Results 11,141-11,160 of 16,285 for speaker:Peadar Tóibín

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Staff (16 Sep 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 209. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff within the Revenue Commissioners who have an accountancy qualification; and the proportion of staff who have an accountancy qualification and who are chartered accountants. [24416/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (16 Sep 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 249. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax earned from the taxation of pensioners' Christmas bonuses each year. [25063/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (16 Sep 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is financial assistance available to a person (details supplied). [25710/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (16 Sep 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 954. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the National Monument at 14 to 17 Moore Street, Dublin 1. [24813/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Ireland (16 Sep 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 975. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will ensure that the works that are required in rural County Kildare on the canal at Rathangan will be completed as soon as possible, as currently the damage to the canal prevents navigation from the Barrow to the Shannon. [25582/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (16 Sep 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 1277. To ask the Minister for Health if there are different policies regarding the funding of wheelchairs and other OT services from county to county (details supplied); and if so, the details of these differences. [25569/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (16 Sep 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 1404. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on disability allowance that have a medical card; the number of persons on disability allowance on means that have a medical card; and the reason County Meath has one of the lowest levels of medical card recipients and the lowest discretionary medical cards recipients per capita. [25970/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tax Clearance Certificates (16 Sep 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 1727. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a case (details supplied). [24414/16]

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: There will be many citizens looking at this debate who are paying tax rates of 20% and 40%. Many businesses will be paying their full rate of tax also. What is blowing the minds of these people right across the State is that the political establishment says on one level that it is on their side but on the next level tells them they should pay a tax rate 8,0000 times greater than the richest...

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: A coup d'état.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Culture 2025 - Éire Ildánach: a Framework Policy to 2025 and Related Matters: Discussion (7 Sep 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: Cuirim míle fáilte roimh na finnéithe. We are delighted to have the witnesses here today. It is a sign of the importance of the sector that the Association of Artists' Representative Organisations is the first group to make a presentation to this newly formed committee. I wish to welcome the following witnesses to the meeting: Mr. David Kavanagh, Mr. Eamon Murray, Ms Birch...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Culture 2025 - Éire Ildánach: a Framework Policy to 2025 and Related Matters: Discussion (7 Sep 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: I ask the representative of Screen Producers Ireland to address the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Culture 2025 - Éire Ildánach: a Framework Policy to 2025 and Related Matters: Discussion (7 Sep 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: I thank all the groups for their very informative and interesting presentations. There is no agreed process for selecting questioners but we will go on a first come, first served basis today. We have three people who have put up their hands. We will start with Deputy Niamh Smyth and Senators Aodhán Ó Ríordáin and Fintan Warfield.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Culture 2025 - Éire Ildánach: a Framework Policy to 2025 and Related Matters: Discussion (7 Sep 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: I ask one speaker from each group to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Culture 2025 - Éire Ildánach: a Framework Policy to 2025 and Related Matters: Discussion (7 Sep 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: We will listen to the answers and then we can discuss the proposal at the end of the meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Culture 2025 - Éire Ildánach: a Framework Policy to 2025 and Related Matters: Discussion (7 Sep 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes. Lean ar aghaidh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Culture 2025 - Éire Ildánach: a Framework Policy to 2025 and Related Matters: Discussion (7 Sep 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: Ms O'Grady wishes to come in at this point. I note we are approximately four minutes over time in this slot.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Culture 2025 - Éire Ildánach: a Framework Policy to 2025 and Related Matters: Discussion (7 Sep 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: I will ask a few questions, if I may. I was disappointed with Culture 2025 – Éire Ildánach myself. I thought it nebulous and light and it did not go to the heart of the matter. If one considers that the matter was so obvious and has been debated so much, there should have been more meat on the bones in the document itself. One of the gaping holes within it, which is a key...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Culture 2025 - Éire Ildánach: a Framework Policy to 2025 and Related Matters: Discussion (7 Sep 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: What about the other issues regarding how best the committee can work with the sector?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Culture 2025 - Éire Ildánach: a Framework Policy to 2025 and Related Matters: Discussion (7 Sep 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: Optimism is important.