Results 2,061-2,080 of 2,335 for speaker:Joe O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Protected Disclosures (3 Nov 2020)

Joe O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1576 to 1579, inclusive, together. In January 2020 the Local Government Audit Service (LGAS) carried out an audit of Waterford Area Partnership (WAP) in relation to SICAP, covering the 2018 financial year. Findings highlighted weaknesses in the current control environment. The financial management and governance of the company were identified as requiring...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Nov 2020)

Joe O'Brien: My Department is aware of the challenges facing community and voluntary organisations and is committed to working closely with the sector in managing through these, recognising that it will require a whole of Government approach. The Community and Voluntary Sector Covid-19 Stability Fund was intended to be a targeted once-off cash injection for organisations and groups currently delivering...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Initiatives (3 Nov 2020)

Joe O'Brien: Community organisations such as the one referenced by the Deputy are funded from a range of different sources across different Government Departments and agencies. My Department introduced a package of supports for Community and Voluntary Organisations, Charities and Social Enterprises in the context of COVID-19, which included a Stability Fundof up to €35m. While this has now closed...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Nov 2020)

Joe O'Brien: The Government is aware of the challenges facing community and voluntary organisations and is committed to working closely with the sector in managing through these, recognising that it will require a whole of Government approach. The Community and Voluntary Sector Covid-19 Stability Fund was intended to be a targeted once-off cash injection for organisations and groups currently delivering...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes (3 Nov 2020)

Joe O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1583, 1584 and 1587 together. LEADER forms part of Ireland’s national Rural Development Programme and is co-funded by the European Commission under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The current 2014-2020 LEADER programming period concludes in December 2020. Proposals for new regulations for the CAP 2021-2027 were launched in June 2018 by the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Oct 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance if travel agents will be eligible to apply to the recently announced CRSS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32182/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Oct 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance if businesses in the events, exhibition and conference industries will be eligible to apply for the recently announced CRSS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32183/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (22 Oct 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the unfolding humanitarian crisis in northern Sudan which is a consequence of recent flooding; if the State has plans to render humanitarian relief via Irish Aid to the effected flood victims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32181/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (22 Oct 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of efforts to secure a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32241/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (21 Oct 2020)

Joe O'Brien: CE is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long-term unemployed people and others with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a temporary, fixed term basis. The programme is delivered through independent CE sponsoring authorities that receive state funding from the Department to cover the cost of CE employee remuneration. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (21 Oct 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...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (20 Oct 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 Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (20 Oct 2020)

Joe O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 408 to 413, inclusive, together. My Department provides a range of income supports and activation measures for people who become long-term unemployed, and those most distant from the labour market. These supports include Tús and community employment (CE), both of which are positive initiatives that enable participants to make a valuable contribution...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (20 Oct 2020)

Joe O'Brien: Community Employment (CE) is a positive initiative that enables the long-term unemployed to make a contribution to their communities whilst up-skilling themselves for employment opportunities that will become available.  The CE programme can play an important role in breaking the cycle of long-term unemployment for some people and improve their chances of employment....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (20 Oct 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 781. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of sows in the intensive pig sector here that die prematurely or have to be put down prematurely due to sickness or other causes. [31032/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (20 Oct 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 782. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason sows are prematurely euthanised; and the percentage for each reason stated. [31033/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (20 Oct 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 783. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason sows die prematurely; if statistical data is recorded and kept by his Department on these premature deaths; and the measures being put in place to prevent premature death in sows in the intensive system. [31034/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (20 Oct 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 784. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department plans to take during the lifetime of this Government to reduce the emissions from the intensive pig industry; and if he will provide financial and other supports to assist and enable existing piggeries to convert to an extensive system of pig production in view of the overall policy to reduce CO2...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Communities Facilities Scheme (20 Oct 2020)

Joe O'Brien: My Department is aware of the challenges facing community and voluntary organisations and is committed to working closely with the sector in managing through these, recognising that it will require a whole of Government approach. The Community and Voluntary Sector Covid-19 Stability Fundwas intended to be a targeted once-off cash injection for organisations and groups currently delivering...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Services Programme (20 Oct 2020)

Joe O'Brien: The Community Services Programme, or CSP, supports community organisations to provide local services through a social enterprise model. That said, following an independent review of the CSP, which was undertaken by Indecon International Economic Consultants, the Department and Pobal have commenced work on the restructuring of the programme. Pending the transition to the new restructured...