Results 2,021-2,040 of 4,350 for speaker:Bobby Aylward
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)
Bobby Aylward: Why were the accounts not presented to the Comptroller and Auditor General?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)
Bobby Aylward: Why were they not presented to the Oireachtas?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)
Bobby Aylward: Is that collectively or individually?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)
Bobby Aylward: That is a lot of money. It is €13.5 million already and there are more dividends to come. They will double their money in other years. They put in €17 million each.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)
Bobby Aylward: They are at €13.5 million already. They will more than double their money in the length of time involved.
- Other Questions: Road Projects Status (22 Nov 2017)
Bobby Aylward: 39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of general safety works and the tender documentation for the consultancy service for the proposed overbridge on the Piltown bypass on the N24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49342/17]
- Other Questions: Road Projects Status (22 Nov 2017)
Bobby Aylward: What progress has there been on the general safety works and the tender documentation for the consultancy service for the proposed overbridge on the Piltown bypass on the N24? Will the Minister make a statement on the matter?
- Other Questions: Road Projects Status (22 Nov 2017)
Bobby Aylward: I thank the Minister for his reply and I thank him most sincerely for visiting and taking a keen interest in the N24 and the problems in Piltown.
- Other Questions: Road Projects Status (22 Nov 2017)
Bobby Aylward: Ten lives have been lost there as the Minister is well aware. We need an upgrade. The two-pus-one system is not exactly perfect. We objected to it when it was proposed by the National Roads Authority, NRA. We said it was not good enough and wanted a motorway system but instead it went for the two-pus-one system. It has not worked. Two dangerous junctions are involved, where ten lives...
- Rural Crime: Motion (21 Nov 2017)
Bobby Aylward: We must ramp up our response to rural crime. The national statistics which show a reduction in burglaries and related offences do not reflect the situation on the ground in rural Ireland. People in rural Ireland are not reporting crime because they know that An Garda Síochána does not have the personnel to respond in a timely manner. I have heard that gardaí have responded...
- Topical Issue Debate: Fodder Crisis (21 Nov 2017)
Bobby Aylward: The Minister mentioned animal welfare. I am an active farmer myself. For any farmer worth his salt, animal welfare is the most important thing. It means maintaining animals and feeding them to keep the business going. That is what animal welfare is about. People, particularly those in the west, the north west and the Border, are going to run out of fodder. The Minister is correct to...
- Topical Issue Debate: Fodder Crisis (21 Nov 2017)
Bobby Aylward: Today eight Fianna Fáil Deputies are raising the issue of the ongoing fodder crisis. Many other Members have raised this matter over the past week or so. We cannot have another delayed response to the unfolding fodder crisis, as happened in 2012. There is an urgent need for swift action to be taken by the Government to assist farmers in affected areas and we have called for the...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (21 Nov 2017)
Bobby Aylward: 51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeframe for the national broadband plan and the measures contained to ensure equality in the roll-out of broadband services for rural areas, rural communities and regional towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48678/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Nov 2017)
Bobby Aylward: 318. To ask the Minister for Health the details of research undertaken to date by his Department to ensure the safety of the Gardasil vaccine; his plans to engage with the advocacy groups and families representing the 628 persons who claim to have suffered adverse health effects shortly after having received the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48734/17]
- Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Provision (16 Nov 2017)
Bobby Aylward: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important matter for discussion during Topical Issue time. Last week the Kilkenny Peoplerevealed that Kilkenny has just two emergency ambulances on duty each night for its population of 100,000 people, or one ambulance to every 50,000 people. The figures, obtained through a freedom of information request, also revealed the total number of...
- Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Provision (16 Nov 2017)
Bobby Aylward: We can use all the HSE buzzwords we like. We can say that resources are dynamically deployed or that ambulances are dispatched on a nearest available to incident basis and not a county boundary basis. When one peels back the spin, however, the ratio of ambulances to population size is concerning. The idea of roaming ambulances and resources can only work if there is a sufficient complement...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 26 - Education and Skills - Reform of Education and Training Boards/SOLAS
SOLAS 2016 Financial Statements
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 99 - Public Sector Financial Reporting for 2015 (16 Nov 2017) Bobby Aylward: This information should be to hand.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 26 - Education and Skills - Reform of Education and Training Boards/SOLAS
SOLAS 2016 Financial Statements
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 99 - Public Sector Financial Reporting for 2015 (16 Nov 2017) Bobby Aylward: Does anyone need a calculator?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 26 - Education and Skills - Reform of Education and Training Boards/SOLAS
SOLAS 2016 Financial Statements
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 99 - Public Sector Financial Reporting for 2015 (16 Nov 2017) Bobby Aylward: I thank the Chairman and have just a few quick questions. It is a big Department with a big spend. Mergers have taken place as vocational education committees, VECs, becoming ETBs. Is Mr. Ó Foghlú happy with the changeover and is it a good policy to move on to 16 ETBs instead of 33 VECs? I would just like a general overview of what Mr. Ó Foghlú thinks of the new system.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 26 - Education and Skills - Reform of Education and Training Boards/SOLAS
SOLAS 2016 Financial Statements
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 99 - Public Sector Financial Reporting for 2015 (16 Nov 2017) Bobby Aylward: What is the difference between the new system which is a better system and the old VEC system?