Results 761-780 of 18,593 for speaker:Michael Creed

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (30 Nov 2021)

Michael Creed: 407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can get a copy of their social insurance contributions with regard to determining eligibility for a State pension (contributory); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58926/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (30 Nov 2021)

Michael Creed: 488. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when her consideration of greater transparency in the Immigrant Investment Programme will conclude; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58927/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (30 Nov 2021)

Michael Creed: 756. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of take-up of the Brexit tie-up scheme in the fisheries sector; the financial support that will be available to domestic retailers who will be without supply in many instances due to the tie-up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58701/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Insurance (25 Nov 2021)

Michael Creed: 12. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the approach of her Department to facilitating those pensioners without full social insurance records to increase their retirement provision by enabling them to continue to make PRSI contributions past the State pension age as per commitments in the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (25 Nov 2021)

Michael Creed: 26. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the outcome of the most recent actuarial review of the social insurance fund; when the next review is planned; the sustainability and eligibility issuesit raises given the current level of PRSI contributions to the fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57406/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Nov 2021)

Michael Creed: 271. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the policy of her Department with regard to persons in receipt of the disability allowance whose payment is currently terminated if they study abroad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57676/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Nov 2021)

Michael Creed: 178. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has had negotiations with HIQA with regard to HIQA standards as they relate to staffing schedules in publicly-funded services and specifically with regard to current recruitment difficulties and current Covid-19-related recruitment difficulties and the possibility of relaxation of these standards by agreement in certain circumstances; and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (23 Nov 2021)

Michael Creed: 184. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the grant aid available for schools to improve their energy efficiency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56972/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (23 Nov 2021)

Michael Creed: 336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the circumstances under which her Department funds new school halls in primary schools; if an application was received and considered from a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56940/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2021)

Michael Creed: 375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been secured for a new school (details supplied) at a location in County Cork; the next steps to be taken with regard to provision of a school on this site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57409/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (23 Nov 2021)

Michael Creed: 376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is considering reforms of the leaving certificate for the future in view of the Covid-19 impact on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57410/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (23 Nov 2021)

Michael Creed: 476. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will publish all details regarding the imminent investment programme for the past ten years including the individuals involved; the investment projects funded and all other relevant detail; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57405/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Foreshore Issues (18 Nov 2021)

Michael Creed: 186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of foreshore licence applications by Irish Water which have been received in the past 12 months; the time involved in processing of these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56710/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Compulsory Purchase Orders (18 Nov 2021)

Michael Creed: 187. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is considering legislative changes that would enable statutory bodies to proceed with planning applications for public infrastructure whilst simultaneously pursuing compulsory purchase orders on the lands to be developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56711/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Nov 2021)

Michael Creed: 263. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that there is a small cohort of persons who for underlying medical reasons are advised by their medical professionals not to take a Covid-19 vaccine; if this is accepted, the arrangements he considers appropriate to enable these persons to access areas for which an EU Digital COVID Certificate is required; and if he will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report of the Commission on Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Michael Creed: I asked one other question on the actuarial cost of reducing the pension age from 66 to 65 rather than increasing it. I do not know if the witnesses have the answer to that question. Second, I want to make an observation. I am around long enough to remember the reduction in the pension age from 70 to 66, which happened in the 1970s and was a staggered reduction every year over four years....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report of the Commission on Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Michael Creed: Good morning to Ms Feehily and other members of the commission. I will be brief. I have an observation and one or two comments to make. I thank the commission for this extraordinary body of work. I am of the Deputy Ó Cuív school, in that I am familiar with the headline details but not the minutiae of the report. The background is the decision to raise the pension age to 67 in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (16 Nov 2021)

Michael Creed: 191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria applied by his Department with regard to the reciprocal recognition of international driving licences; the reason Ireland does not recognise driving licences from Bermuda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55820/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (16 Nov 2021)

Michael Creed: 354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has received an application for additional classroom accommodation from a school (details supplied); if so, if she will outline the next steps by her Department in processing the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55722/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (16 Nov 2021)

Michael Creed: 387. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a differentiation in the treatment of capital in which the capital has been accumulated through the compulsory purchase of lands by the State for the purposes of the means test for the State pension (non-contributory); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55723/21]