Results 381-400 of 2,627 for speaker:Noel Grealish

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (28 Feb 2023)

Noel Grealish: 199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to list the public transport services provided under public service obligation contracts in Galway city, including the individual routes and the companies that are operating them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10002/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (28 Feb 2023)

Noel Grealish: 388. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the living alone allowance to people who qualify for an increase for a qualified adult to their spouse's or partner's State pension, but whose partner is in long-term nursing home care, and they are now living on their own; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9501/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (28 Feb 2023)

Noel Grealish: 563. To ask the Minister for Health where a person is in the fair deal scheme for 18 months, and the spouse who is still residing in the family home decides to sell the property to downsize, how the capital from the sale of the family home is assessed under the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9618/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (28 Feb 2023)

Noel Grealish: 651. To ask the Minister for Health whether the review into Ireland's abortion laws has considered the issue of foetal pain relief, in view of the interest in this topic expressed by members of the public and the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10094/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (28 Feb 2023)

Noel Grealish: 699. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department only issues a licence for a particular hatchery (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9794/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (28 Feb 2023)

Noel Grealish: 700. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department is allowing Inland Fisheries Ireland to currently operate a hatchery (details supplied) in County Galway under his Department’s licensing regime, without a legally required appropriate assessment screening in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9795/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (23 Feb 2023)

Noel Grealish: I thank the Minister for her reply. As she stated, there are many communities in cities, towns and villages throughout Ireland that do not have a community centre or centralised location in which to gather and meet. I very much welcome the introduction of a new scheme that will enable communities across the country to build and refurbish community centres. As I stated previously in the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (23 Feb 2023)

Noel Grealish: I thank the Minister for her support. She has met me and other Oireachtas Members since we first raised this issue with her. I acknowledge the support of Oireachtas colleagues in Galway for the project. I very much welcome the introduction of this much-needed scheme that will unite communities and keep them active. Community centres are often the backbone of communities but,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (23 Feb 2023)

Noel Grealish: 2. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the scheme for funding new community centres will be open for applications, given that the scheme has now been announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9206/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (23 Feb 2023)

Noel Grealish: Now that a scheme to fund new community centres has been announced, will the Minister outline when it will open for applications?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (21 Feb 2023)

Noel Grealish: 198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average waiting times for an NCT inspection in each centre in the country; the reason for the long delay in securing an appointment in Galway; the reason for the disparity in waiting times between centres; his plans to ensure that testing is carried out within a reasonable period of time following an application being made; and if...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Feb 2023)

Noel Grealish: I want to read an email into the record of the House. It is reflective of emails, calls and messages I receive every week. It reads as follows: I work in the tech industry, and at 35, I'm renting a bedroom in a house with 4 other working professionals. I've given up on hoping that the housing disaster here will improve, so I've had it approved by the company I work for and will be...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (14 Feb 2023)

Noel Grealish: 113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason Inland Fisheries Ireland, which operates under his Department’s aegis, has never completed an appropriate assessment screening, as required under the EU habitats directive, for the operation of a hatchery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6515/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (14 Feb 2023)

Noel Grealish: 881. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department on 7 December 2017 issued an aquaculture licence (details supplied) when it has been established under FOI legislation that no appropriate assessment screening as required under the EU Habitats Directive was conducted by either Inland Fisheries Ireland or a third party to evaluate any potential impacts on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (14 Feb 2023)

Noel Grealish: 882. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department in the past five calendar years has never issued an aquaculture licence for the operation of trout hatchery in County Galway when the hatchery is listed as an aquaculture establishment on the Marine Institute’s Fin Fish FHA Register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6517/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2023)

Noel Grealish: The traffic problems that are plaguing Galway city are well documented. In excess of €35 million has been spent in the last 20 years to progress a ring road. On Tuesday last, the Minister for Transport stated that the current plans for a ring road could not proceed and that the National Transport Authority, the local authority and the Department of Transport would have to look at a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Invasive Species Policy (2 Feb 2023)

Noel Grealish: 203. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department and Inland Fisheries Ireland will support the eradication of invasive perch from lakes in Connemara (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5332/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (2 Feb 2023)

Noel Grealish: 204. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason person (details supplied) gave her their resignation letter in person following their last board meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5333/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (2 Feb 2023)

Noel Grealish: 213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the average waiting time for an invitation to a driving test will be returned to the service level agreement time of ten weeks; the current waiting time by test centre; the reason for the current long waiting times; the reason for the wide disparity in waiting times in test centres in County Galway, which range from 13...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (2 Feb 2023)

Noel Grealish: 214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons waiting for a driving test, by county and test centre; the number of persons waiting in the same period in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5331/23]