Results 881-900 of 2,627 for speaker:Noel Grealish

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments (7 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will introduce a €200 payment to maintain the suckler cow herd to help maintain incomes on farms in the west of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5380/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (14 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 168. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the timeframe for the deployment of Apple Pay non-cash payment facilities by Irish banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7460/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (14 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of one-off privately owned houses or apartments Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council has purchased in each of the years 2015 and 2016, in tabular form; the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7078/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (14 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of residential units that were built by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council for social housing in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7079/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (14 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of residential units that were built by South Dublin County Council for social housing in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7080/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (14 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of residential units that were built by Dublin City Council for social housing in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7081/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (14 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of residential units that were built by Fingal County Council for social housing in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7082/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (14 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 315. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if public sector pension liabilities are calculated using the same formula and assumptions as private sector defined benefit pension schemes; if not, the detail of the formula and assumptions which are used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6973/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (14 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 546. To ask the Minister for Health as a result of the emergency department crisis nationwide, the number of days surgical day wards have been closed with trolleys from emergency departments being moved into these wards from September 2015 to January 2017; the number of hospitals engaging in this practice; if he can name the hospitals and the number of day surgeries and day procedures that...

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: Sinn Féin Deputies never mentioned it in any of their contributions - not one of them.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of residential units purchased for social housing in 2015 and 2016 and costs involved for each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7902/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of residential units built by each of the 31 local authorities for social housing in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7903/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of social housing stock in each of the 31 local authorities as of January 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7905/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Applications Data (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: 145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of social housing applicants waiting for social housing for each of the 31 local authorities, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7904/17]

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: I compliment the Passport Office, the officers of which are absolutely brilliant. I do not know why people still wait until the last minute to renew their passports and book their tickets and hotel accommodation only to get to the airport and find their passports are out of date. I was only let down once by the Passport Office and acknowledge that its staff do excellent work. I welcome the...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: They were Galway people, not just Connemara people.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: I have one question. The group previously received grant aid from the Irish Government. What is the view within the Department of supporting these sorts of centres? I do not specifically mean the cultural centre in Boston as they are all over the world. Is the funding still available for the likes of these projects worldwide? I picked the cultural centre in Boston because I have been...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: As I have mentioned here before, driver licences cannot be renewed online and the situation affects the undocumented Irish in America. A passport is the most important document that a person can have yet it can be renewed online or through the post office. One must show up in person at a particular office to collect a driver licence. It is a huge problem for Irish people who live abroad....

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: We could spend the day talking about the problem.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Noel Grealish: I thank the Minister of State.