Results 161-180 of 4,350 for speaker:Bobby Aylward

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes Data (24 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 13. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount approved for projects to date under the current LEADER programme by LAG; the amount paid out to date by LAG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43832/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Expenditure (24 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 44. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of underspend for each rural scheme administered by his Department as of the end of September 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43833/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (23 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider an additional school accommodation appeal lodged by a school (details supplied) due to lack of space for students, teachers, special needs students and the very obvious health and safety risks set to be endured by students and staff as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43774/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (22 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 542. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application for a sports capital grant by a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43410/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (22 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 627. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has been included in the review of pension entitlements for persons who were affected by changes in 2012 to the State pension (contributory) scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43422/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: It is with regret, disappointment and sadness that I must again raise the issue of Spinraza. Twenty-five children have been identified as suffering from spinal muscular atrophy, SMA. We fought a hard fight here and four months ago the HSE approved the provision of Spinraza for those children. When I went back to Kilkenny, I informed a family there that the drug was approved by the HSE...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Administration (17 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: I have been contacted by a trusted constituent who is a bookkeeper and accountant and has been the treasurer on his local school's board of management for 12 years. The board has always been fully compliant with PAYE and VAT to ensure value for money while keeping costs for parents to a minimum so that children's education costs are as low as possible. However, by its own admission there is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Administration (17 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: As a final comment, and while I appreciate what the Minister is saying, all I am saying is that this is an extra cost for small schools, particularly in rural Ireland, that may have two or three teachers. The Minister said it already. They receive a capitation grant of €6,000. A proper audit costs a minimum of €1,200. That is 20% of the €6,000. There is a qualified...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Administration (17 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 11. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied the provisions of section 18(1) of the Education Act 1998 do not place an unnecessary administrative financial burden on national schools; if he is satisfied the insistence by an organisation (details supplied) that national schools must submit accounts online via an accountant, as opposed to the school treasurer, thus...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Administration (17 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Is the Minister satisfied the provisions of section18(1) of the Education Act 1998 do not place an unnecessary administrative financial burden on national schools, and that the insistence by an organisation that national schools must submit accounts online via an accountant, as opposed to the school treasurer, thus incurring a significant fee, does not place an unnecessary administrative...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Surely it should be ring-fenced for whatever it is designated for. That is it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: That is agreed.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: The Minister has guaranteed that the extra tax that will be collected this year will be ring-fenced and used for environmental projects.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: I thought he gave that commitment on budget day.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (16 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 43. 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. [42304/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (16 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: I would like to ask the Minister, as I have on many occasions, the timeline for the commencement of works on the ground under the national broadband plan, and the measures contained within same to ensure rapid roll-out of broadband services for rural areas, rural communities and regional towns.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (16 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: I heard this before, with the timescale set out. I am glad to hear the Minister's response but seven years is a long time. I come from rural Ireland and I am asked daily by constituents when they will get broadband and when it will be rolled out. Businesses depend on broadband. People want to move back from Dublin and other cities into their own rural areas. They could do that if...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (16 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Imagine has said that it can service up to 45% of the national broadband map. The Taoiseach stated last week that Imagine's challenge to the Government's map had caused a delay in respect of the plans relating to broadband. If a national communications company is telling the Minister that it can service half of the map, can we not utilise that to speed up the delivery of services to rural...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (16 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the tax refund available to farmers using green diesel following the recent rise in carbon tax affecting fuel and operating costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42399/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Haulage Industry (16 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the rebate available to hauliers following the recent rise in carbon tax affecting cost of fuel and operating costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42398/19]