Results 21-40 of 17,531 for speaker:Jan O'Sullivan

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Building Energy Rating Administration (11 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: While I appreciate the work being done in the midlands, it largely relates to a just transition for the workers. This is welcome for people living in the area but I am trying to find out how much additional money, on top of the ongoing schemes that have been in place since 2013, is being provided for people living in low energy efficiency homes in other parts of the country. Will the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Building Energy Rating Administration (11 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: Some of these homes are in a bad state and funding must be stepped up to protect people from fuel poverty. This additional money is a relatively small amount. For clarity, does the Minister of State's Department gather the information arising from the BER surveys carried out before and after works from the local authorities? Is such information centrally gathered by the Department?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Maintenance (11 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the monitoring in place to ensure that local authority homes that have received a thermal upgrade reach an improved BER rating; if a survey is carried out to measure the improvement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51802/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Maintenance (11 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: Coincidentally, this question is on the same topic. It is the first of the ordinary questions. It., again. relates to the BERs of local authority homes. I stress my concern that while people are waiting for additional funding to be allocated and for this work to be carried out, fuel costs are increasing for those who are, by definition, on low incomes because they are in local authority...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Maintenance (11 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I ask for greater clarity in this regard. Is there a timeframe for the carrying out of a survey after the works are completed? To be clear, is the contractor paid before the final survey has been carried out?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Maintenance (11 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: In some cases, despite basic works being carried out on attics and walls and so on, a home may still have a low energy rating because of leaking windows or other issues. I know the schemes are very specific but is it possible to allocate funding to carry out other works, such as works on windows or other elements, on such homes?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Building Energy Rating Administration (11 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extra funding allocated to improve the energy ratings of local authority homes in addition to that already provided under schemes that have been ongoing in recent years; the monitoring that takes place to ensure local authority tenants are protected from fuel poverty due to the condition of their homes; and if he will...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Building Energy Rating Administration (11 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: My question relates to the energy rating of local authority homes, many of which have very low energy ratings. This is in the context of climate change and fuel poverty, from which many tenants of local authority homes are at risk. I want to find out what moneys are made available to improve the quality of the homes and what monitoring is there to ensure that when works are carried out,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (11 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant privately owned homes that have been brought back into use through programmes, including the repair and lease and the acquisition of vacant properties, through the Housing Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51803/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites Levy (11 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied with the number of sites listed on the vacant site registers of local authorities; his views on whether each site that should be on the register has been listed and is subject to the levy; if he will consider putting the onus of such sites to self-declare with appropriate penalties on those that fail to do...

Rent Freeze (Fair Rent) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: First, I wish to state that the Labour Party will be supporting the Bill on Second Stage. There is one particular issue to which we will propose an amendment on Committee Stage, but I will come to that later. It is clear from the numbers present that the Bill will pass on Second Stage. I too welcome the late conversion of Fianna Fáil. It will mean that the Bill will pass, and that is...

OECD Report on SME and Entrepreneurship Policy in Ireland: Statements (10 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome the opportunity to discuss this quite large but important report from the OECD. We need the recommendations to be implemented. I welcome the fact that the Minister intends to publish her plans soon. Could she define what "soon" is? We are all aware that we may not be in the current Dáil for all that much longer and it is important that this be addressed. By and large,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (10 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which the national commitments made at the recent Nairobi summit marking 25 years of the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo will be implemented and monitored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51598/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pension Provisions (10 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an illness related early retirement pension will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51239/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (10 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a purpose-built campus for a recently established school (details supplied) will commence construction; if it will be completed within the time period of the multi-annual building programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51782/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Pharmacy Services (10 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 413. To ask the Minister for Health if talks have commenced with the representative body for pharmacy contractors regarding new fee regulations, the reform and modernisation of pharmacy services and the unwinding of FEMPI for community pharmacists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51628/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: UN International Conference on Population and Development (10 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 566. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the recent Nairobi summit (details supplied); the commitments made by Ireland; the way in which the implementation of the commitments will be monitored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51597/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disablement Benefit (10 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 637. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure the cuts to the disablement pension made during the recession are reversed at the next possible opportunity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51718/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Parental Leave (10 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 642. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure that fathers can take the newly introduced parental leave immediately after their two weeks paternity leave if they have taken that leave immediately after the birth of their child; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the need to have a PPS number for the child and the length of time it...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Recruitment (10 Dec 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the formal appointment of two local government officials at senior executive officer level will be made to manage planning and development issues in Drogheda and Dundalk, County Louth in view of the status of both towns as development centres; if his Department will fund salaries for the positions; the timeframe for the...