Results 861-880 of 1,750 for speaker:Declan Breathnach

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes Status (18 Jan 2018)

Declan Breathnach: Deputy Niall Collins has a supplementary question and we will take them together.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (18 Jan 2018)

Declan Breathnach: If the Deputy asks one supplementary question, we will be able to fit in another question.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (18 Jan 2018)

Declan Breathnach: I call Deputy Brendan Smith. If he is quick we may get to Deputy John Curran's question.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (18 Jan 2018)

Declan Breathnach: With the permission of the House, we will now take Question No. 4. Deputy Mattie McGrath was attending a meeting of the Business Committee.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bullying in the Workplace (18 Jan 2018)

Declan Breathnach: In the absence of Deputies Mattie McGrath and Joan Burton, we will move to Question No. 6.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Living Alone Allowance (17 Jan 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ease the rules relating to the living alone and supplementary allowances to allow persons experiencing housing issues and homelessness to reside at the home of a relative without affecting the income of that relative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2359/18]

Hospital Trolley Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (16 Jan 2018)

Declan Breathnach: Lip-service does not help to provide hip services or any other health service. I commenced in local politics in 1991 and became intimately involved in the old health boards. The changing of their name to HSE in 2004 has done little to recognise the demographic growth of our population. I have no doubt that services and outcomes for those who get into the health system have dramatically...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Bail Law (16 Jan 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 504. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the communication that takes place between the Prison Service, the Courts Service and the Judiciary in respect of availability of custodial places; if his attention has been drawn to the matter notwithstanding the fact that there was a law passed making it more difficult for repeat offenders to get bail that it is still the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fines Data (16 Jan 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 607. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fines issued in 2016 that specifically relate to persons caught smuggling or selling illicit cigarettes, fuel and alcohol; the number of those fines paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1983/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (16 Jan 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 1707. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to applying a rent pressure zone to Dundalk (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54406/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (16 Jan 2018)

Declan Breathnach: 1715. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 245 of 22 November 2017, if he will address a series of queries (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54528/17]

Domestic Violence Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Dec 2017)

Declan Breathnach: I dtús báire, gabhaim beannachtaí na féile leis an gCathaoirleach, le gach ball den Oireachtas, agus leis na daoine a oibríonn i dTeach Laighin ach go háirithe. Ba mhaith liom an rud céanna a rá le na teaghlaigh i nDáilcheantar Chontae Lú agus deisceart na Mí. Ní bheidh na beannachtaí sin le fáil ag gach clann i rith an...

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Declan Breathnach: The heads of the housing (regulation of approved housing bodies) Bill were approved in September 2015 and the pre-legislative scrutiny was completed in February 2016. There are over 6,500 people employed in housing bodies. Last year the housing bodies built 669 houses, while local authorities built 430 in the past 18 months. With the appointment of an independent regulator, does this...

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Declan Breathnach: Will the regulator provided for in the legislation be able to provide proper links between the local authorities and the housing organisations to ensure they are all working to deliver the houses that are required?

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Declan Breathnach: I wish to finish, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, in the spirit of Christmas. Nobody spoke about the vacant houses around this country-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Declan Breathnach: -----prior to my election to the Dáil. Now everybody is talking about them.

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Declan Breathnach: It was talked about for 25 years but nothing was done about it.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cross-Border Co-operation (14 Dec 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the cross-Border crime agency; the number of staff involved and agencies engaged; the annual budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54151/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (14 Dec 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 635. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the available options for the completion of the Narrow Water bridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54150/17]

Finance Bill 2017: From the Seanad (13 Dec 2017)

Declan Breathnach: The only Deputy who has indicated that he wishes to come back in is Deputy Mattie McGrath.