Results 1,001-1,020 of 2,627 for speaker:Noel Grealish

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Retirements (17 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: I have put down this question on severance arrangements in view of the fact that members of the Defence Forces below the rank of sergeant have been allowed to serve a maximum of 21 years. Members at the rank of sergeant or higher may stay on until they are 50 years of age. As a result, more than 100 personnel a year are, in essence, forced out, many of whom are only in their early 40s. As...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Retirements (17 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: I note the recent advertisement of an additional assistant secretary general post in the Department of Defence. As the Defence Forces has a well-established HR structure, I presume the person appointed will be responsible for just 440 civilian staff in the Department. The new and additional post will attract a salary of between €128,000 and €149,000. How does that appointment...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Retirements (17 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: I know everybody in the House has the height of respect and admiration for every member of the Defence Forces and I acknowledge the tremendous work they have done recently regarding the gorse fires in Galway and the Minister of State mentioned this last night. With regard to the pay and conditions, it is a scandal that in this day and age the men and women of our Defence Forces are so poorly...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Stocks (23 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: 602. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the northern pike has not been removed from the list of native fish species here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24642/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Stocks (23 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: 603. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans of Inland Fisheries Ireland to stop all northern pike controls, thus changing all State owned fisheries to mixed fisheries dominated by northern pike; the further plans of Inland Fisheries Ireland to retain existing brown trout fisheries or change to a national mixed fishery model, whereby northern pike are...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance (24 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: 97. To ask the Minister for Finance the intended composition of the forum for consumer and business interests in respect of motor insurance under action point nine in the report on the cost of motor insurance in tabular form; if a group (details supplied) will be the sole representative of the insurance business or if it is his plan to specifically include brokers as a key part of the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Ombudsman (24 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: 98. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to strengthen the role of the Financial Services Ombudsman to prevent financial institutions appointing receivers and taking court action on housing properties while such properties are under investigation by the ombudsman for final legally binding determination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24842/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Legal Costs (24 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: 182. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will request the Office of the Chief State Solicitor to provide details of the spend by that office from initiation up to and including the European Court of Justice and to whom they were payable in a case (details supplied) arising from an investigation of complaints under Directive 2008/94/EC on the protection of employees in the event of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Property Tax Administration (30 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: 216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the process and criteria for distributing the moneys from the LPT equalisation fund; when the fund was established; if it has been reviewed since its formation; when the next review is proposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25401/17]

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: I believe this is the last question the Taoiseach will be asked on Leaders' Question in this Dáil-----

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: -----unless the wheels fall off Leo's and Simon's campaigns for leadership. One never knows, but the Taoiseach could be back in place the week after next. I first got to know the Taoiseach when I was elected to the Dáil in 2002. At the same time the Taoiseach had become leader of a demoralised Fine Gael Party, which had suffered severe losses and lost many big names in that general...

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: How do I follow that? The Taoiseach has made history by being the longest serving Leader of Fine Gael and the first Taoiseach from Fine Gael to be re-elected. He is an avid GAA fan and I often see him at the matches in Pearse Stadium. The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Denis Naughten, and I put the fear of God into Simon and Leo a few weeks ago when we...

Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: Cheese and chalk.

Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: I thank my colleagues for putting down this motion. All we are asking for here today is that the nursing home support scheme lives up to its commonly known title, the fair deal scheme, when it comes to farm families and small business owners. I cannot imagine that those who first drew up the details of this scheme could have foreseen the level of distress it would cause to these two...

Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2017)

Noel Grealish: The Acting Chairman is a great character. We should leave him in the Chair.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (20 Jun 2017)

Noel Grealish: 363. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to change the mandatory retirement age in the public sector, in view of the fact that many persons wish to continue working beyond the age of 65; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26990/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Prison Service (20 Jun 2017)

Noel Grealish: 814. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28026/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Motorised Transport Grant Closure (20 Jun 2017)

Noel Grealish: 1134. To ask the Minister for Health when the Heath (Transport Support) Bill will come before the Dáil Éireann in view of the fact that the mobility allowance scheme was closed to new applicants in 2013 which has resulted in considerable hardship for persons with mobility issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26989/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (20 Jun 2017)

Noel Grealish: 2131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that have been referred to a company (details supplied) each year since it started delivering JobPath programmes on behalf of her Department; the number of persons that have progressed to full and part time employment within 12 weeks and 26 weeks following completion of their JobPath course, by timeframe and age group; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (28 Jun 2017)

Noel Grealish: 202. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the HSE to return, for use by the local community, land in Shantalla, Galway city, which it took over three years ago for use as a helipad on a temporary basis for six months and has since declined to say when it will be returned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30376/17]