Results 6,021-6,040 of 6,374 for speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Legislative Programme (25 Jan 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 286. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016 to come before Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3296/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (25 Jan 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 287. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childminders that have registered with Tusla since 1 September 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3297/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Proposed Legislation (25 Jan 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 288. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects to publish the heads of a Bill for the Child Care (Amendment) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3299/17]

Tracker Mortgages: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Cuirim fáilte roimh an rún seo atá os comhair an Tí. Tréaslaím leis an Teachta Ó Dochartaigh as ucht é a thabhairt os ár gcomhair. The purposed of the motion is to ensure the Government recognises a wrong has been inflicted on blameless citizens. Few will disagree with this. It must not only recognise that, it must rectify the wrong. As the...

Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (24 Jan 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: What caught my eye in the Minister of State's response was the following:Given the cost to the State of providing social housing, it is considered prudent and fair to direct resources to those most in need of social housing support. I am satisfied that the current income eligibility requirements generally achieve this. What that says is that for families that are essentially in Cork city, in...

Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (24 Jan 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I regret that the Minister is not present, particularly in view of the fact that this is not only an issue of national interest but also one of particular interest to him and to those in my constituency. Cork City Council recently passed a vote, proposed by Councillor Ted Tynan, seeking an increase in the income limits or the maximum eligibility threshold for social housing in the Cork city...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (24 Jan 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current waiting time for the processing of Garda vetting applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2553/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (24 Jan 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 96. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider the use of Pobal when processing Garda vetting applications for those persons seeking work in the early years sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2554/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Jan 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has had discussions with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs regarding the extent to which local authorities are obliged to take into consideration in their allocations policies a number of factors (details supplied). [3119/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Jan 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has had any discussions with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs regarding whether an applicant for social housing is entitled to be considered an adult plus children, for the purposes of allocation, in the circumstances in which the children stay with the parent several days a week. [3120/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Jan 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the fact that many parents in circumstances in which they are separated from their former partner, find it difficult to accommodate their children for the number of days that they have access to them, due to being considered a single applicant for the purposes of social housing and consequently, are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Jan 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which local authorities are obliged to take into consideration in their allocations policies a number of factors (details supplied). [3106/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Jan 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if a person is entitled to be considered as an adult plus children for the purposes of allocation of social housing in circumstances in which the children stay with the parent several days a week. [3107/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance Regulation (17 Jan 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 267. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a regulation obliging car insurance companies to accept no claims bonuses, or other evidence of safe driving records, of returned emigrants when they are being provided with quotes for car insurance. [1160/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance Regulation (17 Jan 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 268. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to ensure that car insurance companies do not discriminate against returning emigrants when offering quotes, particularly, but not limited to, tackling the unfair practice of treating returned drivers with safe driving records while abroad as new drivers. [1161/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Children's Rights (17 Jan 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 461. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on comments in the ninth report of the Special Rapporteur for Children that the State is failing to deliver on the right of children to adequate housing and protection against forced evictions and that consequently it is in breach of its international obligations due to the numbers of children in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Irish Water (17 Jan 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 476. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if Irish Water has agreed a contract with a company (details supplied) for debt collection and or meter reads, meter checks and predisconnection visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41520/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Irish Water (17 Jan 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 477. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if Irish Water has agreed a contract with any companies regarding debt collection and or meter reads, meter checks, and predisconnection visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41521/16]

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am sure that having listened to the list of speakers, the Minister, Deputy Coveney, is looking forward to the next couple of hours. I assure Deputy Coppinger that I will not speak for an hour or anything like it.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I want to make a few brief points. This rent control proposal reminds me of the final days of the most recent Fianna Fáil Government when a Minister tried to defend that Government's performance by saying that the rate of growth in unemployment was beginning to slow. The Government has said that it intends to slow rent increases, but they have already reached unacceptably high levels....