Results 721-740 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishing Industry (25 May 2021)

Marc MacSharry: With no disrespect to the Minister of State, Deputy Heydon, I regret that the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, is not here this evening to take this debate. He is very much aware of the difficulty facing our seafood producers and processors at this time. The programme for Government, on page 69, refers to "a greater focus on... stakeholder engagement... centrally co-ordinated by the Department...

International Travel and Aviation: Statements (25 May 2021)

Marc MacSharry: The private sector is the engine of growth in this country. As a small, open economy we depend on aviation for that. With the billions upon billions of euro we have been forced to borrow to ensure people had enough to eat, live and pay bills over the course of the past year, we need aviation open as quickly as possible. This must happen first of all to support corporate Ireland and second,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (18 May 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 118. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in County Sligo currently in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment; the number of persons in County Leitrim currently in receipt of the payment; the number in each county who were in receipt of the payment on the same date in April 2021; the number of persons in each county that have received...

Ballymurphy Inquest: Statements (18 May 2021)

Marc MacSharry: I am glad to have a couple of minutes to make a few points about the Ballymurphy massacre. It strikes me today - and I do not doubt the sincerity of anybody who has spoken, from the Taoiseach right through to the most recent speaker - that our collective ambivalence as an Oireachtas throughout many tragedies in the North of Ireland, elsewhere, is worth noting. What are we really doing about...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 May 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans for the July provision programme 2021; if a commitment will be given that children attending special schools and classes will receive compulsory in-school provision in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25531/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (12 May 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 97. To ask the Minister for Finance if restaurant and bar owners providing outdoor dining services will be able to continue to avail of the employment wage subsidy scheme when they are permitted to reopen from 7 June (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24761/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (11 May 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the timeframe for clearing the backlog of passports applications from applicants in counties Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal. [23927/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (6 May 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 55. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider including sports clubs for eligibility to the new scheme for outdoor seating and accessories for tourism and hospitality businesses given the fact that they cater for much the same sector as private businesses involved in dining and pubs and they also pay commercial rates to local authorities; if her...

Covid-19, Mental Health and Older People: Statements (29 Apr 2021)

Marc MacSharry: I thank the Ministers of State, Deputies Butler and Feighan, for all of their efforts in respect of mental health. I do not in any way doubt their commitment but, as with all of their predecessors, they are starved of the adequate resources and structures to do what I know they need to do and could achieve in the battle against our nation's silent crisis. In the coming weeks, I will publish...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (29 Apr 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 88. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider including financial supports for essential upgrade and expansion of childcare facilities in the Early Learning Care and School Age Childcare Capital Programme for 2022 to cater for the ever-changing needs of children, families and service providers and to comply with Tusla requirements...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Apr 2021)

Marc MacSharry: I welcome the delegation from RTÉ and thank them for their very informative engagement so far. I totally get that RTÉ needs more money and that the licence fee is inadequate in terms of how it is currently administered. I also get that RTÉ has to pay large salaries to presenters. As much as all present would like to think that we could present a television programme, the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Apr 2021)

Marc MacSharry: Not at all. I am just wondering how one goes about that. Did the person in question have his own production company?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Apr 2021)

Marc MacSharry: Did it? I ask Ms Forbes to email the name of that company to all Oireachtas Members in order that the also-rans after the next election will know where to send a few CVs with their production ideas. It is a very enjoyable programme. Unfortunately, I am not blessed with Irish. I did not study hard enough. Nevertheless, I found the programme immensely entertaining. It just shows there is...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Apr 2021)

Marc MacSharry: That is great. The net return to RTÉ was approximately €78 million. RTÉ distributed that appropriately in terms of capital expenditure and some other things it had to do. It reduced the debt by €10 million and did several other things. The net price per acre was pretty good. It is a very sought after part of Dublin. At approximately €10 million an acre,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (21 Apr 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all relevant Departments have developed action plans as part of the reform agenda as in the Building Momentum Public Service Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20387/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Children's Hospital (21 Apr 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has received an update from the Department of Health in relation to the costs associated with the building of the new children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20388/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (21 Apr 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 463. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give consideration to the extension of the help-to-buy incentive scheme for first-time buyers to include the purchase of existing dwellings given the shortage of new housing developments and the difficulty in getting planning permission for new builds in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18222/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Apr 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 493. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the provisions of the Covid restrictions support scheme as it applies to self-employed travel counsellors who are currently ineligible for the scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19022/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 Apr 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 985. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a school (details supplied) that is scheduled to have the teaching staff reduced from four to three based on current retention numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18937/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Marc MacSharry: 1115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the only DEIS band 1 national school (details supplied) in County Clare was not included in the hot school meals programme for 2021-2022; if this decision will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18389/21]