Results 1,801-1,820 of 1,995 for speaker:Joe Flaherty

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (24 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 1224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a decision will issue on a leave to remain request in the case of a person (details supplied). [14403/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 1428. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to prioritise private sector special needs education workers in the vaccine roll-out given that they are providing an invaluable service to families and in view of the fact colleagues in the HSE have already been vaccinated. [14185/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 1427. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions for the vaccine roll-out in relation to high risk persons with Down's syndrome that live at home with family members and are not accessing day services given concerns that they could possibly be overlooked it is important that they are vaccinated under the revised prioritisation. [14184/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I welcome our three speakers. This is very informative. Their presentation took much of the technical jargon out of the process and that is greatly appreciated. I will probably echo what many other speakers said in that I have concerns that the proposals, as set out, for the veterinary medicines regulations will increase costs for farmers. Ultimately, farmers and everybody on this...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax (11 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 52. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider waiving the local property tax for pensioners in receipt of the fuel allowance given that the benefit of the fuel allowance payment is null and voided by the local property tax payment. [13786/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance (11 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 139. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of pensioners in receipt of the fuel allowance that are also paying the local property tax; and the value of local property tax collected in cases in which the payee is also in receipt of the fuel allowance. [13785/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (11 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 221. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an opportunity for students to avail of the HPV vaccine when the forthcoming school vaccination programme resumes given they are now in older years (details supplied). [13699/21]

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I welcome the Land Development Agency, LDA. It will be an important mechanism as we look to undertake a strategic review of State lands and fully utilise these lands with the aim of building sustainable communities and affordable homes. I know that the Minister and his Department are passionate about affordable housing and committed to delivering it for Dublin and for other major urban...

Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Statements (10 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: There was great excitement in Longford this week with the confirmation of the allocation of €10 million plus in URDF funding. It has come a number of months after €1 million was allocated to the Longford-Westmeath Education and Training Board, ETB, to develop a digital learning hub in Longford. The ETB is located on the Battery Road in Longford. It is at the very heart of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance (10 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that have been taken to revise the age thresholds for the domiciliary care allowance (details supplied). [12782/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (10 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 1007. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if steps are being taken by his Department following the outbreak of a deadly strain of neurological equine herpes on mainland Europe (details supplied). [12664/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (4 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current timeline for announcing the preferred bidder for the DART expansion programme. [12376/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (4 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the business case for the DART expansion has been put to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform; and if not, when he expects it will be put forward. [12377/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (4 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projected cost for the DART expansion programme. [12378/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (4 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the DART expansion project been delayed due to Covid-19. [12379/21]

Reopening Schools and Leaving Certificate Examinations: Statements (3 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: I welcome the Minister's increased supports for urban primary DEIS programme schools that are catering for our young people experiencing the highest level of educational disadvantage. The additional supports will assist four primary schools in Longford town, including St. Michael's National School, St. Joseph's National School, the Gaelscoil, Scoil Eimear, and Sacred Heart Primary School in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (3 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider replacing a previous condition in the planning regulations which was removed to allow homeowners to rebuild fire-damaged homes to the same specification without recourse to planning permission (details supplied). [11452/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 778. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to resume the school immunisation programme in particular the HPV vaccine which is best administered to persons before they are 15 years of age. [11245/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 781. To ask the Minister for Health if provision will be made to allow children and others who missed the HPV vaccination to opt-in for vaccination when the scheme returns to schools given that large numbers of young children have missed out on the HPV vaccination over the past year. [11248/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Joe Flaherty: 779. To ask the Minister for Health if the school vaccination teams now administering vaccines in nursing homes will cause a delay in the resuming of the school vaccinations once schools reopen. [11246/21]