Results 801-820 of 1,750 for speaker:Declan Breathnach

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (22 Nov 2017)

Declan Breathnach: Under Standing Orders, I am not allowed to. I will move on to Question No. 30.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Search and Rescue Service Provision (22 Nov 2017)

Declan Breathnach: Allow the Minister to respond without interruption.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Transport Infrastructure Provision (22 Nov 2017)

Declan Breathnach: Members who go over time are not giving other Members an opportunity to have their questions answered. I must ask Members to stick to the time allocated.

Other Questions: Ports Facilities (22 Nov 2017)

Declan Breathnach: Before we take the final question I remind Deputies that if they had stuck to the time limit, the Minister would have answered an additional three questions. A total of 20 minutes was lost by people going over time.

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Nov 2017)

Declan Breathnach: The programme for Government gives a clear commitment to improve the lives of families and people with disabilities. Deputies across the House will be aware that respite care is a crisis for families across the country, and not least in County Louth. Following funding applications which have been made to the HSE for a unit for respite care in Louth which would provide for some 60 or 70...

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Nov 2017)

Declan Breathnach: I have done that already.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2017)

Declan Breathnach: When speaking on the homeless Bill last week I spoke about the onus on us to come up with some practical solutions but I do not consider the Bill before us to be a practical solution to solving the housing crisis. There is no doubt that it is a time of crisis and that at such times we must come up with emergency solutions and often desperate measures are required. Many young people with...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (22 Nov 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 116. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when funding will be available for flood defence measures for north Louth from Omeath to Dundalk and Dundalk to Clogherhead to upgrade coastal flood defence measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49547/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (22 Nov 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding sought by local authorities in Counties Louth, Meath and Kildare for each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017 for the purposes of constructing new local authority houses; the moneys allocated to each of these authorities in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017 for the purpose of such...

Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Nov 2017)

Declan Breathnach: With regard to the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015, all of us recognise the need for more consultation with retailers on the matter of how segregation of alcohol in small retail stores can be achieved. Recently, there was a ruling in the UK Supreme Court that Scotland can set a minimum price for alcohol, and this paves the way for similar minimum price controls in Northern Ireland....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland Issues and Implications of Brexit for Good Friday Agreement: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (23 Nov 2017)

Declan Breathnach: I thank the Minister for his engagement with this committee and his proactive role on civil dialogue and the break-out sessions. They have been very informative, especially in his dealings with Oireachtas Members on a personal basis regarding many of the minor items while the major issues such as Brexit are pressing. It would be remiss of me to not mention the Narrow Water bridge project as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland Issues and Implications of Brexit for Good Friday Agreement: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (23 Nov 2017)

Declan Breathnach: I am nearly finished. Would the Minister accept that there is a danger that no solutions could satisfy the UK, Ireland and the rest? There is a danger that we might not get a solution.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications Data (28 Nov 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 555. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications for the sports capital grant that were made from clubs and organisations in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50317/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications Data (28 Nov 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 558. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications for the sports capital grant that were made from clubs and organisations in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50353/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications Data (28 Nov 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 572. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications for the sports capital grant that were made from clubs and organisations in counties Louth and Meath; the details of clubs and organisations and the amounts applied for, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50664/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Minor Works Scheme (29 Nov 2017)

Declan Breathnach: Boards of management, principals and parents' committees across this country are struggling to run schools due to the lack of a proper adequate funding structure. I ask the Minister for Education and Skills to introduce a defined timescale for the payment of minor works grants to all schools. Is he aware that delays in the payment of approved minor works grants are causing huge financial...

Topical Issue Debate: Minor Works Scheme (29 Nov 2017)

Declan Breathnach: I thank the Minister and acknowledge the constraints under which he is working. Will there be a minor works grant for schools before Christmas? The principals and boards of management need to know that because otherwise they need to look elsewhere for funds. As we head into December, schools need to have enough money to pay insurance, heating bills, ancillary staff, electricity, fire...

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Second Stage (29 Nov 2017)

Declan Breathnach: The Fianna Fáil Deputies have the next time slot. Deputies Dara Calleary, Jackie Cahill and James Lawless are sharing 20 minutes. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Nov 2017)

Declan Breathnach: Page 140 of the programme of Government deals with the Government's mandate as co-guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement. I acknowledge the sharing of information, particularly with the committee on the Good Friday Agreement on Brexit issues and the Border, and the engagement mentioned this morning with party leaders on the sensitive issues of solving the Irish Border issue. My question...

Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Nov 2017)

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