Results 141-160 of 328 for speaker:Brian Brennan

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (12 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: 398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine the case for the awarding of a pension for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31411/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (12 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: 399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine the case for awarding carer’s allowance to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31412/25]

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (11 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: My first question is for Ms Clarke, Dr. Widdis, Dr. O'Connell and IBEC. I was in the hospitality business, with 600 people working for me. I know the issues of dealing with costs and all of that but what we are dealing with here is completely different. During my time in the hospitality business, I was lucky enough to go to Sri Lanka after the tsunami. Twenty years later and I have built...

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (11 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: We started with the Rana Plaza. I will never forget it. It was one of those events where you remember where you were. It was the day before my birthday, 24 April and 1,137 people died. I know how things operate in Bangladesh, India and so on and this affected 20,000 to 30,000 people because they were the breadwinners. I am not talking about males because most of these people were female....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (11 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: 59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the progress on the reduction of the speed limit in urban cores to 30km/h; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30910/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: I do not think I will need ten minutes. I am keen to hear from the representatives of Coimisiún na Meán about where they feel the role of local radio is going. I am from Gorey in County Wexford and I am involved in Arklow as well. East Coast FM and South East Radio are important for me personally. They are so ingrained in the fabric of our society. It is important that we have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: On local broadcasting, €50,000 will not go a long way. I keep reiterating how important it is to the local community down there. It is about the big guns coming in, and I feel they are going to dilute the product we have. Alan Corcoran and Liam Spratt are the two who cover the matches down there. They are household names. They are bigger in Wexford than any characters in RTÉ,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: Will the people at the coalface have a say in how that funding is distributed? They are the ones who know where it is needed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: It is extremely important and much appreciated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: My question is for Coimisiún na Meán. Online safety is often overlooked, not by Coimisiún na Meán but by a lot of people. It is now so relevant to society, I would be interested in Mr. Ó Domhnaill's comments on how it could be beefed up. In the current climate we all get plenty of online comments. I will put it that way. To RTÉ, are subsidiary companies a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: Yes, I understand that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: How much funding goes to 2RN?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: I am fine.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: 886. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the carer's allowance payment for a person (details supplied) is to cease following the means review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29217/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (10 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: 902. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a claim for invalidity pension for a person (details supplied) was refused; if he will provide details of the contributions for the applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29412/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (10 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: 934. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to change the treatment of those in receipt of the widows pension, who are working and if they become ill and are unable to work but cannot claim illness benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30037/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (10 Jun 2025)

Brian Brennan: 1272. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons the freestyle libre monitoring device (or a similar device) is not provided under the medical card for people with type 2 diabetes; if she will consider including it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29000/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 May 2025)

Brian Brennan: I raise the issue of the National Ambulance Service. I have heard from multiple constituents of prolonged waiting times, sometimes lasting hours, in cases of urgent need for medical attention. In my constituency, Arklow, County Wicklow, and Gorey, County Wexford, each have only one operating ambulance at any one time. This is to serve a population of more than 50,000 people. If these...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Industry (29 May 2025)

Brian Brennan: Hear, hear.