Results 921-940 of 1,750 for speaker:Declan Breathnach

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Administrative Arrangements (6 Dec 2017)

Declan Breathnach: The question is about changes in the management of the Department.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Administrative Arrangements (6 Dec 2017)

Declan Breathnach: There are three minutes left on this. I will give 30 seconds each, with the Taoiseach to reply. I call Deputy Burton.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Administrative Arrangements (6 Dec 2017)

Declan Breathnach: Thank you, Deputy.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Administrative Arrangements (6 Dec 2017)

Declan Breathnach: I call Deputy Adams. If Deputy Burton wants an answer, she should allow time for the Taoiseach to reply.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Administrative Arrangements (6 Dec 2017)

Declan Breathnach: I call Deputy Adams, who should be as brief as possible.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (6 Dec 2017)

Declan Breathnach: The Deputy is over time.

Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Dec 2017)

Declan Breathnach: This morning during Question Time the Minister made it clear that the minor works grant would be paid this year but it would not be paid in 2018. That is absolutely unacceptable as schools are reliant on it. It is no longer a grant and it never was such a grant; it should never have been called a grant. This concerns moneys vital to the running of schools. I ask the Taoiseach and his...

Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Dec 2017)

Declan Breathnach: It is the information we got in the House this morning.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (5 Dec 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in County Louth as of 1 November 2017; the number of community gardaí in the division as; and the number of Garda Reserve and new recruits assigned to the division since recruitment resumed in 2014. [51657/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Nov 2017)

Declan Breathnach: -----to represent the party in Westminster, but it did not take that opportunity.

Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Nov 2017)

Declan Breathnach: It is in Sinn Féin's hands.

Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Nov 2017)

Declan Breathnach: Page 140 of the programme of Government deals with the Government's mandate as co-guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement. I acknowledge the sharing of information, particularly with the committee on the Good Friday Agreement on Brexit issues and the Border, and the engagement mentioned this morning with party leaders on the sensitive issues of solving the Irish Border issue. My question...

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Second Stage (29 Nov 2017)

Declan Breathnach: The Fianna Fáil Deputies have the next time slot. Deputies Dara Calleary, Jackie Cahill and James Lawless are sharing 20 minutes. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Topical Issue Debate: Minor Works Scheme (29 Nov 2017)

Declan Breathnach: I thank the Minister and acknowledge the constraints under which he is working. Will there be a minor works grant for schools before Christmas? The principals and boards of management need to know that because otherwise they need to look elsewhere for funds. As we head into December, schools need to have enough money to pay insurance, heating bills, ancillary staff, electricity, fire...

Topical Issue Debate: Minor Works Scheme (29 Nov 2017)

Declan Breathnach: Boards of management, principals and parents' committees across this country are struggling to run schools due to the lack of a proper adequate funding structure. I ask the Minister for Education and Skills to introduce a defined timescale for the payment of minor works grants to all schools. Is he aware that delays in the payment of approved minor works grants are causing huge financial...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications Data (28 Nov 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 555. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications for the sports capital grant that were made from clubs and organisations in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50317/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications Data (28 Nov 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 558. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications for the sports capital grant that were made from clubs and organisations in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50353/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications Data (28 Nov 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 572. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications for the sports capital grant that were made from clubs and organisations in counties Louth and Meath; the details of clubs and organisations and the amounts applied for, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50664/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland Issues and Implications of Brexit for Good Friday Agreement: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (23 Nov 2017)

Declan Breathnach: I thank the Minister for his engagement with this committee and his proactive role on civil dialogue and the break-out sessions. They have been very informative, especially in his dealings with Oireachtas Members on a personal basis regarding many of the minor items while the major issues such as Brexit are pressing. It would be remiss of me to not mention the Narrow Water bridge project as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland Issues and Implications of Brexit for Good Friday Agreement: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (23 Nov 2017)

Declan Breathnach: I am nearly finished. Would the Minister accept that there is a danger that no solutions could satisfy the UK, Ireland and the rest? There is a danger that we might not get a solution.