Results 1,141-1,160 of 12,696 for speaker:Willie O'Dea
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Sep 2020)
Willie O'Dea: 23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Limerick City Council will be granted an additional three month extension in regard to the July stimulus funding provided to it by the NTA for €10 million which has to be allocated by November 2020. [24278/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (15 Sep 2020)
Willie O'Dea: 853. To ask the Minister for Health when restrictions will be eased at maternity hospitals to allow the birth partners of expectant mothers to attend antenatal appointments and early labour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24139/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (15 Sep 2020)
Willie O'Dea: 183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there will be no need for increased incineration facilities here in view of his announcement of ambitious new targets to tackle waste and move towards a circular economy, including a shift in focus away from waste disposal and treatment; if, as a result of the new measures, the application for a licence to allow...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Sep 2020)
Willie O'Dea: 265. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons presently in receipt of EWSS; if the Government is prepared to re-examine the conditions for eligibility to EWSS in view of the many critical comments regarding the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23723/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Low Pay Commission (15 Sep 2020)
Willie O'Dea: 473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for the design implementation and the evaluation of the universal basic income pilot committed to as part of the request to the Low Pay Commission to examine universal basic income committed to under the Programme for Government. [23939/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (15 Sep 2020)
Willie O'Dea: 747. To ask the Minister for Health when the order will be signed to allow the proposed increase in the weekly gross medical card income limits for those over 70 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23809/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (8 Sep 2020)
Willie O'Dea: 217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to change the small public service regulations to accommodate persons whose SPV expires to include persons whose licence expires after 31 December 2020 in view of the adverse impact which Covid-19 has had on their businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21829/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Travel Trade Sector (8 Sep 2020)
Willie O'Dea: 269. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has been contacted by an association (details supplied) regarding the impact which Covid-19 has had on its business; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it has requested that the temporary wage subsidy scheme be retained at the rate of €350 per week for its employees; if he will consider special arrangements for the business in...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Gambling Sector (8 Sep 2020)
Willie O'Dea: 285. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the licence for on-course bookmakers by year in view of the large loss in income they have sustained as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21560/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Sep 2020)
Willie O'Dea: 524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the hiring of extra school buses by her Department due to Covid-19 will be under the same terms and conditions including payment as applies to the existing school transport fleet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21723/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (8 Sep 2020)
Willie O'Dea: 662. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reconsider the policy of ceasing the pandemic unemployment payment and other social welfare payments in cases in which the recipients have travelled abroad for non-essential purposes in view of the serious concerns raised by civil liberties organisations and the Data Protection Commissioner; and if she will...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (8 Sep 2020)
Willie O'Dea: 668. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused the State pension (contributory). [21247/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (8 Sep 2020)
Willie O'Dea: 1336. To ask the Minister for Health when a child psychiatrist will be allocated to Limerick city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22176/20]
- Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (30 Jul 2020)
Willie O'Dea: I congratulate the Minister on her appointment and wish her well. There is much in this legislation that is useful and necessary, of that there is no doubt. I accept what my colleague, Deputy Jim O'Callaghan, has said on remote hearings and so on for the courts, under their own rules of proceeding, to do this sort of thing and I welcome that. It is quite useful and I welcome the fact it is...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (28 Jul 2020)
Willie O'Dea: 434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 596 of 14 July 2020, if her attention has been drawn to a further request submitted subsequently to the application for further funding due to serious health and safety issues at the school; if the subsequent request is being considered; if so, her views on the matter; and if she will make a statement on...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (21 Jul 2020)
Willie O'Dea: 83. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost in 2021 if the budget for the electric vehicle home charger grant scheme is increased by 20%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16612/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Telecommunications Infrastructure (21 Jul 2020)
Willie O'Dea: 286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to statements by an organisation in 2001 in relation to exemptions in the Planning Act 2000 concerning the erection of masts and antennae by telecommunications companies (details supplied); his views on whether the prediction has proved correct; his plans to alter the regulations to ensure...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland (21 Jul 2020)
Willie O'Dea: 498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has spoken to the Chief Executive Officer of Horse Racing Ireland recently; if so, the issues discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16615/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Provision (21 Jul 2020)
Willie O'Dea: 576. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to provide funding for the purchase of additional high-powered unmarked vehicles for the Garda roads policing unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16608/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Audiology Services (21 Jul 2020)
Willie O'Dea: 625. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost if the number of audiologists working in public health service increased by 15%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16613/20]