Results 4,481-4,500 of 4,524 for speaker:Cormac Devlin

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (16 Jun 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 142. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider including the yoga sector in plans to reduce the rate of VAT from 13.5% in the hospitality, hairdressing and gym sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11643/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Jun 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress of the new campus for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11634/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Jun 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress of new buildings for schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11635/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Jun 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress of a new building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11636/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Jun 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 727. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider amending the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business to allow hairdressers and barbers open on 29 June 2020, subject to the targets being met in the roadmap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11640/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services (16 Jun 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 804. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he has taken to ensure the providers of home telephone, mobile and broadband services are providing adequate customer service to vulnerable members of society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11638/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (16 Jun 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 898. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider extending the renewals for taxi licences falling due from 16 June 2020 until the end of phase 4 of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business for an additional period in view of the backlogs at NCT centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11642/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (16 Jun 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 897. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to reduce backlogs that have built up for the driver theory test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11641/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (16 Jun 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 903. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of early years service providers that are due to re-register by the end of December 2020; if Tusla has adequate resources to ensure the process is completed in a timely manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10514/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (16 Jun 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 966. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff employed in the State pension, contributory, section; the average processing time for a State pension, contributory, application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10513/20]

Covid-19 (Sport): Statements (11 Jun 2020)

Cormac Devlin: I have three brief comments not related to sport but they are pertinent to the Minister when he is in the Chamber. On 13 May I raised with the Minister the matter of face coverings on public transport and he will have heard today about the World Health Organization recommendations. Has the Minister changed his mind on this or will clearer guidance be given? It is essential that face...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the annual transition statements on climate action today. Since I represent the maritime county of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, it is an issue close to my heart. The marine sector is a vital part of Ireland's economy and of our culture as an island nation. Protecting and maintaining the quality of our oceans is a pressing concern for the long-term...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Direct Provision System (9 Jun 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of financial support provided from March to May 2020 to ensure children in the direct provision system have access to information technology equipment during the Covid-19 pandemic to enable them to keep up-to-date with schoolwork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10473/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (9 Jun 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of additional financial support given from March to May 2020 to provide PPE to persons in direct provision during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10472/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (9 Jun 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 448. To ask the Minister for Health the additional financial support provided to section 39 organisations from March to May 2020; the measures he is taking to ensure the future viability of such organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10474/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Jun 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 687. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider providing sectors most impacted by the Covid-19 crisis with certainty in relation to the continuation of the pandemic unemployment payment, in particular photographers and videographers that are especially impacted by the pandemic and will be slower to recover; and if she will make a statement on the...

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Cormac Devlin: I take this opportunity to record my utmost concern at the ongoing situation in the US, as the Minister has done. The death of George Floyd has shocked and disgusted us all. Brutality should have no place in a modern society. Subsequent events, particularly the treatment of peaceful protesters, have compounded the problem. A quote from Dr. Martin Luther King comes to mind: "Injustice...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (3 Jun 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the phase of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business in which the passport office will reopen; the plans that have been put in place to deal with a backlog in applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9741/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements that have been put in place for student teachers undergoing the Droichead process to ensure that they qualify in time to contribute fully to the 2020/2021 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9743/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (3 Jun 2020)

Cormac Devlin: 329. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider extending adoptive leave to fathers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9744/20]