Results 1,301-1,320 of 7,670 for speaker:Jackie Cahill

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (7 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 1447. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding that was sought for designated areas by her Department in the pre-budget submission for 2019; the number of persons that benefit from the NPWS farm plan scheme; if this scheme will be reinstated; her views on whether farmers with designated lands have been encumbered without financial reward for the protective...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Company Law (18 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 147. To ask the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) is regulated by the Central Bank; if so, if he will request the Central Bank to investigate a matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37844/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (18 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 377. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an assessment of need will take two years in the case of a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that the Disability Act 2005 states that the assessment must be completed within six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37003/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Transport Support Scheme (18 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 386. To ask the Minister for Health to whom a person's (details supplied) family can apply to obtain transport to allow the person to attend a centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37026/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Premium Payments (18 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 597. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the forestry payment for a parcel (details supplied) has not been paid in the past few years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37370/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: For the past two months meat processors have consistently reduced the price they are returning to farmers. At the same time, prices are increasing in the UK. There is now a huge differential between what cattle are making here and in the UK. There is a beef forum and it should transparently examine the returns from the market place in order that factories cannot continue to exploit farmers.

Brexit Negotiations: Statements (25 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I will make a few points about the agrifood sector. Agriculture is under economic pressure and primary producers are finding it extremely hard to survive. A hard Brexit scenario sends a shiver up the spine. The predictions are that by 2030 if Britain chooses to join the European economic area after Brexit, Ireland will lose 15% of its exports to the UK. That number increases to 31% if it...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (25 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an extra bus will be provided at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38741/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (25 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 337. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for transport for students to and from a centre (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the funding that was available for each of the years from 2014 to 2017; the funding available for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38710/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water Staff (25 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 532. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the redeployment of staff who work in the water services section of a local authority, now that Irish Water has taken full responsibility for the provision and administration of all matters in relation to the provision of commercial and domestic water; his further plans to redeploy some staff within the public...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I have been approached by Garda officials as well to say that Commissioner Harris has introduced a ban on overtime to the end of the year. The programme for Government contained targets for resources to be put into fighting crime. Whether it is dealing with the incidence of drug-related and serious crime in urban areas, or crime in rural area where rural gangs have resurrected themselves,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pharmacy Regulations (27 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I am sharing time with Deputy Butler.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pharmacy Regulations (27 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: Pharmaceutical assistants comprise a small group of professional people who have done their jobs in a very professional manner over many years. It is difficult to understand why changes in their work conditions and responsibilities are being proposed. There has been no public outcry looking for such changes to be made. No errors have been made by those working in this profession. As I...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pharmacy Regulations (27 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. The Minister, Deputy Harris, told me yesterday that he has not received the submission. The Minister of State has outlined the difficulties that exist. Both the Irish Pharmacy Union and Fianna Fáil have made submissions to the PSI, but neither of us has received a reply. There is no explanation or rationale for the PSI's proposal to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pharmacy Regulations (27 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: The Minister of State will note our request to the bring representatives from the PSI before the committee.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (27 Sep 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 273. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of 26 April 2018, the European regulation that obliges member states to protect against double funding for delivery of the same objective; and if it is EU or national policy that deems participation in both GLAS and the NPWS farm plan scheme simultaneously as not permissible. [39359/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Communications (2 Oct 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 129. To ask the Taoiseach the reason Departments are using 1890 numbers as their contact numbers in view of the fact that this is the most expensive number to ring, particularly from a mobile telephone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39940/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Increases (2 Oct 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 174. To ask the Minister for Finance the detail of the changes in the VAT rate for cookery schools between 2016 and 2018 from 0% to 21%; the rationale for this change in view of the fact that in most cases the activity is merely an addendum to the individual restaurant and in no way the main activity of the business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39556/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (2 Oct 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the reason an application by a person (details supplied) for Garda vetting sent in June 2017 has not to date been processed will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39425/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (2 Oct 2018)

Jackie Cahill: 420. To ask the Minister for Health if the €3.5 million investment proposed by an organisation (details supplied) will be included in budget 2019 in order to enable access to core services, for example, respite, training and personal support, which will have a cost saving effect on the health service in the long run; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39872/18]