Results 101-120 of 764 for speaker:Joe Flaherty in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Nov 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 770. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will ensure that claimants who are likely to lose the free transport benefit over the next eight months and before fulfilling eligibility from July 2024, are not deprived of this important and crucial benefit (details supplied). [48551/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (24 Oct 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 237. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will examine a bespoke scheme for the challenged horticulture sector as we move to the increased €12.70 minimum wage (details supplied). [46668/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (24 Oct 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 238. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update and timeline for the seasonal work permit scheme, given its introduction is crucial to the horticulture sector as Ireland moves to the €12.70 minimum wage. [46669/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Oct 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 356. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who was forced to stop working 20 years ago, now aged 61 years and in receipt of a local authority pension of €294 per week is eligible for the household benefits package. [46240/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Feedstuffs (24 Oct 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 424. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a product (details supplied) will be released to the business that bought the product. [46177/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (24 Oct 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the white mushroom production sector and the vast majority of Irish strawberry growers are excluded from the new horticulture support scheme. [46674/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (24 Oct 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine a bespoke scheme for the challenged horticulture sector as we move to the increased €12.70 minimum wage (details supplied). [46675/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (19 Oct 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the total allocation of capital grants (devolved capital grant and the further education capital grants) to the Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45529/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (19 Oct 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way his Department is acting to support the workforce and talent development of Irish SMEs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45530/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (17 Oct 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 417. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the necessary legislation has not been introduced to allow Rásaíocht Con Éireann to set up its own dedicated stud book, as promised in its Strategic Plan 2018-22, given that Rásaíocht Con Éireann incurs a loss of revenue estimated to be €1 million a year to the Irish Coursing Club,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (17 Oct 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 418. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, he agrees with claims frequently made by representatives of Rásaíocht Con Éireann that greyhound racing is an important part of Irish culture (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44739/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Oct 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 520. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to introduce the shingles vaccine to the national immunisation programme similar to what is in place for people over 65 years of age, with no charge, in Northern Ireland. [44802/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (12 Oct 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 35. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how Budget 2024 will help the SME sector. [44196/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (12 Oct 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 60. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on progress being made to acquire an IDA Ireland purpose-built facility in Longford town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44195/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (11 Oct 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 85. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has plans for any further supports to help businesses coping with increased costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43191/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (10 Oct 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a tenant-in-situ application, whereby a couple qualifies for the scheme, but it is not the landlord’s intention to sell the house but rather to take up occupancy themselves, can still be processed; and if an applicant can access the help-to-buy scheme and the first-home scheme in respect of the same property. [43761/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (5 Oct 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 137. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will be reviewing the tax reliefs available for the SME sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43190/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Social Welfare Eligibility (3 Oct 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 652. To ask the Minister for Health if he will add age-related macular degeneration to the eligible illnesses on the long-term illness scheme (details supplied). [42523/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (26 Sep 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 500. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the request from a person (details supplied) to have their two children included in the ECCE scheme this year. [41603/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (21 Sep 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the housing adaptation grant for older people can be used to rehabilitate a sewage system in a single house as there is no other option to remedy the issue. [40793/23]