Results 18,021-18,040 of 21,145 for speaker:Alan Kelly

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (15 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: 694. To ask the Minister for Health the number of procedures procured by the National Treatment Purchase Fund in 2021 and to date in 2022, by the type and speciality of each procedure in tabular form. [7642/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: House prices have risen by 14.4% over the past year, the highest annual growth rate in seven years. The price of second-hand homes rose by 16.7% and the price of new homes rose by 5.1%. Young families are struggling big time. An income of €116,000 is required to be able to afford an average house in our capital city. No matter how much young people save, they cannot deliver because...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: What about the gouging that is going on?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent meeting with the British Prime Minister. [7925/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: I have a very specific and direct question. Is there any official, unofficial or secret agreement between the Irish State and the UK Government that permits the RAF to conduct any form of armed operations in Irish airspace? Will the Taoiseach confirm to the House that this agreement does, or does not, exist? Under Article 15.6 of the Constitution, the Oireachtas is the only authority that...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of his Department’s Covid-19 and health unit. [7920/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: Covid has caused a significant increase in the waiting lists and a build-up of problems which are not fully diagnosed - pardon the pun - in the health service. A new plan on hospital waiting lists is to be brought to the Government shortly. Will the Taoiseach update us on when that will happen? Is this unit that sits in the Department of the Taoiseach involved in this plan? Reports...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (16 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: 17. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality will next meet. [5964/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: NPHET is meeting today to consider what will happen with mandatory mask wearing. For many people this will be a welcome sign that we are leaving the pandemic behind us. However, many unions representing workers in transport and retail, particularly Mandate Trade Union and the National Bus and Rail Union, NBRU, have concerns. Ms Patricia King, general secretary of the Irish Congress of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: Will the Minister ensure that commercial transport operators are covered? When will the flexi-taxsaver ticket be introduced? When will the 20% fare reduction announced recently also be introduced?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: I asked the Minister a number of questions. He outlined what his view is before taking NPHET advice regarding mask wearing. I am saying out straight that many workers have a deep concern there, particularly in transport and retail. I know there are problems with introducing new technology in the public transport system. I had to clean up a mess that lasted eight and a half years, under...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: As we all say, Covid has changed everything and has been the great disrupter. Many people are moving around and changing their work patterns, through working remotely and so on. I have never seen so many people moving home to my own county. In the context of spatial planning changing, and with Covid having had such a disrupting effect, what is the Minister's personal position on the 170 km...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Legislative Measures (15 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: 944. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when section 9 of the Greyhound Racing Act 2019 will come into force. [7638/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Bodies (15 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: 990. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of whole-time equivalent posts that are currently vacant in the Charities Regulator; the estimated full-year cost of filling each of these vacancies; and when these vacancies will be filled in tabular form. [7635/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (22 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: 168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding allocated for retrofitting schemes that was unspent in 2021; if the funding was carried over for schemes in 2022; if not, if it has been used for other purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10001/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (22 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: 165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the final amount spent under the warmer homes scheme in 2021; the number of homes upgraded under the scheme; the current number with work in progress; the number in which work is expected to start in 2022; the amount provided for the scheme in 2021 and 2022, respectively; the projected total spend for 2022; the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (22 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: 166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes upgraded under the warmer homes scheme in 2021, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9999/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (22 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: 167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the final amount spent in each retrofitting scheme under his Department and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland in 2021; the amount provided for; the total spend in 2021; the number of homes that were made more energy efficient in each case where applicable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10000/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (22 Feb 2022)

Alan Kelly: 169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projected number of homes to be retrofitted in 2022 under the national retrofitting scheme, by month and scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10002/22]