Results 441-460 of 2,335 for speaker:Tom Neville

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Science Foundation Ireland: Chairman Designate (28 May 2019)

Tom Neville: I welcome the contributions from Professor Clinch. Many of the questions I had intended to ask have been answered. This is a broader question on Professor Clinch's opinion on ethics in science and technology and society and his vision, given that we are becoming more technologically focused and science is about the matter in front. Is there any vision in respect of empathy and how that can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Science Foundation Ireland: Chairman Designate (28 May 2019)

Tom Neville: Would that envisage SFI dipping its toe, as it were, into the arts and humanities field as a crossover in relation to behavioural science?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Science Foundation Ireland: Chairman Designate (28 May 2019)

Tom Neville: I thank Professor Clinch.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Online Safety (21 May 2019)

Tom Neville: 54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the implementation of the action plan for online safety; the progress made to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21484/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Online Safety (21 May 2019)

Tom Neville: I wish to ask the Minister of State about the status of the implementation of the action plan for online safety; the progress made to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Online Safety (21 May 2019)

Tom Neville: I thank the Minister of State for his answer, which I welcome. I look forward to seeing what updates there are in regard to the consultation and what has been put forward. I sit on the Committee on Children and Youth Affairs which, in examining these issues last year, spoke to various young people. What came across from that was the importance of education, which is something I myself...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Online Safety (21 May 2019)

Tom Neville: I welcome the response from the Minister of State. As I said, education will give the tools. For example, the 300 hours we are providing in secondary schools give people the tools to be able to deal with and cope with the challenges that are being thrown at them and means they are able to manage their emotions around that. As I said, this is just a snapshot in time. We need also to look...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Film Industry Tax Reliefs (21 May 2019)

Tom Neville: 174. To ask the Minister for Finance if Irish actors are required to be hired by a production company for a film to qualify for section 481 tax credit; if so, the status of the roles for the actor, that is, if they are lead roles, support or minor roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21720/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2019)

Tom Neville: Exactly.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh (Atógáil) - Questions on Promised Legislation (Resumed) (15 May 2019)

Tom Neville: I know the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, is not here but I would like an update on the provision of disabled persons grants for council housing and social housing. We are still waiting for funding in Limerick, as of a week or ten days ago. I would be grateful if my question could be relayed back to the Department of Housing, Planning and Local...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (15 May 2019)

Tom Neville: 260. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21028/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: LGBTI+ Youth Strategy: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Tom Neville: I have a quick question. The Minister mentioned the arts. Will she give me a brief outline of how she proposes to use the arts in this instance because when I cast my mind back to when I was very young-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: LGBTI+ Youth Strategy: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Tom Neville: It is not and I thank the Minister for saying so. It was through the arts that I met people of different sexualities. For a young guy, growing up in rural Ireland at the time, sexuality was closed and not spoken about. Thankfully, it is much more open and liberal today, which is fantastic and accepted. I found that the arts were a great medium of communication and a great way to meet...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: LGBTI+ Youth Strategy: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Tom Neville: My point is around the expansion of that initiative into other sectors. That is what I found myself when I was younger. It is a case of using what is there and finding the little nuggets in that sector that can transfer across to the other sectors.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: LGBTI+ Youth Strategy: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Tom Neville: Have any specific challenges been identified in the sports space?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: LGBTI+ Youth Strategy: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Tom Neville: Are there specific regions of the country where the gaps are more prevalent?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2019 (15 May 2019)

Tom Neville: I would also like to welcome what is happening today, and make reference to the fact that the construction sector, particularly the apprentice construction sector, has recovered or is recovering. We are using this to try to attract more talent and more workers into the sector and the market is reflecting that. Much of this is a knock-on effect. We need to balance salaries or wages...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (14 May 2019)

Tom Neville: 56. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports available through her Department and the agencies under her remit to help businesses trade online; the impact the national broadband plan will have from a business perspective; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20595/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Broadband Plan (14 May 2019)

Tom Neville: 74. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the impact the national broadband plan will have in implementing strategies such as Future Jobs Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20596/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (14 May 2019)

Tom Neville: 384. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the category of the ANC the lands of a person (details supplied) are under. [20445/19]