Results 21,901-21,920 of 26,248 for speaker:Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 663. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce legislation or regulations to place a mandatory or statutory obligation on pedestrians walking on unlit roads at night to wear high-visibility clothing, if such an obligation would enhance road safety for pedestrians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45398/15]

Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I wish to raise the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill again. This Bill was introduced in the Seanad and Committee Stage in the Dáil was completed in March 2013. The Bill has profound implications for people who have had convictions imposed on them and who now want to move on with their lives. They are being impeded from doing that due to the lack of legal provision to deal...

Other Questions: Cultural Policy (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Minister will be publishing a strategy but many of us did not have the opportunity to engage in the consultations to the extent we might have and I have not seen the written submissions to the Department. Will the Minister give Members a commitment that she will publish the submissions, or at least a synopsis of them, in order that we can get an idea of the issues that arose at the...

Other Questions: Cultural Policy (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 46. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when Culture 2025 will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43497/15]

Other Questions: Cultural Policy (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Minister has committed herself to the production of a national cultural policy and promised that it will be published in early 2016. I do not doubt that this is a very worthwhile exercise. I understand that the process of consultation throughout the country concluded on 31 October or thereabouts. Can the Minister guarantee that this report will be published very quickly?

Other Questions: Cultural Policy (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Is this document going to be published before the general election, while the Minister is still in her current position? I assume she values the initiative she has been involved in. Are any big creative ideas emerging from the worthwhile consultation that has happened and the written submissions that have been received? For example, will they address key areas? The Minister spoke about the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Arts Plan (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Minister for her reply. Two issues arise in particular. The first is the issue of copyright, which has an impact on people in all disciplines, and the second is the issue of collective pay negotiations. Currently, competition law prevents actors who do voice-overs, for example, for advertisements, musicians or freelance journalists from negotiating pay collectively. I...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Arts Plan (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 41. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she is taking to improve the working environment for artists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43877/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Arts Plan (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: In asking the Minister what measures she is taking to improve the working environment for artists, I am, if one likes, going to the very essence of the existence of her Department and her role as Minister. Recognising that with the indications of economic recovery spreading across the country, albeit slowly to some regions, I ask what is being done to make life better for professional...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Arts Plan (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Minister for her response. I recently met ARRO, the Association of Artists Representative Organisations, which represents organisations such as Irish Equity, the Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild, Visual Artists Ireland, the Musicians' Union of Ireland, the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland and the Association of Irish Composers, all of which represent working artists....

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 58. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action she will take to address concerns regarding the survival of the Golden Eagles in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43496/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: State Papers Issues (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 62. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her timeframe for introducing a 20-year rule for the release of State papers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43499/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Projects (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 64. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the recently announced proposals to safeguard Ireland’s historic houses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43498/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 75. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the measures she is taking to improve the working environment for artists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43500/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of the case of a person (details supplied) regarding a social protection payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44157/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the process for grant-aid for tillage facilities to be included in the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme II; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43850/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what tillage facilities under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme II will be eligible for arable under this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43851/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when arable farmers will be able to apply for grant aid for tillage facilities under targeted agricultural modernisation scheme II, the moneys that have been allocated to this scheme, when grant aid will be paid out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43852/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (3 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 23. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to improve and develop services at Naas General Hospital in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43007/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (3 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 69. To ask the Minister for Health if the next Health Service Executive service plan will provide for a dementia case worker in the Kildare local health office; the number of dementia-related intensive home care packages being provided in County Kildare in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43006/15]