Results 19,021-19,040 of 21,588 for speaker:Denis Naughten

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Labour Market (19 May 2022)

Denis Naughten: 189. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps which his Department is taking to address labour shortages within sectors of the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25658/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (19 May 2022)

Denis Naughten: 194. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline Ireland's strategic plans to develop the fintech and agritech sectors respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25556/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (19 May 2022)

Denis Naughten: 288. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of carer’s allowance reviews that have been commenced in 2022; the number completed and the number in cases in which claimants have seen their payment reduced; the planned further review of the carer’s allowance in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25457/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (19 May 2022)

Denis Naughten: 394. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25481/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (19 May 2022)

Denis Naughten: 395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that the statutory instrument facilitating the establishment of producers' groups excluded provisions for the establishment of dairy producer groups; his plans to make provision for such groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25482/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (19 May 2022)

Denis Naughten: 396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking to promote the uptake of organic production within the dairy sector; if his Department has completed an assessment of the impact this could have on dairy emissions; if a similar assessment has been performed in the beef sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25483/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (19 May 2022)

Denis Naughten: 397. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of the organic strategy meeting on the dairy sector held in 2020; the follow-up and subsequent meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25484/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Public Procurement Contracts (19 May 2022)

Denis Naughten: 398. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement that he has had with the Office of Public Procurement with regard to the supply of organic milk to public institutions such as hospitals, long-stay homes and prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25485/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (19 May 2022)

Denis Naughten: 402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to develop an agri-tech strategy as part of a farm diversification programme to reduce carbon emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25555/22]

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Public Policy Matters: Engagement with the Taoiseach (12 May 2022)

Denis Naughten: I welcome the Taoiseach. As he knows, the Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands produced a report earlier this year on the Pensions Commission recommendations. One of the key issues for the committee in overcoming our pensions challenge over the next 50 years is the introduction of legislation banning mandatory retirement in employment...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 May 2022)

Denis Naughten: Last month was the 20th anniversary of a meeting that the Taoiseach and I attended with Margaret Best and officials from the Department of Health about the State's introduction of a no-fault vaccine compensation scheme. Over the past two decades, while governments have been committed to the introduction of such a scheme in the interests of public health and the individuals concerned, we have...

Strike Action by the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2022)

Denis Naughten: As Deputies, we are frequently contacted by patients or their families about the latest medicine for a specific illness that can transform the life of a patient. They are looking for approval under the drug reimbursement scheme. This is all part of the rapidly expanding area of healthcare known as personalised medicine. This means that medical care is based on the patients' own genes and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Policy (24 May 2022)

Denis Naughten: 732. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans he has to facilitate farmers trading carbon credits; if he intends to establish a verifiable framework to record and manage net carbon sequestration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26352/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (24 May 2022)

Denis Naughten: 733. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking to address the incompatibility of CAP agri-environmental schemes with farmers planting forestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26353/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Household Incomes (24 May 2022)

Denis Naughten: 734. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that are being taken to ensure that Irish beef farmers receive a price commensurate with that paid to their European Union counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26355/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Policies (26 May 2022)

Denis Naughten: 118. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to facilitate farmers trading carbon credits; if he intends to establish a verifiable framework to record and manage net carbon sequestration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27161/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Policies (26 May 2022)

Denis Naughten: The agriculture sector is facing an emissions reduction target of 30% by 2030 due to the failure by the Government to progress any actions over the past two years to reduce emissions. While plenty of stick is being doled out to farmers to meet these targets, there is not too much carrot. What is being planned to encourage farmers to sequester carbon and get rewarded for it?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Policies (26 May 2022)

Denis Naughten: I am afraid not too much excitement was relayed in that response. As the Minister of State knows, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has pointed out that mitigating greenhouse gases alone will not get us to net zero. We need to increase our carbon stocks, and measuring what we have in our soils, hedges and trees is key to that, in addition to improving our soil health and, in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Policies (26 May 2022)

Denis Naughten: We will not get a baseline with 20 sites. To get the ball rolling, we need to support a comprehensive carbon soil analysis programme throughout this country. We need to roll out the airborne light detection and radar surveys on our land. Instead of expanding the airborne surveys, the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications has suspended its existing programme, but should...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 May 2022)

Denis Naughten: 49. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the establishment of post-acute and long-Covid clinics within each hospital group; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25568/22]