Results 11,141-11,160 of 15,309 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 311. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Probate Office will reopen to the public. [13278/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (30 Jun 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 481. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to doctors in general practice charging parents the same amount for a telephone appointment and assessment as they do for a face-to-face assessment in their surgery; his views on whether this is an acceptable practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13183/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (30 Jun 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 499. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to orthodontic practices implementing a surcharge on patients of up to €6 per visit for PPE; his views on whether this is an acceptable practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13277/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (30 Jun 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 714. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department keeps records of attacks, verbal or physical, on Bus Éireann bus drivers; and if there have been discussions between her Department, Bus Éireann and trade unions representing drivers regarding the installation of protective screens on Bus Éireann buses as there are on Dublin Bus vehicles. [13279/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (30 Jun 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 770. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when Ireland will ratify the UN child protection protocol. [13315/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme (30 Jun 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 803. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for exclusively online applications for the 2020-2021 back to school allowance; and the way in which applicants with restricted literacy or no access to computers can apply for this payment. [12787/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Communications (30 Jun 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 875. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a copy of the instruction or guidelines issued by his Department to local authorities will be provided with respect to section 10 funding in which it states the services that will be funded and not funded. [12770/20]

Supporting Inclusion and Combating Racism in Ireland: Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: As other Members have said, racism exists in Ireland, but it is important to state that it is not a new problem. I remember as a teenager watching an English television drama set on a building site in London. At the height of an argument between an old Irish navvy and young black British brickie, the Irish lad said without a trace of irony to the British lad, "Why don't you go back to where...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Building Finance Ireland (16 Jun 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 63 of 27 May 2020, the number of the 70 local applications to HBFI that were rejected; the number still pending; the number of the 23 approved loan applications that had planning permission; and the number that were awaiting planning and had not applied for it at the time of loan approval. [10583/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (16 Jun 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assessment criteria that will be used for leaving certificate students who do not attend classes but who intended to sit examinations, such as native speakers taking language examinations; and the assessment criteria that will be used for those intending to take non-curricular language examinations such as Arabic. [11076/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (16 Jun 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 353. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to issues raised in correspondence by a group (details supplied) regarding serious health and safety risks in a direct provision centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11066/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (16 Jun 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 320. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if changes (details supplied) will be implemented to the delivery of direct provision services to ensure that residents are fully protected during the Covid-19 crisis. [10499/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (16 Jun 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 531. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons with multiple sclerosis wait a longer period of time for access to new drugs than their counterparts across the EU; the action he is taking to reduce this differential; and the time frame within which all persons with MS will have full and equal access to all forms of treatment including new drugs. [10853/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (16 Jun 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1051. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average approval offering by each local authority of the 1,550 Rebuilding Ireland home loan approvals made in 2018; the number of loans drawn down in each local authority; and the average amount of the drawn down loans in tabular form. [10592/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (16 Jun 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 1052. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the design standards for build to rent apartment developments as per the 2018 mandatory design guidelines are deemed acceptable by him for social housing delivery by local authorities, approved housing bodies, the Land Development Agency and Part V development; the difference in size, dual aspect and storage...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have three specific questions, two of which relate to the topic in question, while one is more general. With respect to the response of the Minister's Department and the taxi regulator to the taxi industry, most Deputies hear much concern expressed by taxi drivers about the lack of any active support, especially for those who may be able to return to work at a later stage in the...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is only Ministers who are involved in the spin.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: Deputy Durkan has obviously defected from Fine Gael.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am sharing time with Deputies Gould, Ward and Paul Donnelly. I am taking six minutes of that time, three of which I will give to the Minister of State to answer questions, if that is okay with my colleagues. They will look after their own time. I will ask three brief questions before I ask climate-related questions that are relevant to the Minister of State's Department. I am aware...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 Jun 2020)

Eoin Ó Broin: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to provide a school (details supplied) with temporary classrooms for the coming year; if the planning application will be through in time to provide these classrooms; if not, the emergency planning powers available to address this issue; if a project manager has been appointed for this work; his plans if these temporary...