Results 17,841-17,860 of 18,593 for speaker:Michael Creed

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (1 Dec 2021)

Michael Creed: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding streams available for the running of primary schools; the dates in which these funds are forwarded to individual schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59326/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (1 Dec 2021)

Michael Creed: 124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the entitlements available for a person who has class S self-employment contributions who is medically certified as currently unavailable for work due to a work related injury; the entitlements under the social welfare code for this person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59293/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Dec 2021)

Michael Creed: 189. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 24 November 2021, if he has raised with HIQA the issue of the challenge facing health service providers including in particular disability services in reopening facilities given the difficulty in complying with HIQA standards particularly around staffing levels; his views on whether there are grounds for...

Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (2 Dec 2021)

Michael Creed: I welcome the opportunity to contribute briefly on this legislation. I am starting from the position that I believe that everyone in the House, including the members of the Government, all of the outside bodies, such as NPHET and the National Immunisation Advisory Committee, NIAC, and departmental officials are endeavouring to do their best, but that does not mean that we are infallible....

Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (2 Dec 2021)

Michael Creed: I will conclude on this point. Would the Minister consider waiving HIQA standards? We have done so on previous occasions. Macroom district hospital is being rebuilt to new standards at the moment, but we did get a dispensation.

Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (2 Dec 2021)

Michael Creed: I am not talking about a diminution of standards but a temporary waiving of standards, by agreement with all stakeholders, so that some services could be restored, which is better than no service at all.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (7 Dec 2021)

Michael Creed: 224. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if applications under the sports capital grant scheme will be announced before the end of 2021; the amount available for distribution as allocated in the estimates for 2021; if the decision has been taken to defer the allocations to 2022; if this will enable additional funding being available to the current tranche of applicants...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (7 Dec 2021)

Michael Creed: 360. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will expedite a response to correspondence (details supplied) with regard to the issue of a PPSN reference number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59884/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (7 Dec 2021)

Michael Creed: 662. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will consider paying the balance outstanding on a farm partnership application in the case of persons (details provided) in circumstances in which the elder partner in the partnership died; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60107/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report of the Commission on Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Michael Creed: I asked one other question on the actuarial cost of reducing the pension age from 66 to 65 rather than increasing it. I do not know if the witnesses have the answer to that question. Second, I want to make an observation. I am around long enough to remember the reduction in the pension age from 70 to 66, which happened in the 1970s and was a staggered reduction every year over four years....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (8 Dec 2021)

Michael Creed: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will take steps in respect of a certificate of exemption from studying Irish for a student (details supplied). [60681/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report of the Commission on Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Michael Creed: Good morning to Ms Feehily and other members of the commission. I will be brief. I have an observation and one or two comments to make. I thank the commission for this extraordinary body of work. I am of the Deputy Ó Cuív school, in that I am familiar with the headline details but not the minutiae of the report. The background is the decision to raise the pension age to 67 in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 Dec 2021)

Michael Creed: 243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of pre-planning consultation that was carried out by her Department in respect of a planning application (details supplied); if this pre-planning consultation was conducted by permanent staff of the building unit in her Department or by agents acting on her behalf; if following this pre-planning consultation her Department was...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (14 Dec 2021)

Michael Creed: 455. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when it is expected that a decision will issue on a review in relation to a working family payment for a person (details supplied). [61851/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (14 Dec 2021)

Michael Creed: 810. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way the reformed Common Agricultural Policy and in particular the draft CAP strategic plan will focus on the necessity for rewarding greenhouse gas efficiency and reductions on individual farms; the way such gains will be protected within the overall agricultural emissions targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (19 Jan 2022)

Michael Creed: 437. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding now available in 2022 for allocation to applications currently in hand by her Department under the sports capital scheme; when she expects to allocate funds to these applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2002/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (19 Jan 2022)

Michael Creed: 426. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the proposed artist basic income guarantee scheme; the persons or bodies that are eligible for this scheme; if applications are currently being accepted; if all eligible applicants will be approved, the level of financial support on offer to approved applicants; the means test that will apply for the scheme; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Jan 2022)

Michael Creed: 242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in conjunction with Cork City Council regarding the provision of a site for a school at a location (details supplied) in County Cork; the interim arrangements being considered for additional enrolment in September 2022 and in particular the arrangements for ASD provision on that date; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (19 Jan 2022)

Michael Creed: 783. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the option of predicted grades will be available this academic year in view of the level of disruption to classroom preparations by the cohort of students intending on sitting their leaving certificate examinations in June 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1274/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Jan 2022)

Michael Creed: 827. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the next and subsequent steps involved in taking the proposed new school at a location (details supplied) to construction stage; the timelines envisaged for this project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2036/22]