Results 141-160 of 1,798 for speaker:Joe Flaherty

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition Fund (28 Jan 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 22. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of approved just transition projects given recent confirmation that the stipulations for drawing down funding requires the project promoters to provide an unrealistic 50% in match funding for projected project costs. [4839/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition Fund (28 Jan 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 23. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will engage with the ESB and request that the €6 million earmarked from the company for the just transition funding will be ring-fenced and allocated directly to the 30 plus projects struggling to meet the matching 50% funding requirements under the draw-down criteria for just transition approved projects....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jan 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 279. To ask the Minister for Health if all CHO8 staff involved in Covid-19 testing and swabbing and specifically at the Mullingar and Longford test centres have received the Covid-19 vaccination; and if not, when vaccination is planned for same. [4848/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (28 Jan 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 280. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that his Department monitors and tracks the development of the new drug omaveloxolone which presents the first real breakthrough treatment for Friedreich’s ataxia patients (details supplied). [4849/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Colleges (28 Jan 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 342. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will insist on the suspension of the student placement component as part of the certificate in agriculture QQI level 5 and QQI level 6 courses in view of the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied). [4874/21]

Covid-19 (Mental Health): Statements (4 Feb 2021)

Joe Flaherty: Covid has visited significant pressures on mental health services. For all of us, isolation and restrictions have been a considerable challenge, but for those battling their way through life, it has been nothing short of a nightmare. In August, I first spoke in the House about the following young constituent. His family desperately wanted to get him out of seclusion, but at the time, St....

Covid-19 (Childcare): Statements (4 Feb 2021)

Joe Flaherty: A review is under way into the access and inclusion model, AIM, but we are unlikely to see an outcome from it for another two years. In the interest of vulnerable special educational needs, SEN, children in particular, it has to be fast-tracked. I am aware of an early age manager from County Longford who has been in touch with the Minister and the Department. She is desperately seeking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (9 Feb 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I am fine. I will let the others in.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (10 Feb 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 805. To ask the Minister for Health if first class pupils in County Longford who did not receive an appointment with the school dentist in 2020 due to Covid-19 will be facilitated in 2021 alongside 2020-21 first class pupils (details supplied). [6791/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Feb 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 857. To ask the Minister for Health if there are provisions to facilitate parents who have to accompany a child on a flight to the UK in the context of Covid-19 restrictions and polymerase chain reaction, PCR, test requirements (details supplied). [6987/21]

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (11 Feb 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I am increasingly concerned about the plight of family carers. I was contacted recently by one such carer who was especially keen that I would outline her case to the Minister to give some context to the challenges she faces. In essence, this Drumlish mother is the carer to three people. She cares for her elderly mother who lives a short distance away but is isolating and is totally...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Paediatric Services (11 Feb 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I am extremely worried about developments at the paediatric diabetes clinic at Mullingar hospital, where services and appointments have ceased as a result of a farcical recruitment issue. There are 130 children attending this service, with 41 on insulin pumps. Based on those numbers and international standards, there should be two clinical nurse specialists, CNS, attached to this service....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Paediatric Services (11 Feb 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I welcome the response, but I take issue with parts of it, specifically that the current service consists of a clinical nurse specialist. That is not true. I appreciate that a position has been offered but the reality is the person cannot take up that position until 2022. In effect, there is no clinical nurse specialist attached to this service. I refer to Professor O'Grady's...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (11 Feb 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 12. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if local stakeholders and local authorities will be given an opportunity to apply for possible sites for the proposed €10 million peatlands knowledge centre of excellence and visitor centre for the midlands region (details supplied). [7692/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (11 Feb 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine supports for the coach and transport sector (details supplied). [7690/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (11 Feb 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 212. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to invite service providers to provide their feedback and observations as part of the current review and evaluation of the AIM. [7685/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (11 Feb 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 213. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the review and evaluation of the AIM will reconsider the qualification levels of AIM workers and SNAs for early years education (details supplied); and if the SNA course will qualify them for these positions, making it easier for early years providers to recruit and retain staff. [7686/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (11 Feb 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 214. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the review and evaluation of the AIM will explore an apprenticeship-style model of recruitment in the early years sector (details supplied). [7687/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Feb 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 273. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to long-term dialysis patients in terms of their ranking in the groups for Covid-19 vaccination (details supplied); and if the group will be prioritised in the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out. [7603/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Chairman and the speakers for all of the information that they provided to us before the meeting. I commend the Chairman, who has led from the front on this issue and I hope that our witnesses will find a great deal of support as a sector from this committee. We are steadfast in our determination to find a pathway and future for this sector. In many respects the sector has been...