Results 3,861-3,880 of 6,728 for speaker:John Curran

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (27 Sep 2016)

John Curran: I thank the Deputy. I thank Ms. Fahey and Ms Feely for their presentations. I will not repeat all the points that were made, but I will refer to one or two general issues. Ms Feely said that "research we are currently carrying out indicates tens of thousands of pensioners had their pensions drastically reduced following changes to the eligibility criteria for the contributory pension in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (27 Sep 2016)

John Curran: I thank Ms Feely for her response. From the committee's point of view, we welcome that Age Action has carried out that research and, when it is concluded, that it would be forwarded to the committee. While Ms Feely was waiting for us to call her in here this morning, we as a committee were setting out our work programme, and pensions and the pensions gap that flows from it is one of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (27 Sep 2016)

John Curran: I thank our guests for their comprehensive replies to the significant issues raised. Members of the committee should note that many of the issues raised today relate to our work programme. I thank Ms Feely of Age Action Ireland and Ms Fahey of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul for attending, for their presentations and for their informative replies. The research they submit will become...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (27 Sep 2016)

John Curran: 913. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a timeline for the next sports capital grant allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27234/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (16 Sep 2016)

John Curran: 167. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who are currently accommodated in direct provision, and those who have been for more than one, two, three and five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25943/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: DNA Database (16 Sep 2016)

John Curran: 168. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of samples from persons that are on the national DNA database to date since its establishment; the number of convictions secured based on the use of evidence from the database; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25945/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (16 Sep 2016)

John Curran: 169. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will publish the gambling control Bill; if this Bill will have provision to deal with the issue of excessive advertising and promotion by online betting and bookmakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25947/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance Regulation (16 Sep 2016)

John Curran: 313. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out a clear and definite time line for the working group on motor insurance (details supplied) to complete its work and present its findings; if he will provide a full list of the meetings that have taken place to date with the various stakeholders; the progress being made by the groups; if the working group proposes taking public...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (16 Sep 2016)

John Curran: 637. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the action he will take to ensure that Travellers are not evicted from Traveller specific sites until alternative accommodation is provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25950/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Offices (16 Sep 2016)

John Curran: 790. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will re-examine a decision made by his Department not to open and establish a social protection office in Lucan, County Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25952/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Provision (16 Sep 2016)

John Curran: 1031. To ask the Minister for Health to provide transport for a person (details supplied) to attend work in a placement in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24451/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (16 Sep 2016)

John Curran: 1396. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to identify alternative sites for the provision of a primary care centre either by direct provision or by public private partnership since the decision by An Bord Pleanála in April 2016 to refuse permission for a PCC in Lucan, County Dublin; if the HSE has advertised looking for proposals; the direct steps being taken to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (16 Sep 2016)

John Curran: 1397. To ask the Minister for Health the consultative process being undertaken with regard to the development of a new national drugs strategy; the consultative meetings to date; the progress to date; if there will be new and additional funding made available to actively promote a national awareness and prevention campaign similar in scale to the national road safety campaigns of the past ten...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (16 Sep 2016)

John Curran: 1398. To ask the Minister for Health if the approval sought by CHO7 management within the context of the pay bill management framework has been granted to fill four vacant dental posts in a clinic (details supplied); if he will review this urgently to ensure the filling of the dental vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25949/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (16 Sep 2016)

John Curran: 1399. To ask the Minister for Health when an application for funding made by an organisation (details supplied) in Lucan, County Dublin to the HSE will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25956/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (16 Sep 2016)

John Curran: 1451. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances under which a person (details supplied) has remained in St. Vincent’s Hospital; the reason the hospital has refused to engage with members of their family stating that they have been made a ward of court when this is not the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26202/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Disposal Charges (16 Sep 2016)

John Curran: 1643. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress he and his Department are making with waste collection companies with regard to the new proposed pay-by-weight charging scheme; if he will provide an assurance that householders will not face the prospect of dramatic increases in domestic refuse collection charges as had previously been proposed; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (16 Sep 2016)

John Curran: 1818. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the next ports capital grant allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25953/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance (16 Sep 2016)

John Curran: 1819. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress he and his Department are making in the establishment of a properly functioning motor insurance database with the insurance industry here to show who is insured and who is not; the meetings he has held with the insurance industry on this issue; the issues delaying the establishment of such a database; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (16 Sep 2016)

John Curran: 1820. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will instigate a full review of public transport policy as proposed in the programme for Government; the format this review will take; when he expects to publish the review findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25955/16]