Results 3,481-3,500 of 4,485 for speaker:Aindrias Moynihan

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (18 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: 41. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied with the level of awareness and suitability of the various schemes to prepare small and medium businesses for the effect of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42549/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Access to Higher Education (18 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: 60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure access to further education to leaving certificate students who are in direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42042/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of proposed new development works at a school (details supplied). [42043/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: While I understand there is a willingness to progress the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016, its year of publication indicates that it has been around for some time at this stage. In the meantime, the general directive on data protection has been introduced and people seeking to trace parents tell me the directive is being presented as a further obstacle. They have faced enough...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cyberbullying Issues (17 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: The action plan set out a range of issues but did not address the question of a digital safety commissioner. This commissioner would be a watchdog and would work with social media platforms to ensure they lived up to their expectations under the plan. Will the Minister proceed with the appointment of a digital safety commissioner as recommended by the Oireachtas committee? Is the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cyberbullying Issues (17 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: 6. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions he has taken to protect against cyberbullying on social media platforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42193/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cyberbullying Issues (17 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: The cyberbully knows no boundaries. They can reach from the classroom to the schoolyard right up to following a person back into their bedroom. Parents are very concerned for the safety of their children but when a situation is identified and brought to the attention of gardaí, the gardaí feel they do not have the powers to pursue it and that there is no specific offence. This...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cyberbullying Issues (17 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: I acknowledge the action plan from earlier in the summer, which set out a range of actions. However, the Minister did not have to wait for it because, as far back as 2016, the Law Reform Commission had identified a gap in which gardaí felt powerless to act when an issue was brought to their attention. There were recommendations to update the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reform (17 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: 68. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to make An Garda Síochána a more culturally diverse organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42192/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (16 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: 322. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the uptake of the various schemes to allow businesses to prepare for Brexit in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42035/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Laboratory Facilities (16 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: 516. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the proposed redeployment and redevelopment of laboratories under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41749/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: On page 108 of the programme for Government, there is a range of commitments on farm incomes and supporting next-generation farmers. Not many young farmers are going into sheep farming in particular. At the recent graduation in Macroom, it was wonderful to see 18 new farmers receiving their green certificates. Only one person, who was from a very hilly area, was going into sheep farming...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sheepmeat Sector (11 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: 14. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to make sheep farming a more economically viable activity. [41447/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sheepmeat Sector (11 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: The income of sheep farmers is less than half the average industrial wage. I note the age profile of sheep farmers, one third of whom are well over 65. Typically, they are older than the average farmer. People will not be farming always and there are not new entrants to farming. They do not see it as a viable enterprise. What steps is the Minister taking to make sheep farming be seen as...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheepmeat Sector (11 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: 37. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to encourage new persons to consider sheep farming as a viable occupation. [41448/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Data Protection (10 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: 223. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the new GDPR regulations will impact on the ability of an adopted person in tracing their birth parents; the measures she is taking to reduce the impediment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41292/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (9 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: 426. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when high-speed fibre broadband will be rolled out in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41036/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (4 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: 17. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if greater resources will be provided to the Passport Office in County Cork to allow for greater speed in clearing passport applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40311/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Data (4 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: 48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the turnaround time for passport applications; the number of persons waiting to have passport applications processed through the Passport Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40310/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (2 Oct 2018)

Aindrias Moynihan: 91. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to support the Briary Gap, Macroom to be re-opened after the 2016 fire; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39838/18]