Results 19,701-19,720 of 26,245 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (30 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding progress on a permanent school building project for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25754/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (30 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 336. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that have been taken by the European Union to address the ongoing situation in Turkey which has resulted in a shutdown of the media and the arrest of thousands of persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25720/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (30 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 358. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the provision of coastal erosion protection measures at Portrane, County Dublin; the funding he has allocated for this project; the expected commencement date of work on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25485/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (30 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 641. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies that have made formal inquiries to Departments, State agencies or the Central Bank in regard to relocating here as a consequence of Brexit; the number of jobs that have been created here as a direct consequence of companies locating here as a result of Brexit; the number of jobs she expects to be created as a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: EU Foreign Affairs Council (25 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: I will try to be brief. The Minister dealt with a lot of issues in his presentation and I will not be able to cover everything in the time allowed. I acknowledge the Minister's commitment to providing advice and guidance to this committee. The Minister mentioned the situation in Yemen, which is obviously a catastrophic human rights tragedy. The ongoing conflict there is, in the main,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: EU Foreign Affairs Council (25 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: If it did not arise, it should have. What interaction did the those voting on behalf of Ireland have with the Minister or his officials prior to the vote? Do we just assume that they are going to do the right thing? I will leave that element to one side for now. I have a number of questions regarding the European consensus on development. I note that Mr. Gaffey, the Director General of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: EU Foreign Affairs Council (25 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: I did not say that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: EU Foreign Affairs Council (25 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: EU Foreign Affairs Council (25 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: No one is asking the Minister to do so.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: International Trade Agreements: Motion (25 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: On behalf of the committee and of my party, I want to express our deepest sympathy and condolences to the people of Manchester, and to the British Government, following the horrendous attack on Monday, and also on the attack in Jakarta, Indonesia. I have two questions for the Minister. This debate is welcome, and I thank him for his presentation. First, I am interested to know the reason...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: International Trade Agreements: Motion (25 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Minister.

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: Under section 39 of the Health Act 2004, many voluntary providers employ hundreds of home help workers who carry out a low-paid job on the front line of our health services. Since February 2013, I have raised with successive Ministers for Health, Senator James Reilly, Deputy Varadkar and Deputy Harris, the issue that the last Government and the current one are in breach of two Labour Court...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Swimming Pool Programme Funding (24 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to open applications for grant aid funding for new swimming pools and refurbishment of existing facilities, in view of the fact they are specifically excluded from the capital sports grants programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24862/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (23 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the State has not taken asylum seekers from Italy under the relocation programme; the efforts that are being made to resolve this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24704/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (23 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons, including unaccompanied minors, that have been accepted here under the resettlement and relocation programmes, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24705/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (23 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made to date in 2017 in accepting unaccompanied minors from the now dismantled Calais camp as agreed to in a motion passed by Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24706/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (23 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 368. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the efforts being made by his Department to secure the release of a person (details supplied) currently being detained without trial; the efforts being made by him and his Department to ensure this person is being treated in a fair and humane manner and that their human and legal rights are being upheld; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Council of Europe (23 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 369. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland contributed to the debate on the rule of law in Poland at the General Affairs Council Meeting on 16 May 2017; if so, if he specifically addressed and spoke out against the threat to the rule of law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24408/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Medical Negligence Cases (16 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to bring forward legislation on periodic payments for medical negligence cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23133/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Fire Service (16 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of local authorities that are utilising the auxiliary fire service resource within the Civil Defence to assist and supplement the permanent fire brigade service in view of the increase in grass, gorse and forest fires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22773/17]