Results 141-160 of 1,403 for speaker:Noel Harrington

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (7 Oct 2015)

Noel Harrington: I will touch on a few issues. Reference is made in the subhead briefing on A3 to the national broadband scheme. Is that the old scheme? What remains of that scheme? We wait with great interest to see how the procurement process for the new national broadband plan evolves. We can be certain of a few aspects, but the point to which the national scheme will match what the private sector...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (6 Oct 2015)

Noel Harrington: 363. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in payment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the disadvantaged areas payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34164/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Numbers (6 Oct 2015)

Noel Harrington: 428. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Stamp 0 visas that have been granted, by nationality, for each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34374/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Numbers (6 Oct 2015)

Noel Harrington: 429. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Stamp 0 visas that have been granted for persons and which have been renewed, for each of the past five years; the number of persons who have been awarded these visas for two, three, four, five, six, seven, ten and more than ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34375/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Numbers (6 Oct 2015)

Noel Harrington: 430. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider extending the duration for Stamp 0 visas for those who have completed three consecutive years of being awarded Stamp 0 visas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34376/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Numbers (6 Oct 2015)

Noel Harrington: 431. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider having an application for Stamp 0 visas by a married couple considered as one application for administrative and fee purposes; reducing the fee for those over 70 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34377/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (6 Oct 2015)

Noel Harrington: 519. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of capital investment in community nursing Homes in County Cork in each of the past five years; the amount provided to each unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34287/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Momentum Programme (6 Oct 2015)

Noel Harrington: 642. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the cost of every additional 100 Momentum places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34297/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Springboard Programme (6 Oct 2015)

Noel Harrington: 643. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the cost of every additional 100 Springboard places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34298/15]

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2015)

Noel Harrington: Grand so.

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2015)

Noel Harrington: Deputy Tóibín is not either, apparently. Do not say anything about Deputy John McGuinness.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (1 Oct 2015)

Noel Harrington: 104. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding payment of a single farm payment for 2014 and 2015 to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33677/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (24 Sep 2015)

Noel Harrington: 152. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown and allocation of capital funding, recently announced, for State owned nursing homes, community hospitals and facilities for people with disabilities in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32509/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Non-Compliant Installations of Water Meter Boxes: Irish Water and Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (23 Sep 2015)

Noel Harrington: Twenty four questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Non-Compliant Installations of Water Meter Boxes: Irish Water and Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (23 Sep 2015)

Noel Harrington: I ask that the answers from Irish Water be circulated to me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Non-Compliant Installations of Water Meter Boxes: Irish Water and Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (23 Sep 2015)

Noel Harrington: I thank the Chairman and the committee for allowing me to participate in this afternoon's proceedings. I have a few questions which are fair. The presentation by Mr. Grant is almost agreed. There is no question in terms of the background, the specs and so on. The difficulty we have here is the treatment of a supplier of a product to an Irish company under a tendering process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Non-Compliant Installations of Water Meter Boxes: Irish Water and Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (23 Sep 2015)

Noel Harrington: Is the tendering process-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Non-Compliant Installations of Water Meter Boxes: Irish Water and Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (23 Sep 2015)

Noel Harrington: Perhaps I can ask a few specific questions. I ask Irish Water what design life it expects to get from either grade C or grade B box covers. Both presentations stated that the guidelines, circulars and standards, whether UK or Irish, are not binding either by the Department, with respect to Irish Water, or by Irish Water in terms of the rules. How then could they allow companies to guess,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Non-Compliant Installations of Water Meter Boxes: Irish Water and Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (23 Sep 2015)

Noel Harrington: I will spend the next week canvassing committee members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Non-Compliant Installations of Water Meter Boxes: Irish Water and Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (23 Sep 2015)

Noel Harrington: I was not finished as I was hoping to ask a few supplementary questions.