Results 1,281-1,300 of 1,750 for speaker:Declan Breathnach

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result (Resumed) (9 Mar 2017)

Declan Breathnach: I referred to the process of civil society dialogue and the various fora and sectors feeding into it. The clear message from Barnier and Verhofstadt key people in Brussels, is that a political solution is needed. By the time Article 50 is triggered, hopefully, what Britain wants will be clearer. By then most of the problems in each of the sectors probably will have been identified. The...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sugar Industry (9 Mar 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding streams and grant aid supports there are for producing industrial chemicals from sugar beet; if any projects have accessed the EU funding opportunity under the bio-based industries joint undertaking to date; his plans to provide funding supports to help reestablish the sugar beet industry here from 1 October 2017;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Cover (8 Mar 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 203. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in a matter (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the facility has to turn persons away that are members of a company due to this refusal and that these persons have nowhere else to turn to in the region; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the facility is struggling to maintain its...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Insurance Coverage (8 Mar 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to regulate for insurance for hobby drone users; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the two insurance companies here underwritten by UK companies that offer insurance cover for drones will not cover drones used by amateurs and hobbyists; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that there have been a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (7 Mar 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 535. To ask the Minister for Health if the five new operating theatres and emergency departments will be fully equipped and commissioned to function as per planning permission when the phase two building at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital is complete in November 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11519/17]

Other Questions: Departmental Budgets (2 Mar 2017)

Declan Breathnach: Is Deputy Durkan satisfied that Question No. 8 has, in effect, already been answered by the Minister?

Insurance Industry: Motion [Private Members] (1 Mar 2017)

Declan Breathnach: I am old enough to remember the PMPA saga, and all of us in this House are certainly old enough to remember the Quinn debacle where we are still paying a 2% levy which is expected to remain until 2037. This is unfair on the taxpayers. This Setanta saga is another sorry issue. We know the history here. As Deputy Murphy O'Mahony stated, over 1,600 customers are affected. These customers...

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: We were promised the heads of a commercial rates Bill were being prepared. Many of us are celebrating 12 months in this House and many of us were members of a local authority for many years. Therefore, we are aware commercial rates payers are absolutely crippled with an archaic and outdated method of commercial rate setting. It is time that a fair assessment system, based on ability to pay...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (28 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 678. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 8 February 2017 regarding a person (details supplied), if the portion of the land that needed to be reassessed for the balance of the 2015 payment under the GLAS scheme has been examined; if the examination has not yet taken place, the reason; if his attention has been drawn to the fact...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Aid (28 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 704. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a new grant scheme available for small-scale forestry (details supplied); if so, when this scheme commences; the timeframe for persons to get access to such a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10261/17]

Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: Since entering the Dáil 12 months ago this weekend, I have mooted that this Dáil should be a champion for those with disabilities. We should speak of varying abilities rather than disability. During my 35 years working as a primary school teacher I viewed children with a disability as young people of varying abilities and always focused on their abilities rather than their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (23 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 299. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide urgent funding to a facility (details supplied) in County Louth for the care of persons with intellectual disabilities and mental health issues to allow it meet modern standards for delivery of care to persons in both institutional and community settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9189/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (23 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 300. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to problems uncovered with the services provided at a facility (details supplied) in County Louth for persons with intellectual disabilities and mental health issues; if his attention has been further drawn to the imminent closure by HIQA of four of the units at this facility and the distress that this will cause to persons...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (23 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: 318. To ask the Minister for Health the overall spend by his Department on health and well-being initiatives each year since 2012 in tabular form; the individual initiatives in health and well-being supported by the Government for the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9269/17]

Industrial Relations (Right to Access) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: I want to make it clear to Deputy Cullinane that I do not show any favouritism in the Chair. I show no fear or favour in seeking that Members respect one another and the orders of debate.

Industrial Relations (Right to Access) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: There the Deputy goes again.

Industrial Relations (Right to Access) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: At the risk of having to repeat myself, I already read out the rules of debate. The Deputies may refer only to what is in the Bill and to what could relevantly be put into it. I draw all Deputies' attention to that, as I did at the outset.

Industrial Relations (Right to Access) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: I call Deputy Barry. The Deputy is sharing an eight minute time slot with Deputy Bríd Smith.

Industrial Relations (Right to Access) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: The Deputy should suí síos and have a small bit of manners.

Industrial Relations (Right to Access) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2017)

Declan Breathnach: The Deputy should respect the Chair.