Results 81-100 of 2,022 for speaker:John Brassil

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (19 May 2016)

John Brassil: 66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review the payments provided to student physiotherapists who receive no financial support while carrying out practice education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10974/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (19 May 2016)

John Brassil: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe to end pay inequality for teachers, considering that it has been in place for five years; the timeframe for the proposed public service pay commission to act on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11025/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (19 May 2016)

John Brassil: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why he has not moved to end the policy of pay inequality imposed on teachers, some of whom who have lost out to the tune of €20,000 or more for up to five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11027/16]

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Refugee Council (19 May 2016)

John Brassil: I thank the witnesses for their report. Are the numbers increasing, decreasing or remaining steady? How is the current crisis in the Mediterranean affecting people coming here, wanting to come here or trying to get here by whatever means? The issue of the 500 people who are in direct provision centres but are qualified to move out is worrying. One would think that after spending so long...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Refugee Council (19 May 2016)

John Brassil: The recommendation about ability to work is the key issue. Refugees and asylum seekers would have a great deal to offer society and they should be given the opportunity. Whether we like it or not, there is a latent begrudgery out there. If asylum seekers are seen to be provided for - that is not what they want, but it is what they are forced into - it generates an attitude that is an...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (24 May 2016)

John Brassil: 103. To ask the Minister for Finance to extend the qualifying rules for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme to accommodate people who suffer severe stroke for a period of up to two years, after a stroke has occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11354/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (24 May 2016)

John Brassil: 289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will allow casual workers to receive their social welfare payments at a post office, following changes to the way payments will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11480/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 May 2016)

John Brassil: 349. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade why a person (details supplied) cannot be issued with an Irish passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11404/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (24 May 2016)

John Brassil: 452. To ask the Minister for Health to add the condition Motor Neuron to the list of qualifying medical conditions for the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11406/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (25 May 2016)

John Brassil: 42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to provide the option of having all social protection payments paid into the local post office network similar to what is available to the banking network. [11640/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (25 May 2016)

John Brassil: 353. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Government is supportive of the negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership trade proposals given the serious concerns regarding them; her views on the issue of cattle hormone therapy, which is allowed in the United States but not in the European Union; and her views on how it is being dealt with in the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Personal Injury Claims (25 May 2016)

John Brassil: 356. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to request the Personal Injuries Assessment Board to review the book of quantum and to provide clarity and guidance on the compensation bands for vehicle injury claims. [12222/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (26 May 2016)

John Brassil: 178. To ask the Minister for Health to introduce a wage requirement payable to student physiotherapists partaking in work placement in line with the payment student nurses receive for work placement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12406/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (26 May 2016)

John Brassil: 217. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite urgently a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12484/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Functions (31 May 2016)

John Brassil: 350. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government where responsibility for environmental issues now lies, given the announcement of the new Ministers and Ministers of State and the concern regarding the abolition of the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12616/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (31 May 2016)

John Brassil: 479. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the entitlements of a person in receipt of carer's allowance when they reach pension age and are also entitled to a contributory pension; and his plans to review the current arrangements. [13209/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 May 2016)

John Brassil: 660. To ask the Minister for Health to address the discrepancy in the numbers of persons in County Kerry accessing cataract operations at the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, County Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12704/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (31 May 2016)

John Brassil: 742. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13515/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Payments (31 May 2016)

John Brassil: 783. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to expedite the payment of a TAMS II grant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12753/16]

Other Questions: Rural Broadband Scheme (1 Jun 2016)

John Brassil: 36. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the responsibilities that are to transfer to her Department in respect of rural broadband; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13278/16]