Results 17,281-17,300 of 21,588 for speaker:Denis Naughten

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Telecommunications Services (17 Dec 2020)

Denis Naughten: 75. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the date of the last meeting of the mobile phone and broadband taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42232/20]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Data Centres (17 Dec 2020)

Denis Naughten: 141. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to implement the Government statement on the Role of Data Centres in Ireland’s Enterprise Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42229/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (17 Dec 2020)

Denis Naughten: 583. To ask the Minister for Health the resources to be made available for the development of the ambulatory care hubs; the location of the first phase of hubs; the reason level 2 hospital sites were not considered for such hubs in view of the fact that many are already dealing with large numbers of older persons and those with chronic illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (17 Dec 2020)

Denis Naughten: 584. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Roscommon town was not considered as a location for one of the 18 new ambulatory care teams in view of the current expertise in chronic and geriatric care at Roscommon University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44383/20]

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: Last June I wrote to the Minister's predecessor pointing out that Portiuncula University Hospital, Ballinasloe was in a desperate situation because it has lost 10% of its acute hospital capacity due to Covid-19 configuration. The hospital was very proactive. It put forward two very specific proposals. The first was to develop two separate modular buildings, one for an accident and...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister. I turn to the vaccination issue. First, as he knows the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is likely to be approved at the end of this month but we need to see that particular vaccine distributed in advance of the EU approval to GP surgeries so that the administration of the vaccine can take place the following day. Can the Minister assure me that that will happen? Second,...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: The fact is that we are using sheets of paper to record vital data that are needed to track adverse reactions. I took this issue up with a predecessor of the Minister, the current Taoiseach, 18 years ago and the Minister is telling me that we still do not have an IT system in place. When will we no longer be using pen and paper to record the numbers of patients being vaccinated? As the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: IDA Ireland (13 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: 17. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to his meeting with the west regional enterprise plan steering committee of 11 December 2020, the plans of IDA Ireland to acquire the 50 acres of industrial lands in Ballinasloe, County Galway from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44689/20]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: IDA Ireland (13 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: 18. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to his meeting with the west regional enterprise plan steering committee of 11 December 2020, the plans of IDA Ireland to construct an advance factory on the under-utilised industrial lands in Ballinasloe, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44690/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (13 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: 95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has commissioned a study on the effect of the current carbon taxes in reducing the use of fossil fuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38839/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (13 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: 96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding provided by the gum industry on an annual basis to assist with the cost of its removal; the corresponding figure for the tobacco industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1605/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (13 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: 257. To ask the Minister for Finance if the provisions in the Finance Act 2020 with regard to primary medical certificates are now being implemented; if medical assessments are being performed by the HSE; the steps he is taking to deal with the backlog of applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1804/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (13 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: 252. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 24 November 2020, the reason a review was requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1655/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (13 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: 253. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of reviews of primary medical certificates requested by the Revenue Commissioners in 2018, 2019 and 2020; the number of reviews which resulted in the removal of primary medical certificates in each year; the reason such reviews are requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1656/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Efficiency (13 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: 354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses retrofitted under the midlands energy efficiency retrofitting programme in 2020; the location of each in each county; the number to be retrofitted in each location in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1218/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (13 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: 389. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress to date on the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, UNCCD, great green wall project and Ireland's engagement with UNCCD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1406/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Security Council (13 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: 390. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will include the outlawing of the practice of breast ironing during Ireland's term on the UN security Council in view of the fact that this practice has been identified by the United Nations as one of five intersecting and vicious forms of discrimination and forgotten crimes against women; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Climate Change Negotiations (13 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: 391. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consideration has been given at EU Council of Foreign Ministers level to pursue an agenda of climate principles that deter carbon offshoring and thereby reduce global emissions to underpin trade and international relations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1408/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (13 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: 392. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position with regard to passport applications; if the passport office is accepting applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1409/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (13 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: 393. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made to date on resolving the issue of undocumented Irish in the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1410/21]