Results 21-40 of 92 for speaker:Noel McCarthy

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise (25 Mar 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 271. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 5 February 2025, the number of prosecutions that were taken at both district and circuit court level in each year from 2020 to 2024, inclusive; the number of these prosecutions that resulted in a summary conviction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13295/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (25 Mar 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 298. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the progress of flood prevention measures for an area (details supplied); if the diversion of the local river around the town is still being considered as part of such measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13794/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (25 Mar 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 724. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria, both medical and social, used in determining patient access to step-down or transitional beds in the community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13533/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (25 Mar 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 778. To ask the Minister for Health her plans for the proposed development of a site (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13784/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Projects (25 Mar 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 898. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 1750 of 22 January 2025, to provide an update on structural and demolition works on a project (details supplied); the amount expended to date on works at the site; the next envisaged phase in the development of the project; when it is expected to be put out to tender; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (20 Mar 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 204. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade regarding the passport application system, the reasoning behind the recent change in policy whereby the notarising of a passport applicant’s driver’s licence must now be undertaken by a solicitor or notary public rather than by a member of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13143/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (20 Mar 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding the decreasing year on year monthly CSO numbers of driving tests being delivered in County Cork, the efforts being made to reduce waiting times for driving tests in the county; the number of testers employed at the beginning of each respective year from 2021 to 2025 inclusive; the plans to employ additional testers or to open...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (19 Mar 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 442. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures his Department is considering to assist property owners whose premises may have previously been damaged by flooding and who now have difficulty in getting insured; the engagement his Department has had with insurance providers on the matter in the wake of severe weather events; if his Department has considered the establishment of re-insurance...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (19 Mar 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 443. To ask the Minister for Finance the current turnaround period for ROS VAT unregistered refunds to farmers; the efforts his Department is making to improve these turnaround times to prevent cashflow issues for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12571/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (19 Mar 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 444. To ask the Minister for Finance the eligibility of those who were previously declared bankrupt to apply for the help-to-buy scheme; if they are not eligible, if his Department is considering any changes in this regard; the current house purchase funding supports available to people in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12651/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 495. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 389 of 22 January 2024, to provide an update on the project; the number of landowners being consulted; the details of the rollout of the individual property protection scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12527/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 1069. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is considering any changes to the income test for his Department’s humanitarian assistance scheme for households affected by severe weather events; how current income limits were decided upon under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12537/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 1286. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2024 ACRES payment is expected to issue to a farmer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12009/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 1287. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2024 ACRES payment is expected to issue to a farmer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12011/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (19 Mar 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 1293. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the current actions being taken by his Department with regard to the possible retention of the nitrates derogation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12578/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (19 Mar 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 1861. To ask the Minister for Health to outline what mental health supports are available to those affected by flooding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12529/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2025)

Noel McCarthy: I wish to raise the need for the development of the IDA site in Fermoy in my constituency of Cork East. Formerly the Fitzgerald Camp Army barracks, the site was handed over by the Department of Defence to the IDA some 23 years ago but it has, unfortunately, remained idle since. This is a massive shame considering the associated infrastructure is in place on-site. However, no tenants have...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (6 Mar 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 51. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures being taken by his Department to encourage the installation of information signage on approach to towns and villages to notify the public of the historical, cultural and artistic amenities available locally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10195/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (6 Mar 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 165. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to warn the public of the possible dangers of contracting Lyme disease on publicly accessible grasslands and forests, and to inform of its prevention and treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10190/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (6 Mar 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 248. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full amount expended on the upgrade of a Garda station (details supplied); the works undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10302/25]