme will not face penalties due to not having sufficient four or five-star animals in their herd; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23479/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Issues (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 876. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the compensation provided to farmers for blanket bog land under their control; his plans to provide additional supports to those with land designations relating to the EU Habitats Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23480/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 877. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to increase the upper limit ceiling in the pig and poultry investment scheme under TAMS II; if so, the new upper limit ceiling being considered; when such changes will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23481/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme (15 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: 878. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cow and calf pairs per applicant on which payments were made under the BEEP scheme in 2019, by county, in tabular form. [23489/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (16 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: Once again, I thank the expert panel for their work and their comprehensive report. To reiterate the headline figures, which are stark, 56% of total deaths as a result of Covid-19 occurred in nursing homes. That must point to a systemic failure of the highest degree because behind each of those deaths was a grieving family and the real life of a person who, undoubtedly, had come through...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Final Report of Nursing Homes Expert Panel (16 Sep 2020)

Matt Carthy: How much time do I have?