Results 861-880 of 2,406 for speaker:Tony McLoughlin

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (31 Jan 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: 285. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the next round of the youth capital funding will be made available for youth club organisations to apply for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4681/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (24 Jan 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: 10. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding Defence Forces recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3254/18]

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jan 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: Sligo.

Order of Business (23 Jan 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: I support Deputy Brady's comments. We all know that one of the most important things to a pensioner is his or her State pension. On that basis, I ask the Minister to outline her plans to ensure that those affected by the 2012 pension changes will see their cases addressed in 2019.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Funding (23 Jan 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: 143. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding the capital investment plan for the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3295/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (23 Jan 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a transfer of school by a person (details supplied) will be decided upon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2774/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (23 Jan 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: 640. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the outstanding €1,104,708 which is owed to the Sligo County Council housing department for projects (details supplied) will be paid to the council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3041/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Community Health Care Organisations: Discussion (18 Jan 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: I welcome Mr. John Hayes and Mr. Padraig O'Beirne from CHO 1. I represent the constituency of Sligo, Leitrim, south Donegal and west Cavan, so that is the area I will focus on. I thank Mr. Hayes for his opening statement. I have a number of questions to put to him. Is he confident that that constituency area and indeed the whole CHO 1 region has been operating to the best of its capacity...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Community Health Care Organisations: Discussion (18 Jan 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: Mr. Hayes has suggested that additional staff will be employed in February or certainly over the coming months. This is vital for the CHO 1 area. How many people are we talking about? Funding is a big issue. This major issue has been debated at various meetings on numerous occasions. I am concerned about the amount of funding required to have successful mental health services in the CHO...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Community Health Care Organisations: Discussion (18 Jan 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: No, I am fine. I might come back in later in the meeting.

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: The programme for Government makes specific reference to the need to create more jobs outside Dublin. There was a very positive announcement yesterday on the creation of 100 new jobs in Sligo. I acknowledge the involvement of the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Heather Humphreys, and thank her and her Department, IDA Ireland and AbbVie for the wonderful...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (17 Jan 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: 141. To ask the Minister for Health when the national review of the provision of catheterisation laboratories throughout the country, which was undertaken by the HSE, will be completed; when permission will be given to fund the fixed cardiac catheterisation laboratory service at Sligo University Hospital to serve the north-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2358/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (17 Jan 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: 205. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a carer's allowance review will be completed for a person (details supplied); the length of time this matter has been ongoing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2137/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Western Development Commission (16 Jan 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: 49. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will report on the engagements he has had with the Western Development Commission; the role he envisages the commission playing in achieving more balanced regional development which is a key objective of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1292/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Western Development Commission (16 Jan 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: Will the Minister of State report on the engagement he has had to date with the Western Development Commission? Will he outline the role he envisages the commission playing in achieving more balanced regional development which is a key objective of his Department and make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Western Development Commission (16 Jan 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: I thank the Minister of State and the Minister, Deputy Michael Ring, for their support for the constituency of Sligo-Leitrim and south Donegal since taking up their new positions and in the time before it also. The Minister of State will be aware that the new Ireland 2040 national planning framework is a key policy initiative whereby, as a Government party, we can start to attempt to address...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Action Plan for Rural Development (16 Jan 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: 66. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will report on the development of the Atlantic economic corridor; the work, including meetings, that have taken place since the establishment of his department; and if the inclusion of the AEC and its development has been sought by his department in the upcoming national planning framework and the capital plan. [1291/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Pensions (16 Jan 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: 270. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to introduce the new measures to allow civil servants who wish to work past 65 years of age; if it will be applied retrospectively to persons forced to retire in 2017 when introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55157/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (16 Jan 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: 647. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that County Sligo has for the past three years been the county with the largest percentage of empty retail and commercial units in the country and that this percentage has grown in 2018 despite the improving economic circumstances nationwide; if her attention has been further drawn to the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (16 Jan 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: 648. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits to counties Sligo and Leitrim since 2012 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1922/18]