Results 1,421-1,440 of 4,507 for speaker:Pat Deering

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (10 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: 447. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre in Tullow in County Carlow. [39559/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (10 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: 534. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funds drawn down, by county, for housing construction since 1 January 2015; and if he will provide a similar breakdown for the allocation for rent or lease in the same timeframe. [39280/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (10 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: 554. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider collecting commerical road tax on heavy vehicles once per year, rather than every three months or six months, to reduce administration costs and given that the liability has been reduced. [39560/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Community Involvement Scheme (10 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: 588. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the moneys drawn down for the community involvement schemes, compared to the original allocation, by county. [39279/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EID Tagging: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (10 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: I will be brief because most of the points have been covered at this stage. That is the disadvantage of being last. It appears to be a no-brainer, as was said already. The advantages far outweigh the disadvantages. Have the witnesses had any engagement with the farm organisations? Generally, there is a process to be gone through and that could be very helpful. What type of reaction has...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Funding (17 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: 122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the financial or other assistance available to a community group (details supplied) in County Carlow which provides meals for persons who are less privileged in society [40116/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Identification Schemes (17 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: 283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a mandatory programme of electronic identification of bovine animals which leads to paperless traceability in the entire food chain, and easier handling of all livestock. [40426/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (17 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: 505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding for a new school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if approval and funding will be provided in the coming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40117/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2015: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: I invite the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to make his contribution.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2015: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: On a point of clarification, a decision on the regulation must be reported back by 24 November. I do not know whether it is possible to defer the decision for a number of weeks as Deputy Ó Cuív suggested. Perhaps the Minister would address the issue when he responds.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2015: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: I remind the Deputy that this is about the horse and greyhound racing fund regulations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2015: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: We are not going to rehash-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2015: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: I have no intention of doing that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2015: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: I am reminding members of what we are here to do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2015: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: We all did that, Deputy. If Deputy Penrose fell out of bed on the wrong side it is not my fault.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2015: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: We are here to discuss a certain matter, and the same applies to all Deputies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2015: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: On harness racing, representatives of the Irish Harness Racing Association appeared before the joint committee last week and the issue forms part of our work schedule for the next few weeks. I suggest to members that we put it on the agenda for discussion next week and invite the other relevant bodies such as Horse Sport Ireland and HRI to discuss the matter further and tease it out to see...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2015: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: An order has been passed to the effect that we must report back by next Tuesday, 24 November. We are tied to that time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2015: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: We have no idea whether representatives HRI would be available to come.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2015: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

Pat Deering: The committee has had a very good record and has been very accommodating over the past five years on all these matters. Representatives of the harness racing industry came before the committee last week and we can try our best to bring representatives from Horse Sport Ireland and HRI before the committee as soon as possible as part of our work schedule to tease out this issue.