Results 9,801-9,820 of 10,862 for speaker:Matt Carthy

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (11 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the funding allocation for his Department for 2021, by project. [35664/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (11 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current contingency measures in place for farmers and the agrifood sector in the event of a no-deal Brexit; the financial packages that will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35667/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (11 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to support the revitalisation of the indigenous wool sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35668/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Properties (11 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department rent office space from a company (details supplied) or an Irish subsidiary; the number of employees who work out of such office space; the length of time they have been working from the offices; the cost to date of renting such offices; the tender process by which it was...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Properties (11 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 267. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department or bodies under the aegis of her Department rent office space from a company (details supplied) or an Irish subsidiary; the number of employees who work out of such office space; the length of time they have been working from the offices; the cost to date of renting such offices; the tender process by which it was...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (10 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: I thank the Minister for her response. She has outlined how the system is supposed to work and should work, but new cases are coming to my attention daily. We need to get this matter resolved because I cannot go back to these people, whom we both know in many cases, and tell them essentially that the Department says it is their fault they have not received payment. These are hard-working...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (10 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: -----and hard-working people within her own constituency. I encourage the Minister to forget about the gutter politics and instead sort out the unresolved issues that relate to her Department. These are business people, employers and the backbone of local communities in our constituency. They deserve support, and I ask the Minister to make sure they do not face an unnecessary wait to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (10 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: I thank the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Humphreys, for being here to take this Topical Issue. This matter is of crucial importance for many people who have applied for the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP, but who have encountered what can only be described as a bureaucratic mess. Initially, the pandemic unemployment payment was a flat-rate payment of €350 per week. It...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Support Services (10 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: A lot of what the Tánaiste said is factually correct but will be of little comfort to the workers involved. On 18 August, I wrote to the Tánaiste asking him specific questions that the workers in BD Foods had asked but to which they had not received satisfactory responses from the other Minister, who the Tánaiste has managed to mention three times in his response. One...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Support Services (10 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: The Tánaiste referenced the number of engagements of his Department and the Department of Social Protection. The workers at BD Foods tell me the engagement they have had with the statutory bodies, including the two Departments, has boiled down to the webinar to which the Tánaiste referred, which was essentially informing workers how they could claim social protection payments. My...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Support Services (10 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 31. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his plans to secure alternative employment opportunities to the former workforce at a company (details supplied) which closed in 2020. [34994/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Support Services (10 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: On 20 May, workers at BD Foods in Glaslough, County Monaghan, got the devastating news that their parent company, Henderson Group, had announced the merger of its recently acquired companies into its operational base in Mallusk with the loss of most of the jobs. Will the Tánaiste indicate whether the Department has been active in trying to save the jobs in the first place or,...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 80. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he will provide additional supports to local pubs in recognition of the additional challenges faced during level 5 restrictions. [34995/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (10 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will urgently consider providing marts with wireless broadband under the national broadband plan. [34176/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Meetings (10 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport which of his EU counterparts he has spoken formally with since his appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34703/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (10 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35392/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (10 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 497. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of pandemic unemployment payment applicants who were refused due to difficulty in determining PRSI contributions by county in tabular form; the efforts being made to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34700/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Support Services (10 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 534. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the supports in place to facilitate persons with disabilities in entering the workforce; if it will be ensured that both the partial capacity benefit paid to workers and the wage subsidy scheme payment paid to employers can be provided in respect of the same employment; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (10 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that students that have paid for accommodation which is not required during periods when Covid-19 restrictions are in place will be entitled to refunds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34701/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (10 Nov 2020)

Matt Carthy: 682. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of increasing the opening hours of the minor injuries unit at Monaghan General Hospital from the existing hours of 9:00am to 5:00pm Monday to Friday to 8:00am to 8:00pm Monday to Sunday; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34689/20]