Results 6,061-6,080 of 6,949 for speaker:Cian O'Callaghan

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 361. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps Ireland is taking to work with international colleagues in the UK and EU and on the UN Security Council to support the call by the WHO for the distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine globally to include persons living in areas of socioeconomic disadvantage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6452/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (10 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 379. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the aid Ireland has provided to the Tigray region of Ethiopia in recent weeks; if he has raised the humanitarian crisis in the region with international partners or at the UN; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7341/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Data (10 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 378. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when his Department will publish updated figures for Ireland's 2019 climate finance contributions as required under the Paris Climate Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7335/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Deployment (10 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 389. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Army Ranger Wing personnel deployed with the German armed forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7340/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (10 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will carry out a review of a school (details supplied) to ascertain if DEIS status can be given to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6538/21]

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the joint statement by associations (details supplied); if she will engage with both organisations in order to hear the concerns of all parents and ensure that they are represented on all advisory groups in relation to post-primary education, particularly in relation to the leaving certificate; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (10 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 559. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which crèches can operate in February 2020; the persons who can avail of the services; if his Department is providing the funding in order that fees can be waived for parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7076/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (9 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Mr. Quinlan and his team for all the work they have done on this Bill. I will read some quotes from officials in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding their thoughts on this shared equity loan part of the Bill. One official stated that the: ... key point is that this is a demand led scheme. [The Department of Finance] and [the Department of Housing, Local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (9 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Mr. Quinlan. It is important that there has been a significant critique of this aspect of the Bill, both from the perspective of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and also a significant critique on it in the UK. As we are doing pre-legislative scrutiny, it is very important that we would see the analysis from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (9 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I agree with Deputy Ó Broin that price premium and price inflation have been conflated and they are very different things. The Department might provide us with a short note citing the source for the comments made about price inflation, as opposed to price premium. Everything I read in the audit committee report was about price premiums. If that could be done it would bring this to a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (9 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Mr. Quinlan.

Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: As the Minister of State said, this Bill introduces institutional reform of the Irish aviation regulatory system and will allow for the Irish Aviation Authority, IAA, to merge its own aviation and safety regulatory functions with the economic and consumer protection roles of the Commission for Aviation Regulation, CAR, to create a single regulator. It also separates the for-profit air...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (4 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will take measures similar to those taken in other countries such as New Zealand and the UK to provide additional support and funding for airlines and their staff who are struggling during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6111/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (4 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons she disputed in official proceedings undertaken by her Department in 2020; the criteria used to determine if a person is LGBTQ+; if this is in compliance with international best practice and human rights law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6154/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme (4 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 211. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the long-term illness list to include long-term metabolic conditions such as severe asthma, arthritis, endometriosis and classical homocystinuria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6129/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: In the recent "RTÉ Investigates" programme on homelessness, Natalie told us about how she feels safer sleeping in a tent rather than in emergency homeless accommodation. Last week in the Dáil, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage told us that the national quality standards framework applies to all homeless accommodation, including private providers. On Friday at...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (3 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a full list of the current Cabinet committees; the frequency of meetings for each; and the membership and function of each. [5869/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Functions (3 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a full list of the current functions, units and divisions within his Department. [5870/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Economic and Social Council (3 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of pending publications from the NESC. [5871/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board (3 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the report he requested from the Residential Tenancies Board on the eviction on Berkeley Road, Dublin 7 has been received; if so, if a copy will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5057/21]