Results 461-480 of 4,350 for speaker:Bobby Aylward

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019)

Bobby Aylward: So is the outlook for prospective parents seeking adoptions good into the future, whether foreign or local?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Why is the traceability more difficult now? What was the system heretofore? Why are these new criteria and regulations being brought in again? Is there a reason for this?

Defence Forces: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jun 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Our Defence Forces have a sterling reputation all over the world for their humanitarian and peacekeeping duties in other countries. They are highly regarded and respected by the Irish public for the role they play in the security of this State. However, they continue to be undervalued when it comes to pay and working conditions. This Government remains reluctant to face up to the scale and...

Death of Former Members: Expressions of Sympathy (12 Jun 2019)

Bobby Aylward: I add my voice of welcome to the Ryan and Browne families. I offer sincere sympathy to both families on the deaths of loved ones. This is a sad day for them to be here, but they can take a lot of solace from it in that we are paying tribute to two men from Carlow-Kilkenny and Dublin who distinguished themselves for many years in this House. I am from the Carlow-Kilkenny constituency of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2019)

Bobby Aylward: They have no personnel, though.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2019)

Bobby Aylward: The Defence Forces need personnel if they are to work.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2019)

Bobby Aylward: They were for the teachers and gardaí.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (11 Jun 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 506. To ask the Minister for Health if there is due to be a reduced level of capacity at University Hospital Waterford during the last two weeks of July and the first two weeks of August 2019; if staff have been advised to take their holidays during this period as a result; if the capacity of the operating theatres will be affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23583/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (11 Jun 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 687. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the request made by this Deputy during Questions on Promised Legislation on 29 May 2019 to meet and assist the family of a person (details supplied); the steps he will take to reduce the unaffordable price of the drug by removing the cost of the VAT on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24189/19]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)

Bobby Aylward: It is not very fair if we are going to be fined by the EU for something that is happening in France or Spain.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 May 2019)

Bobby Aylward: The programme for Government gives a strong commitment to drive down the costs of providing new drug treatments. The Minister for Health will be aware of the case of Mr. John Holmes from Kilkenny, who has a very rare form of cancer. One of the country's foremost experts, Professor John Crown, has recommended that he be treated with Pembrolizumab. The John Needs Pembro fundraising group and...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 May 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Is it about to be announced?

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services Funding (28 May 2019)

Bobby Aylward: I re-emphasise that Pobal's recent compliance reports and audits are causing great distress on the ground to community managed and operated childcare providers. My information comes first-hand from childcare providers in Carlow-Kilkenny. They have told me that the recent loss of funding arising from Pobal's compliance reports will result in staff reductions and the loss of service and...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services Funding (28 May 2019)

Bobby Aylward: I stated what I have been told first-hand. These services will be lost to the community and the children who have need of them. Will the Minister meet a group from Carlow-Kilkenny to explain the situation so that we can thrash this out one to one? I thank the Minister.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services Funding (28 May 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 15. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of engagement between her Department and the community-managed not-for-profit childcare service providers with specific reference to negotiations for funding agreements and funding rules in the context of recent compliance audits by Pobal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21739/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services Funding (28 May 2019)

Bobby Aylward: I wish to ask the Minister the level of engagement between her Department and the community-managed not-for-profit childcare service providers, with specific reference to the negotiation for funding agreements and rules in the context of a recent compliance audit by Pobal.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations Upgrade (22 May 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the need for the provision of funding for necessary upgrade works of various facilities at Thomastown train station, County Kilkenny for rail commuters including the elderly and disabled with specific reference to appropriate facilities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (21 May 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for the commencement of works on the ground under the national broadband plan; the measures contained within same to ensure rapid roll out of broadband services for rural areas, rural communities and regional towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21344/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Facilities (14 May 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding access for a school (details supplied) to the sports hall building programme for the provision of adequate physical education facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20370/19]

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Like my colleagues, I wish the Commissioner all the best. We have had a lot of interaction with Garda Commissioners in recent years. We all need a strong, fair, trustworthy and efficient force. It is part of everyone's daily lives so I wish the Commissioner and the force all the best in the years ahead. Many of the controversies that occurred are behind us and we can move on to having a...