Results 12,481-12,500 of 33,377 for speaker:Catherine Connolly

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allow persons applying for essential worker jobs which require a full driver licence to apply for and take complete driver tests during level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14622/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 304. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures that are planned to address the backlog in driver tests and the resultant long waiting lists for same which will be exacerbated further due to the ongoing level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14623/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 307. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allow essential workers who do not already have a date for their driver test to complete their 12 mandatory driving lessons under level 5 restrictions in order that they can apply for a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14648/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 458. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the introduction of a moratorium on bank branch closures for the remainder of the Covid-19 pandemic in view of a recent announcement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14549/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 431. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the stamp duty levy on privately funded pension schemes introduced as a temporary measure in 2011 is still being levied on IASS pensioners particularly in view of the deep cuts in their pensions that these pensioners suffered following the revision of pensions legislation in 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14092/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 450. To ask the Minister for Finance the analysis his Department has carried out into the use by employers of third-party providers who operate a voucher system in the delivery of the bike-to-work scheme; his views on the use of third-party providers in this regard by employers given that they take roughly 10% of every sale at no cost to the employer but resulting in the bike shop losing out...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 451. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the protracted payment process of the voucher system with regard to employers’ use of third-party providers who operate a voucher system in the delivery of the bike-to-work scheme has resulted in many bicycle shops being unable to facilitate these third-party providers and the employees of the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 557. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to introduce targeted financial supports for lighting, sound and audiovisual engineering companies in the entertainment sector which have been severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic but which were not eligible for the tourism business continuity scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14288/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 558. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the frequency with which the flat payments of either €2,500 or €5,000 promised under the recently announced music entertainment business assistance scheme will be paid to eligible businesses; if these flat payments will be backdated to take into account the fact that these businesses had little or no financial...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 594. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to urgent representations made on behalf of a person (details supplied); the way under level 5 restrictions by which a person with a serious medical condition who requires construction work as a result of this condition can obtain written confirmation that the proposed construction work is...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 742. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the operation of the Passport Office during Covid-19; the length of time persons are expected to wait with all their personal documentation before their application is processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13957/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 763. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the arrest and detention of five young children by the Israeli Defence Forces on 10 March 2021 in the Masafer Yatta region near Hebron; his views on the way in which the arrest and detention of children in military courts and prisons accord with the International Rights of the Child; his views on reports...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 987. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the analysis her Department has carried out into the temporary expansion of the back to education scheme for the duration of Covid-19 restrictions or the development of a similar temporary scheme to include persons currently being paid reduced wages through the employment wage subsidy scheme to facilitate them returning to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 988. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14676/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Refugee Resettlement Programme (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 1058. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the recent open letter signed by over 300 medical practitioners from across Ireland calling on the Government to commit to accepting and relocating 400 refugees and asylum seekers from the Greek island of Lesvos; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15865/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 1190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the engagement she has had with the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth on implementation of the recently published White Paper on Ending Direct Provision; the way in which her Department and in particular the International Protection Office will deliver on the White Paper; her plans for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Policy (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 1236. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for the provision of free psychological support for all victims of crime after their court cases end, particularly in view of the retraumatising effect of criminal trials on many victims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14590/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 1222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Policing Authority has issued guidelines to the Garda Commissioner regarding the supervision and control by the Commissioner of the monitoring of CCTV by authorised persons under section 38 (11) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005; and if so, if a copy of same will be provided. [14392/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Judgments (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 1234. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for the monitoring of the implementation of the new guidelines on personal injury awards; her plans to announce a review period of the guidelines with a view to ascertaining their impact on insurance premiums and the overall reform of the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14544/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (24 Mar 2021)

Catherine Connolly: 1277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a residence card application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15529/21]