Results 121-140 of 2,980 for speaker:Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (9 Jul 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 544. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports available to support non-commercial planters of native woodland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29348/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff Scheme (9 Jul 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 571. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the auction process for feed-in tariffs for solar farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29135/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (9 Jul 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 584. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll out of the national broadband plan at a location (details supplied); if broadband will be connected in view of the number of houses in the area that have already been connected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29634/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector and Climate Action Plan: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: The Forestry Programme 2014-20 is due to end next year. Has the Minister of State a new works programme or will the Department be waiting on CAP to be announced before he does that? If the Minister of State is waiting for that will he be looking at the plantation of forestry in a broader context rather than focusing on the obvious places such as farms since they have the largest amount of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Bord na gCon (9 Jul 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank the delegation for attending the committee this evening. What is the freefone helpline number mentioned earlier? The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has a helpline for people who wish to talk in confidence about animal welfare issues. Is a licence required to exports greyhounds to, say, China? What is the procedure that somebody must go through to export a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Bord na gCon (9 Jul 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Is it issued by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (27 Jun 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if progress has been made in resolving issues regarding community employment scheme workers approaching retirement age to allow them to remain on the scheme until reaching pension age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27209/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Investigations (26 Jun 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 265. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an investigation of a query regarding a contribution record in the case of a person (details supplied) will be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27037/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan: Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment (19 Jun 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I welcome the publication of the climate action plan, which is very ambitious and will prove to be a tremendous challenge. The whole-of-Government approach and reaching out to communities will be a very important means of engaging with everybody. There is no doubt that citizens now are very aware of what we need to do and being a small island, we need to show this kind of leadership. Are...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Concussion in Sport (13 Jun 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding policy on concussion in sport; his plans to introduce a standardised policy for all sports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24666/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (13 Jun 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 249. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the local festivals and summer schools being supported by her Department in the 2019 scheme in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24671/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation (13 Jun 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 250. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of interest in the peatlands community engagement scheme 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24673/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Biodiversity Plan (13 Jun 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 251. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures being undertaken in County Offaly to protect and restore biodiversity in view of the rising awareness among the public of the need to protect biodiversity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24689/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Practices: Discussion (21 May 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank our guests for appearing before the committee. I have a couple of questions, although they are quite similar to the previous two. Section 54(2) of the Veterinary Practice Act, at the time of the Bill's enactment, was interpreted as being able to prevent a body corporate from owning a veterinary practice. Why was there a review that led to a revision of the code of professional...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Practices: Discussion (21 May 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I asked why legal advice had been sought.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Practices: Discussion (21 May 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Does Ms Muldoon have the numbers for large veterinary practices?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: European Commission Strategy on Climate Action: Discussion (16 May 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank all our guests for coming to meet us this afternoon and I wish them céad míle fáilte. The committee recently presented its climate action report to the Minister, Deputy Bruton, and the Dáil. We were very conscious of a just transition for our peat industry when we were considering that report and yet our Government has had to commit to not using peat for energy...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Recruitment (15 May 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 174. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the recent announcement by the HSE of a recruitment embargo in respect of candidates who had completed the recruitment process, had made life-changing decisions based on job offers by the HSE and now find themselves in some cases without a job; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21029/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Weather Events Response (14 May 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 499. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to amend the Roads Act 1993 in view of the review report on severe weather events recommendations by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20655/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Weather Events Response (14 May 2019)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 500. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Government task force on emergency planning has completed consideration of the review report on severe weather events in 2017 and 2018; if a requirement has been made to ensure that appropriate protection and management of trees and hedgerows on both public and private roads will be put in place; and if he will make a...