Results 561-580 of 7,082 for speaker:John Paul Phelan

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (10 Mar 2021)

John Paul Phelan: 434. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he expects the online passport application and renewal process to be back up and running (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12808/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (10 Mar 2021)

John Paul Phelan: 498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students repeating their leaving certificate in 2021 will be eligible to submit their practical projects for grading in the 2021 exam which were not graded in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12813/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (10 Mar 2021)

John Paul Phelan: 499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if measures will be taken for the leaving certificate 2021 to accommodate the needs of students repeating the exams from 2020 that take cognisance of the fact that the 2020 and 2021 academic years have been extraordinary in the context of all previous academic years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12814/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Mar 2021)

John Paul Phelan: 468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a facility available to parents and their school going children to remain learning from home once schools reopen in order to avoid Covid-19 infection, particularly in situations in which children have underlying medical conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11669/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

John Paul Phelan: 469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is scope to advance the schedule of vaccination against Covid-19 for schoolteachers, special needs assistants and all school staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11670/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Credit Guarantee Scheme (11 Feb 2021)

John Paul Phelan: 1. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions he plans to take to ensure that the credit guarantee scheme can be amended to examine if there will be significant increases in the current rate of successful applications to ensure that post-Covid viable businesses have sufficient access to funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7491/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (11 Feb 2021)

John Paul Phelan: 26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the funding provided to local authorities for roads maintenance will be kept at or increased from the 2020 allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7492/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (11 Feb 2021)

John Paul Phelan: 32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the project to construct a northern bridge and road infrastructure in Kilkenny city linking the N77 to the R693, given that this is a long-standing priority for the local authority and TII; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7581/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (11 Feb 2021)

John Paul Phelan: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance if the CRSS will be extended beyond 31 March 2021 if Covid restrictions remain in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7490/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (11 Feb 2021)

John Paul Phelan: 57. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the stay and spend scheme into 2021 to support the hospitality sector once Covid restrictions are lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7507/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Issues (11 Feb 2021)

John Paul Phelan: 90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions that can be taken to allow Waterways Ireland to carry out standard maintenance works on canal and river tracks to ensure that public access to these amenities is protected despite recent prohibitions by the National Parks and Wildlife Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7506/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (11 Feb 2021)

John Paul Phelan: 92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new funding model for local authorities will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7489/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (11 Feb 2021)

John Paul Phelan: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work ongoing within her Department to support the amalgamation of two post-primary schools (details supplied); the timeline for the completion of the process; if funding is available for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7580/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Licence Applications (10 Feb 2021)

John Paul Phelan: 1001. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the total number of licences, including felling, afforestation and roads which are required by the forestry and timber industry here on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6767/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Licence Applications (10 Feb 2021)

John Paul Phelan: 1002. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific number of licences including felling, afforestation and roads which his Department plans to issue in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6768/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (10 Feb 2021)

John Paul Phelan: 1003. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has given or will give consideration to the issue of wholescale regulatory reform in view of the current crisis facing the forest and timber industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6769/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Vaccination Programme (27 Jan 2021)

John Paul Phelan: 795. To ask the Minister for Health when County Carlow based paramedics will get the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4097/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (13 Jan 2021)

John Paul Phelan: 133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the time-frame for the provision of funding and for the commencement of services for the Carlow town bus service project, which now sits at the top of the list of recommended projects for funding by the NTA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44858/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (13 Jan 2021)

John Paul Phelan: 135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or his officials have engaged with TII with a view to maximising the potential for native tree planting on existing TII lands adjacent to national road routes in circumstances in which such planting would comply with all relevant road safety demands (details supplied) and provide the State with an additional capacity for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (13 Jan 2021)

John Paul Phelan: 336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to engage with local authorities throughout the country on introducing new designated biodiversity locations to replace existing paved and asphalted spaces in which such existing spaces are underutilised; if a funding stream will be secured for such works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44899/20]