Results 161-180 of 2,494 for speaker:Noel Grealish

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2023)

Noel Grealish: I have a number of issues that I want to raise with the Taoiseach today. Over the last number of weeks I have met businesses across a range of sectors in Galway, from developers to healthcare providers. One of the main concerns they all have in common is a difficulty in trying to recruit staff. A lot of businesses, in particular those in the hospitality sector, which includes small...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2023)

Noel Grealish: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. In connection with the housing crisis, another issue which has come up a number of times in my discussions with businesspeople and developers is the length of time it takes to get planning permission. Developers who want to build houses have told me it can take up to three or four years to get planning permission, which is far too long. The delays...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2023)

Noel Grealish: Eight weeks.

Home Care and Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2023)

Noel Grealish: What do the workers get?

Home Care and Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2023)

Noel Grealish: I move: That Dáil Éireann: acknowledges that: — the Programme for Government: Our Shared Future includes a commitment to introduce a statutory scheme to support people to live in their own homes by providing them with access to high-quality regulated home care, but this is not happening; — the Health Service Executive (HSE) Home Support Service (formerly called...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (20 Jun 2023)

Noel Grealish: 167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason no Angling Consultative Council of Ireland meetings were held under the auspices of the Inland Fisheries division from 26 July 2022 until 23 March 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29620/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (20 Jun 2023)

Noel Grealish: 168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if, when he signed the Western Fisheries Region Conservation of Trout Bye-Law No. 840, 2008 into law on 28 July 2008, it was his and his Department's intention for this legislation to regulate the number of mounted fishing rods that may be used by an individual or the number of mounted fishing rods in the possession...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land Use (13 Jun 2023)

Noel Grealish: 937. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if ten farmers are owners in a commonage and one farmer cuts turf against the rules in that commonage, if all farmers will be penalised; if he will consider changing the law in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27125/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (13 Jun 2023)

Noel Grealish: 1109. To ask the Minister for Health when the report on the home support pilot study undertaken in four CHO areas will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27090/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 Jun 2023)

Noel Grealish: 1295. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of free GP care for children aged six and seven years, as announced in Budget 2023; if any automatic GP cards for children aged six and seven years have been issued; if not, when applications will open; when the first cards will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28402/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (13 Jun 2023)

Noel Grealish: 1350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update with regard to the Technological University Development Fund, the proposed successor to the Technological University Transformation (TUT) Fund; if this fund will be made available in advance of the expiration of the TUT Fund in August 2023; the level funding that will be made available under the new TUT fund; if...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Invasive Species Policy (30 May 2023)

Noel Grealish: 151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and his Department support the conservation of invasive coarse fish and invasive pike at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26138/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (30 May 2023)

Noel Grealish: 152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and his Department will support Inland Fisheries Ireland by all means in improving the ecological status of a lake (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26139/23]

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (25 May 2023)

Noel Grealish: It is a great honour and privilege for me to have this opportunity to say a few words this afternoon about the late, great Noel Treacy. It was an honour and a privilege to serve with him in this House. I had great admiration and respect for Noel. I always worked very well with him and it was an honour to be able to call him a friend. Noel was a remarkable person, with a real gift for...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 May 2023)

Noel Grealish: A couple of months ago, I raised concerns in this House regarding the shortages in the healthcare sector and the chronic issue of staff recruitment and staff retention, particularly in the provision of home care for the elderly. The home care sector has been engaged in discussions with the Department of Health and the HSE since December regarding tender 2023, which will set out how the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (23 May 2023)

Noel Grealish: 328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the appointment of the design team for the additional classrooms for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24971/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (23 May 2023)

Noel Grealish: 421. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the Government schemes and grants that are available to support companies that wish to refurbish multiple derelict or vacant properties within towns and villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24484/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (23 May 2023)

Noel Grealish: 423. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funds or grants available to housing estates that wish to upgrade their sewerage treatment plant or percolation area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24489/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (23 May 2023)

Noel Grealish: 460. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection with regard to a person who has modified PRSI contributions before paying A class contributions, if the effective date of entry into insurance for the calculation of State pension contributory can be the date that the full-rate reckonable contributions started being paid, given that the modified PRSI contributions were paid...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (23 May 2023)

Noel Grealish: 746. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for home support carers and funding in each month of 2022 and to date in 2023 for each LHO and CHO, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24216/23]