Results 13,701-13,720 of 18,593 for speaker:Michael Creed
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: As the Deputy will be aware the Oireachtas committee considered the Bill and came to the conclusion that it did not believe it was appropriate for that Bill to proceed.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: The House subsequently overturned that decision - I am aware of that - but the Bill has not progressed since. The Government has taken a twin-track approach to this, as the Deputy will be aware. Products with tetrahydrocannabinol are subject to licence where the applicant has a medical consultant who is leading the request. To the best of my knowledge none of those applications has been...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: I appreciate the Deputy's concerns in this area. I acknowledge that the community in Roscommon has previously extended a céad míle fáilte to people in direct provision centres. That has to be acknowledged. I am not aware of the specific case raised by Deputy Murphy but I will arrange to bring it to the attention of the relevant Minister and ask him to communicate directly...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: I wish to draw the attention of the Deputy to the fact that in the context of post office closures the record of Deputy MacSharry's party is far more-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: I represent a rural constituency. There are post offices closures within that constituency.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: It is a negotiated agreement between the postmasters-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: Exactly.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: The negotiated agreements are being honoured by An Post. The critical issue in securing the continued survival of post offices is their level of usage because that is what determines the remuneration available to postmasters.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: Where communities are not supporting post offices - I acknowledge that there are many alternative ways by which pension payments can be made directly-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: -----they are, in many respects, reflecting the changing times in which we live.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: I will bring the Deputy's specific question to the attention of the Minister.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: It remains the Government's commitment to roll out the national broadband plan at the earliest possible date. The terms of reference of the review to be carried out by Mr. Smith have been finalised. I am not sure if it is time bound by the Department, the Government or the Minister involved, but we will let Mr. Smith have access to whatever information he requires. The tender was submitted...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: -----at the earliest possible date.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: The Deputy is straying far from County Kerry.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: I am not sure whether the Deputy asked a question on promised legislation or the programme for Government-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: -----but I do not accept his premise that rural Ireland is in some way deliberately being disadvantaged by the Department - far from it. As he is aware, the thrust of Government policy in Project Ireland 2040 and investment will be to skew investment in favour of the regions. It follows on the policy we pursued in the context of the Action Plan for Jobs which saw employment growing in all...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: If the treatment plant had not been built, the Deputy would be on his feet to demand that it be built.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: When we celebrate the fact that a Kerry Minister of State has delivered, the Deputy should have the good grace to acknowledge his contribution.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: I appreciate the difficulties a TB outbreak can bring in terms of farm income. The current scheme has been designed to recognise such challenges and reflects how the Department might respond in the most appropriate way. I do not have any plan on my desk to immediately review the structure of the scheme, but I will take on board the Deputy's observations. I engage regularly with the farm...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)
Michael Creed: I do not have the detail on all of that. I know that my colleague the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy D'Arcy, has been chairing a working group looking at all of those issues. I am aware that the Personal Injuries Assessment Board recently published that figure, which shows that the level of compensation is significantly out of line with international comparators. In...