Results 221-240 of 4,504 for speaker:Joe Carey
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (29 Nov 2022)
Joe Carey: I too warmly welcome this reform. It is expansionary. The Minister is to be commended for replicating what was done with the medical card for those aged over 70. The Minister might have the figures for County Clare, which I would be interested in seeing. I have received a lot of queries about the scheme. Some people may qualify for it. Does the Department have any plans to inform the...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Code (29 Nov 2022)
Joe Carey: The Deputy will have to introduce hurling to County Monaghan first.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Code (29 Nov 2022)
Joe Carey: I will not repeat it.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Welfare Services (29 Nov 2022)
Joe Carey: Will the Deputy put a question?
- Toll Charge Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Nov 2022)
Joe Carey: Deputy, please.
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Cost of Living Issues (29 Nov 2022)
Joe Carey: 99. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the various cost-of-living lump sum payments which are being administered by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58839/22]
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Nov 2022)
Joe Carey: I wish to raise the plight of the Burren programme in County Clare. This flagship farming and conservation scheme, which takes place on one of the most sensitive landscapes in the world, has been a win-win for farmers and the environment since its introduction. While the new agri-climate rural environment scheme, ACRES, will lead to better outcomes for farmers and the environment, it will...
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Joe Carey: I welcome the Minister. I want to record my thanks to the staff and officials in the Department of Social Protection. They have gone beyond the call of duty in trying to process claims and give payments to the most vulnerable in society, not only throughout the pandemic but now in a cost-of-living crisis. I want to recognise the staff in County Clare and, indeed, throughout the country. ...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Joe Carey: I welcome the men from the men's shed and Councillor Murphy. An issue that he will be concerned about is Shannon Airport. I welcome the Minister of State's intention to review the regional airports programme. For the first time this year, Shannon received €4.3 million in April. It has made good use of that money. It invested in three new air bridges and a new security system,...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Joe Carey: Is the Minister of State in favour of increasing it to 3 million?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Joe Carey: On timelines, we are looking at the first quarter for consultation. When might there be a decision?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Joe Carey: Those were fair comments. There was a commitment to review national aviation policy. It has been put off in the past two years. Will it happen at all?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Joe Carey: When?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Joe Carey: Absolutely, but the two are intertwined.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Joe Carey: What we have is a big juggernaut in Dublin, with 33 million passengers. The rest are feeding off the crumbs. The Minister of State is saying that herself, which is welcome, but the two are interlinked and do not work in isolation. It is not down to the programme alone. The national aviation policy is the overarching policy. It is in this that the figure of 1 million passengers is...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Joe Carey: I receive considerable correspondence from people waiting for a driving test. Two cases come to mind. One lady, who works in a doctor’s surgery, has been waiting for 21 weeks. She has to get public transport from Bunratty to Ennis every day. It is scandalous. Another lady, who runs her own business, has to get a taxi to the premises every day from Clarecastle. She has been...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Joe Carey: More testers are needed. This cannot go on forever. Covid has been gone for months. We need to cut the waiting lists. I am not hearing about this. The problem is getting worse.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Joe Carey: How many new testers are there? What plans are there to employ more testers to cut the waiting list?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Joe Carey: We need to be doing an awful lot more. We are letting people down. The Minister of State is responsible for the Government agency, so we need to hear what she is doing. The situation has worsened. It is just not good enough that young people are waiting for 16 or 21 weeks for a driving test in this day and age. In her opening statement, the Minister of State referred to programme E,...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Joe Carey: Will the Minister of State ask him whether he will publish the Clinch report, and when?