Results 21-40 of 2,406 for speaker:Tony McLoughlin

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme Applications (17 Dec 2019)

Tony McLoughlin: 488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the decision to reject an organic farming scheme application by a person (details supplied) will be overturned on appeal; the reason almost 75% of applicants to the scheme have been refused despite meeting the conditions of the scheme since first applying; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the number of farmers in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (17 Dec 2019)

Tony McLoughlin: 519. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grant aid available to landowners of forestry which is landlocked and which needs new road access in order to undergo thinning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52818/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Dundalk Institute of Technology and SOLAS: Chairpersons Designate (17 Dec 2019)

Tony McLoughlin: I propose Deputy Thomas Byrne to take the Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Dundalk Institute of Technology and SOLAS: Chairpersons Designate (17 Dec 2019)

Tony McLoughlin: Mr. Malone is welcome. I was going through his CV and I was very impressed. I have one or two questions. Mr. Malone mentioned the M1 corridor and North-South relations. Will he elaborate on that aspect? What direction or vision does he have for DkIT, and for the students and businesses it serves in the area? If Mr. Malone is as successful in this as he has been with Dundalk FC, he will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Dundalk Institute of Technology and SOLAS: Chairpersons Designate (17 Dec 2019)

Tony McLoughlin: I welcome Mr. Aylward. I am very impressed with his CV and educational experiences over the years. I would like him to expand on a number of questions. How does he see his role with regard to growing apprenticeships, which he mentioned? He was appointed in 1999 and has had experience of engaging with offenders and the role of education in the Prison Service. Mr. Aylward might expand on that.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019)

Tony McLoughlin: I apologise for being late but I had to attend a meeting of the Business Committee. I welcome the Minister and his officials. Some of my questions have been answered. I wish to ask questions on the summer works scheme and the short-term demand for prefabs in some colleges. Summerhill College in Sligo has capacity for approximately 1,000 pupils but its enrolment is well in excess of that...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019)

Tony McLoughlin: I will not. I am speaking now having waited three quarters of an hour.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019)

Tony McLoughlin: I waived my opportunity out of courtesy.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019)

Tony McLoughlin: Yes.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019)

Tony McLoughlin: Yes.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019)

Tony McLoughlin: I am not criticising the Chairman. I ask her to please not undermine me for acknowledging some of the work and investments in my constituency.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019)

Tony McLoughlin: Yes. I did apologise.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019)

Tony McLoughlin: I will never stop talking about Sligo at any stage and at every opportunity. Any money that is made available for education in Sligo I will acknowledge it to the Minister and his officials. A committee meeting is the place to do so and I make no apology to the Chairman or anybody else for that.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019)

Tony McLoughlin: Initially, I apologised for being late. I had to attend a meeting of the Business Committee at 10.30 a.m. and I came straight from there to here.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2019)

Tony McLoughlin: I concede to the request made by the Chairman.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Dec 2019)

Tony McLoughlin: Is the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade considering expanding its diplomatic footprint even further next year by increasing the number of Irish embassies throughout the world? Will Georgia be considered as an ideal location for a new Irish embassy? We should consider its strategic importance in the region, its strong values and support towards the EU and its geographical location as...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (10 Dec 2019)

Tony McLoughlin: 133. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce the current rate of the life assurance exit tax in order to bring it in line with the rate of DIRT; the reason there is an 8% difference in the two tax bands for savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51290/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (10 Dec 2019)

Tony McLoughlin: 327. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE and service providers offering home sharing to persons with intellectual disabilities, physical and sensory disability and-or autism do so in the absence of legislation protecting the service; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that in the absence of legislation and regulations...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cosmetic Surgery (10 Dec 2019)

Tony McLoughlin: 352. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 376 of 9 April 2019, the status of the patient safety (licensing) Bill in view of the continuing and ongoing lack of regulation with regard to non-medics being allowed to administer lip fillers here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51272/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (10 Dec 2019)

Tony McLoughlin: 525. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA will install bus shelters at locations (details supplied) in County Sligo; if it will consider moving a bus stop to a more suitable location to allow for the safer access to the bus by residents in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51208/19]