Results 901-920 of 1,995 for speaker:Joe Flaherty
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (22 Feb 2023)
Joe Flaherty: 255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Rásaíocht Con Éireann supplied all the figures used in a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9156/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (22 Feb 2023)
Joe Flaherty: 256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Rásaíocht Con Éireann had sight of all the figures used in a report (details supplied) prior to the report being written; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9157/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (22 Feb 2023)
Joe Flaherty: 257. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of active racing greyhound owners registered with Rásaíocht Con Éireann for each of the years 2018 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9158/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (22 Feb 2023)
Joe Flaherty: 258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide specific details in relation to a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9159/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (22 Feb 2023)
Joe Flaherty: 259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide specific details in relation to a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9160/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (22 Feb 2023)
Joe Flaherty: 260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide specific details in relation to a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9161/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (22 Feb 2023)
Joe Flaherty: 261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide specific details in relation to a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9162/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (22 Feb 2023)
Joe Flaherty: 262. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide specific details in relation to a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9163/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (21 Feb 2023)
Joe Flaherty: 77. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Fáilte Ireland will open a call for applications under the platforms for growth or large grant scheme in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8407/23]
- Civil Defence Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Feb 2023)
Joe Flaherty: I welcome the Bill, which is long overdue. It underpins an organisation that has been at the heart of community events in Ireland since 1951. We are incredibly proud of the Civil Defence family in County Longford, where Emma Reid is the Civil Defence officer. Throughout Covid, we saw the value and dedication of Civil Defence volunteers. We are incredibly lucky to have 25 top-drawer...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)
Joe Flaherty: I thank the Acting Chairman. You will be delighted to hear that I will not sing anything. I will not inflict that upon you. Sitting on this committee is very challenging and very rewarding in equal measure. As many have already said, it shines that very important light on the many shortcomings of us as a State and as a society. On a weekly basis in here, we get wonderful insights into...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)
Joe Flaherty: Is there a country that does universal design well?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)
Joe Flaherty: That is something we need to do as a committee, and a starting point might be Dr. McAuley's advisory group and linking in with AsIAm. It is important that, in the remaining lifetime of this committee, we give a voice to the children.
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (14 Feb 2023)
Joe Flaherty: 292. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the ongoing tensions between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7231/23]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)
Joe Flaherty: I thank all the speakers for coming in. I will start of with Mr. Moran and wind energy. It has mythical status at this stage, but Mr. Moran can elaborate on it. Is it more commercially viable to go offshore? Are we looking at a change in wind energy where the move is offshore and no longer onshore?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)
Joe Flaherty: There is some suspicion that the strategy developments will make it easier for wind farms to get planning. Given that it is probably more expensive to develop a wind farm onshore now, is it a case that it will be larger scale wind farms Wind Energy Ireland will consider onshore?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)
Joe Flaherty: Good stuff. I thank Mr. Moran. My next question is for the CIF. When we talk about house building, we are fixated on the big cities but it is a major problem in rural Ireland as well. Longford County Council did an exercise recently. Currently, it has 900 units for which there is planning but they have not been activated. We have a unique problem. Mr. Parlon will be familiar with...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)
Joe Flaherty: Percentage wise, what is that costing the builder?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)
Joe Flaherty: I thank Mr. Kelleher. IIP and PII are like twins. We all agree we have to build more houses. That is obvious. I do not accept the theory that they, the investors, are the bogey. That is all wrong. It is important that we get investors into the market. Builders tell us it is hard to get investors into construction at present. We got burned in the past when we looked at tax...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)
Joe Flaherty: I thank Mr. Farrell and the Chair.