Results 301-320 of 2,066 for speaker:Joe Flaherty

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (21 May 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update regarding a delay in issuing a business passport (details supplied). [22969/24]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Guardians Ad Litem (16 May 2024)

Joe Flaherty: The response from the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, is somewhat alarming. His written response reads: The existing legislative provisions do not set out the criteria for appointing GALs or legal representation to a GAL. Tusla is obliged to pay GALs and their legal fees but have little oversight of how these roles are fulfilled. Currently all GALs operating in the courts are self-employed...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Guardians Ad Litem (16 May 2024)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Minister of State for taking this matter. A well-intentioned local solicitor opted to raise concerns with me regarding the appointment or assignment of guardians ad litem. Guardians ad litem are typically, but not necessarily, legal people, such as barristers or solicitors, and are appointed by judges to represent the interests of children in care. Their key functions are to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (16 May 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the N4 upgrade from Mullingar to Rooskey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21996/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (16 May 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the draft strategic plan submitted to his office in November 2023 by Rásaíocht Con Éireann (details supplied); when he expects this plan to be published; his views on whether it is reasonable to publicly fund a body that has failed to produce a strategic plan since its last one expired a year...

Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (15 May 2024)

Joe Flaherty: I will not be supporting amendments No. 6 and 7 but they give me a segue to raise a concern I have. I hope the Minister will be able to allay it in his closing remarks. The Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill is hugely important. The Minister has championed it and I commend him on it. It will allow us to protect pensions and the health service in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (Resumed) (15 May 2024)

Joe Flaherty: I will be brief. I will not speak about the issue of plastic. Another issue is emerging at the moment in regard to the Connemara Pony Breeders Society. On social media there is speculation that its annual showcase event in August will not go ahead because issues are emerging. Could we schedule something for next week? It seems urgent. The society said it will have an update next...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recycling Farm Plastics: Discussion (Resumed) (15 May 2024)

Joe Flaherty: The Department is reviewing it.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Guardians Ad Litem (14 May 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 500. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of guardian ad litem appointments, by county, in 2023 and 2022, respectively; and the cost of same, in tabular form. [21424/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Guardians Ad Litem (14 May 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 501. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of barristers assigned to guardian ad litem appointments, by county in 2023 and 2022, respectively; and the cost of same, in tabular form. [21425/24]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Community Employment Schemes (9 May 2024)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome the official response but he really cut to the chase in his closing comments. I have no issue with the welfare partners portal. Indeed, community employment scheme supervisors recognise it as a top-class piece of kit. The reality, however, is that a serious situation is evolving. There is an eminently sensible situation to the problem, which is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Community Employment Schemes (9 May 2024)

Joe Flaherty: I appreciate the Minister of State, Deputy Smyth, standing in for the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Humphreys, who is unavoidably absent this evening but I ask that the senior Minister would respond to me directly in the fullness of time on the important points I will raise. She, like the Minister of State, is passionate about rural Ireland and appreciates more than most the huge...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (9 May 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a report on his recent visit to Jordan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20766/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (9 May 2024)

Joe Flaherty: I commend the Tánaiste on his recent and very successful trips to both Egypt and Jordan. He has personally taken a firm lead in shining a global light on the continuing horrors in the Middle East. News reports this morning regarding a formal recognition by a number of EU states on 19 May of Palestine as a state are a direct result of the Tánaiste's cast-iron efforts in this...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (9 May 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 88. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a report on his recent visit to Egypt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20767/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (9 May 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) was unsuccessful with their application for assistive learning technology; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21091/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (9 May 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 321. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she intends to announce funding for local organisations under the community services programme Pobal fund. [21062/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Complaints Procedures (1 May 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 257. To ask the Minister for Health the reason or reasons for the unacceptable failure in care of a person (details supplied) at Beaumont Hospital which led to the misreading and misreporting of a smear test in January 2007.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19627/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Apr 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the development of a dedicated special education school for County Leitrim (details supplied). [19128/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Apr 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a change in the application of the capitation grant for special schools (details supplied). [19129/24]