Results 721-740 of 7,447 for speaker:John Brady

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Data (22 Mar 2017)

John Brady: 266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of tourists visiting County Wicklow on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14500/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Funding (22 Mar 2017)

John Brady: 267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of his Department's budget spent on tourism, including a breakdown of these costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14501/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Funding (22 Mar 2017)

John Brady: 268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the available grants for local communities to develop tourism opportunities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14502/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (22 Mar 2017)

John Brady: 269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to develop public transport links in County Wicklow, particularly in south-east Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14503/17]

Money Advice and Budgeting Service and Citizens Information Centres: Motion (28 Mar 2017)

John Brady: I am sharing my time with Deputies Denise Mitchell and Eoin Ó Broin. The single biggest question to be asked here tonight is why restructuring is being proposed in the first place. What are the intentions of the Department of Social Protection and the CIB as regards these plans? It is ridiculous that neither MABS nor the CIS has been given any explanation whatsoever as to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (28 Mar 2017)

John Brady: 397. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person's (details supplied) application for a medical card has not yet been processed despite providing additional requested documentation to his Department on 17 February 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15365/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Environmental Protection Agency Licences (28 Mar 2017)

John Brady: 531. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if an Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, licence is required for the development of an anaerobic digester; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15112/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Mar 2017)

John Brady: The Government has committed to producing a report on the impact that discriminatory cuts to jobseeker’s benefits for under 26s had on young people. Budget 2017 facilitated ridiculously tiny increases in the benefit of €2.70 for those aged 18 to 24 and €3.80 for 25 year olds. The report was promised for the second quarter of 2016. It is now 2017 and we have still to...

Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Mar 2017)

John Brady: Yes, but it must be proper work.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (4 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 562. To ask the Minister for Health the location on which the new oncology specialist appointment at St. Vincent's University Hospital was advertised; the number of applications received; the number of persons interviewed for the post; the draft score sheet used to mark each candidate; the basis upon which the successful candidate was chosen; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (4 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 563. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allow a member of the European Society for Medical Oncology to carry out an independent review of the résumés and references of the candidates for the position of oncology specialist at St. Vincent's University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16683/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (4 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 647. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the lack of safe cycling infrastructure in place in view of the high percentage of road deaths among cyclists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16391/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (4 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 648. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reduce the number of cyclists killed in road deaths including, plans for investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16392/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Apr 2017)

John Brady: During statements on waiting lists a number of months ago, I urged the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, to reinstate a very simple check for children in primary schools to identify scoliosis and intervene where it may be identified. This had been carried out by primary health nurses until 2008. It was withdrawn from schools due to austerity measures. When I put the question to the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Apr 2017)

John Brady: It is. In A Programme for a Partnership Government there is a commitment to tackle serious issues in the health service, and certainly this is a very serious issue with regard to scoliosis, which has been widely debated in the Chamber.

Maternity Leave and Benefit: Motion [Private Members] (5 Apr 2017)

John Brady: I welcome the motion and I commend the Green Party and the Social Democrats for bringing it forward, particularly Deputy Catherine Martin, who spoke very passionately and emotionally when speaking on the motion this evening. Since the motion was first published I, like many Deputies in the Chamber, received many e-mails from right across the State from parents who have faced the potential...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Driver Licences (5 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who wrongfully lost their driving licences as a result of serious discrepancies within the work of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16878/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Motor Insurance (5 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who were overcharged for motor insurance as a result of penalty points on their driving licences due to the serious discrepancies within the work of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16879/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Provision (5 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the annual costs incurred for maintaining the unused courthouse in Wicklow town, including the heating, electricity and security costs, every year since its closure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16943/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Provision (5 Apr 2017)

John Brady: 107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will reopen the courthouse in Wicklow town and move Wicklow District Court back to Wicklow town; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16944/17]