Results 901-920 of 2,335 for speaker:Tom Neville

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Engagement with Minister for Health and Minister of State at the Department of Health (11 Jul 2018)

Tom Neville: The HSE told me it would provide me with these figures but it was unable to give me them immediately because of the way the systems are built and bolted together. That is a financial back end system. When a business or, as in this case, the Government is administering money to an organisation, it wants to know where this money is spent. I asked for top-line figures, not nitty-gritty...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Engagement with Minister for Health and Minister of State at the Department of Health (11 Jul 2018)

Tom Neville: My question was on the budget of 2016. I understand where the Minister is coming from as the Department administers a budget based on top-line projections. However, information on the specific spend at the end of the year was not provided. Services are allocated a budget based on a forecast. I want to know what the budget was spent on in respect of the budget for 2016.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (11 Jul 2018)

Tom Neville: 436. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason behind the introduction of 1 July 2018 as the commencement date to allow farmers in the GLAS scheme to cut traditional hay meadows; and his views on whether the views of persons (details supplied) were justified. [31179/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Administration (11 Jul 2018)

Tom Neville: 551. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31331/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (11 Jul 2018)

Tom Neville: 580. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding will be provided to carry out works on an unfinished housing estate (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31334/18]

Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (10 Jul 2018)

Tom Neville: There is an anomaly straightaway. There is also the issue of ten year old cars. Given that these cars have been tested under the NCT procedure, I cannot see any reason they should not be on the road. I have been told there are data on this but I have not seen any to justify the current position. We need to have the national claims information database in place in order that all the data...

Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (10 Jul 2018)

Tom Neville: I am also a rural Deputy. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae has mentioned much of what is happening in his part of County Kerry. I am from a neighbouring constituency and we are seeing continuing high prices in the cost of motor insurance around the country. I believe the statistic of a 17% drop on average comes from the Central Statistics Office.

Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (10 Jul 2018)

Tom Neville: I share people's frustration at the cost of car insurance. I was an immigrant who came back, but I was walloped for not having a no claims bonus. That is how I got into this issue. In the 2016 general election this was a major issue on the doorsteps and it continues to be. Because of that the Government reacted and set up the cost of insurance working group. I have been working behind...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Electronic Tagging (10 Jul 2018)

Tom Neville: 730. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the mandatory introduction of electronic identification, EID, tagging of sheep; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30479/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Partnerships (10 Jul 2018)

Tom Neville: 736. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an application for partnership by persons (details supplied) was refused; if the file will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30614/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (10 Jul 2018)

Tom Neville: 738. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30698/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Administration (10 Jul 2018)

Tom Neville: 871. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding pension schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30480/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (10 Jul 2018)

Tom Neville: 931. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding for a sewerage treatment tank upgrade in respect of a housing development (details supplied) in County Kerry will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30499/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services' Funding and Performance Indicators: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Tom Neville: Does Dr. McDaid believe the regulations brought in for counselling and psychotherapists will enhance the private sector industry, resulting in more people in the private sector going into the profession? That may lower costs for private sector treatment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services' Funding and Performance Indicators: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Tom Neville: The fact that it is regulated sends a PR message to those coming through the school system and looking to go onto further studies. It suggests that it is regulated and is a medical-type profession.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services' Funding and Performance Indicators: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Tom Neville: What would be the top three wins of doing this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services' Funding and Performance Indicators: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Tom Neville: I did not want to put Dr. McDaid on the spot but it is good to get a different perspective. We are in a bubble so it helps to see things from the outside.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services' Funding and Performance Indicators: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Tom Neville: Perhaps the witnesses will have a eureka moment in two days' time. It would be more than welcome.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services' Funding and Performance Indicators: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Tom Neville: No costings have been done on an IT system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services' Funding and Performance Indicators: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Tom Neville: Is there a budget for them?