Results 781-800 of 6,030 for speaker:Brendan Ryan

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Courts-Martial (11 Jul 2017)

Brendan Ryan: 61. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Judge Advocate General has made a report on military trials over the past two years; if so, if it will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32480/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (11 Jul 2017)

Brendan Ryan: 499. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to adhere to the baby friendly health initiative. [32786/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (11 Jul 2017)

Brendan Ryan: 500. To ask the Minister for Health the body which ensures that the maternity hospitals achieve the baby friendly health initiative. [32787/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (11 Jul 2017)

Brendan Ryan: 504. To ask the Minister for Health the national policy for baby friendly hospitals for all maternity hospitals if the baby friendly hospital initiative is not included in the breastfeeding action plan. [32791/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (11 Jul 2017)

Brendan Ryan: 505. To ask the Minister for Health the reason fewer hospitals are participating in baby friendly health initiative accreditation. [32792/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (11 Jul 2017)

Brendan Ryan: 501. To ask the Minister for Health the way the HSE plans to fund an accreditation unit for the baby friendly health initiative. [32788/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (11 Jul 2017)

Brendan Ryan: 502. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Galway national maternity hospital, Mullingar maternity hospital and Portlaoise maternity hospital have lost their baby friendly health initiative certification. [32789/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (11 Jul 2017)

Brendan Ryan: 503. To ask the Minister for Health the communication the HSE has had with the baby friendly hospital initiative; and the role the HSE plans to play in the implementation of the baby friendly hospital initiative in the 2016-21 breastfeeding action plan. [32790/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (6 Jul 2017)

Brendan Ryan: 233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the departmental planning or strategy groups that are in place to consider, plan and address the impact that autonomous self-driving transportation vehicles will have on the law here; his policy approach to these developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31946/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (6 Jul 2017)

Brendan Ryan: 234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the forward planning, departmental or strategy groups in place to consider, plan and address the public policy impact that autonomous, self-driving transportation vehicles will have here; his policy approach to these developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31947/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (6 Jul 2017)

Brendan Ryan: 250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the departmental planning or strategy groups that are in place to consider, plan and address the impact that autonomous self-driving transportation vehicles will have on road design, traffic management and road traffic law; his policy approach to these developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31945/17]

Anti-Malarial Medication: Motion (28 Jun 2017)

Brendan Ryan: This issue has dominated parliamentary questions on defence since this Dáil came into being last year and, indeed, during the previous Dáil. It has been the primary issue during every oral parliamentary question session. The Minister of State is well acquainted with the political will on this side of the House to remove Lariam as the preferred malaria prevention drug of choice for...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Brendan Ryan: Is amendment No. 86 included in this grouping?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Brendan Ryan: It is my amendment. Would it be in order to speak to it at this stage?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Brendan Ryan: The amendment aims to deal with the issue of priority being given to children of staff in enrolment policies. Most schools do not give such priority but some do. The effect of giving such priority, particularly in periods of high demand when it outstrips capacity, is that it can be and is given to children from outside the local area and can be at the expense of local children. I had...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Brendan Ryan: The reality is that this is a perk for teachers, but the Minister's response is that it is reasonable in respect of teachers who are travelling long distances to the area where they are teaching. If, say, the factory worker in the factory adjacent to the same school is travelling long distances to his or her place of work, it might be advantageous for him or her to say, "I would like to have...

Committee on Public Petitions: Fairness of State Examinations: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)

Brendan Ryan: First, I congratulate Tara O'Sullivan for taking this to this point today and organising the petition and I thank the officials from the State Examinations Commission and the Department for coming in to talk to us about the petition today. A couple of things come to mind. Mr. Ó Donnchadha, or perhaps it was Mr. Farrell, seemed to suggest that the Department would not consider mocks...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Initiatives (28 Jun 2017)

Brendan Ryan: 35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress which has been made towards the establishment of a public transport stakeholder dialogue as per the Labour Court recommendation arising from the Bus Éireann dispute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29982/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy (28 Jun 2017)

Brendan Ryan: 43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the Staying Alive at 1.5 initiative aimed at protecting cyclists and other vulnerable roads users; his legislative plans regarding minimum overtaking distances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30207/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities Provision (28 Jun 2017)

Brendan Ryan: 53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if plans for a cycle way from Sutton to Balbriggan in north County Dublin can be fast tracked; the funding that is available for this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30206/17]