Results 3,961-3,980 of 21,588 for speaker:Denis Naughten

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (13 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to expand the role of the Air Corps air ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1470/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Army Barracks (13 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 59. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the future plans for Custume Barracks in Athlone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1471/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she plans to take to cater for the increasing numbers of special needs pupils at primary level; if she has assessed the impact of the curtailment of supports for such children as a result of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23963/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (13 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the protocol for the management of Covid-19 outbreaks during the written leaving certificate examination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23967/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Schemes (13 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussion his Department had at senior official level on the introduction of a scrappage scheme for fossil fuel cars to facilitate the uptake of electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25370/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Renewable Energy Generation (13 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 221. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the long-term lease of farmland for renewable energy projects is not eligible for the tax-free exemption for the long-term leasing of farmland; his plans to review this anomaly in view of the policy to increase the amount of renewable electricity on the grid in 2030 by 133%-250%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25355/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Environmental Schemes (13 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 222. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration is being given to the introduction of a scrappage scheme for fossil fuel cars to facilitate the uptake of electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25371/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (13 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 348. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the target processing time for each scheme benefit and allowance scheme under her Department; when each target was last amended; the number of applications under each scheme in 2020 and the percentage achieved within the target time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25363/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (13 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 375. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí trained in first aid and other first responder emergency care, respectively; if a copy of the Garda operational guidelines for members that are first on the scene can be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25369/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Equality Issues (13 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 404. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to enable a legal parental relationship to be established to both parents of LGBTQ+ families using surrogacy and other forms of assisted human reproduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25219/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Safety Authority of Ireland (13 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he plans to take to protect small food producers killing their own animals for meat, butchers and small abattoirs in view of attempts by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland to force them to pay for the full cost of follow-up inspections; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that such an application of charges will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (12 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to ensure that there is a leaving certificate examination in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1472/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (12 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to support teachers in delivering the required syllabus through remote learning due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1473/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (12 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 224. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting scoliosis surgery in Galway University Hospital; the corresponding figure for adults; the dates on which children on the Saolta waiting list were referred to CHI, Crumlin for treatment since September 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24760/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Question Heading for question(s) 228 (12 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 228. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting scoliosis surgery in each acute hospital; the average waiting time in each hospital; the corresponding figure for adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24771/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (11 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress to date on the UNCCD Great Green Wall project and Ireland’s engagement with the UNCCD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23961/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Bodies (11 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 374. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps being taken at EU level to improve engagement with like-minded member states on European Commission files and to clearly reflect Ireland's concerns on such files at an earlier stage in the legislative process particularly in a post-Brexit era; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1431/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (11 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 375. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of funding his Department is providing to climate adaptation and mitigation activities in some of the least developed countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1434/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (11 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 376. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider the possibility of allowing national parliamentary input in recipient countries on the use of the ODA budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1435/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (6 May 2021)

Denis Naughten: 83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to put measures in place to support the refurbishment of vacant property in towns and villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23536/21]