Results 2,041-2,060 of 2,335 for speaker:Joe O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (10 Nov 2020)

Joe O'Brien: I met with the Chief Executive of the Charities Regulator on 8 July 2020. I have had a number of subsequent informal meetings with the Chief Executive. A date has not yet been set for the next formal meeting, which I anticipate will take place in the first half of 2021. The Oversight Agreement between the Regulator and my Department states that the Minister and the Chief Executive should...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (10 Nov 2020)

Joe O'Brien: The Charities Regulatory Authority (“the Charities Regulator”) was established on 16 October, 2014 pursuant to the Charities Act 2009. Responsibility for the oversight of the Regulator transferred to my Department on its establishment in July 2017. The general function of the Regulator is to regulate charitable organisations operating in Ireland, in order to increase public...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Services Programme (5 Nov 2020)

Joe O'Brien: My Department currently supports more than 400 community organisations under the Community Services Programme (CSP) to provide local services through a social enterprise model. CSP funding is provided as a fixed annual contribution to the cost of an agreed number of full-time equivalent (FTE) positions and a manager, where warranted. The CSP co-funding contribution towards employing each...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (5 Nov 2020)

Joe O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 26 and 345 together. Under the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) my Department provides funding to Local Development Companies as they work locally to tackle poverty and social exclusion. The SICAP funding allocation across Ireland for 2021 is likely to be the same as 2020, the revised estimates will provide final confirmation of...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Public Participation Networks (5 Nov 2020)

Joe O'Brien: My Department will continue to provide direct funding to Public Participation Networks (PPNs) in 2021. This annual funding of €2.45m supports the ongoing development of the network of all 31 PPNs nationally, as well as the work of the national PPN Advisory Group. The Department will also continue to fund and advance a number of important initiatives to promote and support PPNs’...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (5 Nov 2020)

Joe O'Brien: As the Deputy will be aware, Community Employment (CE) supervisors and assistant supervisors have been seeking for several years, through their union representatives, the allocation of Exchequer funding to implement a 2008 Labour Court recommendation relating to the provision of a pension scheme for CE supervisors who are employed by CE schemes. CE sponsoring authorities are the legal...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (5 Nov 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 321. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a mechanism to process Covid-19 tests within a matter of hours for family situations in which a relative is close to death and a swift in person visit is crucial on compassionate grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34441/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 226. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if his attention has been drawn to instances of non-essential outlets in shopping centres opening and trading under level 5 which will result in staff being unable to access the Covid-19 payment if the shop does not close; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32955/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (3 Nov 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 402. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to take measures to ensure that insurance companies offer reasonably priced insurance policies to persons whose homes have been deemed at risk of flooding or coastal erosion (details supplied). [32465/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Nov 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 404. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will be re-engaging with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to a possible further mortgage moratorium for customers. [32479/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 528. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if specific gyms or training centres have been nominated to facilitate ongoing training for professional and elite sport under the current level 5 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32622/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (3 Nov 2020)

Joe O'Brien: The Community Employment (CE) Scheme is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long-term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with work experience and training opportunities in CE projects which benefit their local communities on a temporary, fixed term basis. In general CE placements for new entrants aged between 21 and 55 years are for one year....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (3 Nov 2020)

Joe O'Brien: The Community Employment (CE) programme is a community centred labour market initiative established for the purposes of social inclusion and activation, to help long-term unemployed people and other vulnerable groups to enter the workforce by breaking their experience of unemployment. Although the Deputy has not mentioned the Interdepartmental Group (IDG) report specifically, I will respond...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (3 Nov 2020)

Joe O'Brien: The Social Inclusion Forum (SIF) was established by the Government in 2002, as part of the National Anti-Poverty Strategy institutional structures, and has continued to be part of the monitoring and evaluation structure of successive strategies, including the recently published Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025: Ambition, Goals, Commitments. The aim of the Forum is to give people who...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (3 Nov 2020)

Joe O'Brien: The Community Employment (CE) Scheme is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long-term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a temporary, fixed term basis. In general, the period of participation on CE is for one year. However, CE participants who are working towards a major...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (3 Nov 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 1518. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if greyhound racing will be permitted to continue to take place at level 5 of the national framework for living with Covid-19; the rationale for this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32779/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (3 Nov 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 1540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a record of premature deaths in the pig industry is not kept by his Department; the number of inspections that are typically made to each pig farm per annum; if these are unannounced visits; and the reason there are no figures available for the age of pigs which are exported live. [33681/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (3 Nov 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 1541. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of a typical course of antibiotics on a typical pig farm; the illnesses that these medications are designed to either treat or prevent; the comparative figure in percentage terms of antibiotic use within a free range or organic pig farm as opposed to a factory farm; the specific animal welfare interventions that are in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (3 Nov 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 1542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans he will put in place to support the development of a high-welfare, outdoor-reared pig and poultry sector as set out in the programme for Government; the timeline on such developments; the expected outcomes in terms of animal welfare; the amount in percentage terms that the pig industry contributes to greenhouse...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Feedstuffs (3 Nov 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 1543. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if plastic fragments are permitted in animal feed; the percentage of plastic that is in animal feed; his plans to introduce regulations to ensure all plastic is removed from animal feed; and his views on the health implications of ingesting plastic for both animals and humans that consume the meat from these animals. [33684/20]