Results 181-200 of 24,382 for speaker:Seán Barrett

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (25 Oct 2017)

Seán Barrett: 53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a similar programme at primary school level to improve the spoken Irish language (details supplied) further to the launch of the new junior cycle specifications for Irish, modern foreign languages and visual art on 4 September 2017. [44816/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (24 Oct 2017)

Seán Barrett: 41. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that residents in a housing estate (details supplied) are being refused home insurance by two major insurance companies due to flood risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41698/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Irish Aid Programme Review (Resumed) (19 Oct 2017)

Seán Barrett: I apologise for being late but I was delayed. I do not want to repeat what other people have said. Perhaps these questions have been answered. What percentage of the aid received is used for education? Is there a deliberate attempt to ensure that a certain percentage of aid goes to educating people? To me that is very much part and parcel of the problem the world is facing. There is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Irish Aid Programme Review (Resumed) (19 Oct 2017)

Seán Barrett: I formally welcome Mr. Donoghue and congratulate him on the work he has done. It is a great privilege for Ireland to have somebody of his stature who has been involved in setting out these 17 principles to be followed. The average man or woman on the street knows nothing about this, and this is the big weakness of these bodies and aims. How do we bring it down to that man, woman and child...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Irish Aid Programme Review (Resumed) (19 Oct 2017)

Seán Barrett: There is a matter that I find difficult. Ireland is renowned for its peacekeeping and we should be very proud of our achievements. The peacekeeping college that we have in the Curragh has done tremendous work in educating those from other countries who wish to learn how we perform our peacekeeping duties. It is a skill in itself. We do not go in with heavy armour but with trained...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Irish Aid Programme Review (Resumed) (19 Oct 2017)

Seán Barrett: It is a matter of peace in the world. One can spend billions on other things but if there is not peace, one is throwing the money out a window. Peacekeeping seems to have taken a lesser role. I was reading the other day about how the European Commission is trying to progress greater co-ordination for our defences in Europe. We are a neutral country and we should be proud of it. We are a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (10 Oct 2017)

Seán Barrett: 322. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug Kuvan will be made available for sufferers of the genetic disorder phenylketonuria (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42620/17]

Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Barrett: I learned an awful lot from Liam Cosgrave. He was all about public representation. Many of us, from time to time, forget that we are public representatives but he was a great believer in representing the people who elected him. It was a great quality. He did not ask what people's politics were. If they were constituents with a problem, he looked after them. His dedication to his...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Irish Aid Programme Review (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Barrett: I do not want to repeat points that have already been made. One of the most successful aspects of Irish Government is its involvement in Irish Aid. It is very sad that no member of the media has thought it worthwhile to come to the meeting to listen to what is being done abroad and to report on it. All that is ever reported is how we are doing in terms of the 0.7% of GNI goal but there are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Irish Aid Programme Review (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Barrett: Videos might be circulated.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Service Level Agreements (26 Sep 2017)

Seán Barrett: 258. To ask the Minister for Health the reason staff working in section 39 organisations are not provided for under the Haddington Road and Lansdowne Road Agreements (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40752/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (26 Sep 2017)

Seán Barrett: 280. To ask the Minister for Health when the FreeStyle Libre system will be made available under the long-term illness scheme for persons with diabetes; if availability will not be restricted only to persons with type 1 diabetes but will be made available to all persons on multi-daily insulin injections based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40205/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (26 Sep 2017)

Seán Barrett: 401. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated to the mental health budget in each of the years 2015 to 2017; the 2012 funding for mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40751/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Donation (20 Sep 2017)

Seán Barrett: 379. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a soft opt-out model of organ donation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39113/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (20 Sep 2017)

Seán Barrett: 380. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give consideration to funding an IVF scheme for couples who both carry the cystic fibrosis gene which would remove the CF gene before conception (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39114/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (11 Sep 2017)

Seán Barrett: 269. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the draft flood risk management plans for at risk areas (details supplied) will be approved, implemented and adopted by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37122/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (11 Sep 2017)

Seán Barrett: 502. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is a proposal for Dáil Éireann to recognise the Armenian genocide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38155/17]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Equality Budgeting: Discussion with the National Women's Council of Ireland (12 Jul 2017)

Seán Barrett: This is a very worthwhile exercise and the most important thing will be inviting the witnesses back after the budget to discuss what road we are on. This is a new exercise for all of us. Are married women who work in the home being represented in submissions or in people's thoughts? This is an issue for many people, a silent group which does not really have any spokespeople. The marriage...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Equality Budgeting: Discussion with the National Women's Council of Ireland (12 Jul 2017)

Seán Barrett: Yes. In other words, we should ask what our aims are in, say, the area of equality, whether we have moved at all in that direction and whether we have left out some groups. That is the exercise I would like to see take place, with the involvement of the likes of the delegates and the committee. The work and role of the committee should be ongoing, not necessarily for just one budget, after...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Equality Budgeting: Discussion with the National Women's Council of Ireland (12 Jul 2017)

Seán Barrett: That is fine. I am happy-----