Results 161-180 of 1,995 for speaker:Joe Flaherty

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

Joe Flaherty: I am delighted to see Mr. Lucas before the committee. He has given us a very good overview. I am delighted to see momentum building behind the working group and to see the chair being appointed. We heard specific requests from the producers and operators in this sector when they came to us. Hopefully some of those will be achieved through the working group. The most immediate request is...

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (17 Feb 2021)

Joe Flaherty: The Minister will be aware of Longford IFA's innovative roadside billboard campaign at the moment to promote farm families and to highlight the value of local food production. The Minister will have seen the billboards as he went through Longford on his way home to Donegal. The campaign is promoted by the local IFA chairman, Gavin White. The posters emphasise the diversity of the sector in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (17 Feb 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it will be ensured that the 2020 funding process is factored into an increased allocation in 2021 for the disabled person grant funding scheme for the local authorities (details supplied). [8274/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme (17 Feb 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the €15,000 reckonable income condition for the tenant purchase scheme (details supplied); and if not, if he will consider removing the reckonable income condition for a one-year period in the counties in which there was a significant concentration of ESB or Bord na Móna employees in order to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Staff (17 Feb 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 603. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will request the appointment of a court messenger to the Sheriff’s Court attached to Longford Courthouse (details supplied). [8277/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (17 Feb 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 638. To ask the Minister for Health when the vacant role of diabetic nurse at Mullingar hospital will be filled (details supplied). [7876/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ophthalmology Services (17 Feb 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 747. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider putting in place a refund scheme for parents who have no option but to source eye testing for their children privately (details supplied). [8265/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Feb 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 811. To ask the Minister for Health when carers will receive the Covid-19 vaccine (details supplied). [8465/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Feb 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 812. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a provision for general practitioners to prioritise Covid-19 vaccination for patients who are high risk but not over 85 years of age (details supplied). [8466/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Feb 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 953. To ask the Minister for Health the position of counsellors and psychotherapists in Covid-19 vaccine roll-out plans (details supplied). [8883/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (17 Feb 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 990. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the trade assurance scheme for combinable crops scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8743/21]

Covid-19 (Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (18 Feb 2021)

Joe Flaherty: It is critically important that we highlight the challenges being faced by many of our small and medium-sized businesses as a consequence of Brexit. We have a raft of companies which are directly affected by certificate of origin issues and are dependent on products and materials that are being trafficked through the UK. I have one case of a construction firm in Longford of which I have...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Feb 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost and the number of recipients who would be included, if those in year two of the back to work payment and due to finish the scheme from March to May 2021, received an additional year on the scheme as a one-off support, given level 5 restrictions and the impact of same on many recipients of...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2021)

Joe Flaherty: In recent days, I have been dealing with numerous calls from elderly people in County Longford. They are frustrated and anxious and they are questioning and wondering about the validity of the vaccine roll-out. To put it in context, there are 2,000 people over the age of 85 in County Longford and a further 8,000 over the age of 65. All present accept that those age groups are the priority...

Reopening Schools and Leaving Certificate Examinations: Statements (3 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I welcome the Minister's increased supports for urban primary DEIS programme schools that are catering for our young people experiencing the highest level of educational disadvantage. The additional supports will assist four primary schools in Longford town, including St. Michael's National School, St. Joseph's National School, the Gaelscoil, Scoil Eimear, and Sacred Heart Primary School in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (3 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider replacing a previous condition in the planning regulations which was removed to allow homeowners to rebuild fire-damaged homes to the same specification without recourse to planning permission (details supplied). [11452/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 778. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to resume the school immunisation programme in particular the HPV vaccine which is best administered to persons before they are 15 years of age. [11245/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 781. To ask the Minister for Health if provision will be made to allow children and others who missed the HPV vaccination to opt-in for vaccination when the scheme returns to schools given that large numbers of young children have missed out on the HPV vaccination over the past year. [11248/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 779. To ask the Minister for Health if the school vaccination teams now administering vaccines in nursing homes will cause a delay in the resuming of the school vaccinations once schools reopen. [11246/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 780. To ask the Minister for Health if those students who have not yet received their second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine due to school closures in March 2020 and were unable to attend the summer catch-up clinics will be prioritised when vaccinations resume. [11247/21]