Results 281-300 of 11,873 for speaker:Helen McEntee

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Business of Joint Committee (24 Nov 2015)

Helen McEntee: I nominate Deputy Noel Harrington.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Energy Council: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (24 Nov 2015)

Helen McEntee: I thank the Minister for his presentation. I have many questions which I will hold off on until the next day. Are there member states which are not working with everybody else or are there difficulties of that nature? Is there a feeling security of energy supply is under threat at the moment? With regard to innovation, where are we in comparison to other European countries and is this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Energy Council: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (24 Nov 2015)

Helen McEntee: I know the Minister will touch on this in a week and a half but I have a follow-up question for him. About a year and a half ago, we had guests before us from Europe who essentially said that one of the biggest difficulties in moving forward, not just in Ireland but at a European level, was public opinion and public perception. Will this be brought up at the meeting, how will it be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (1 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: 72. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the need for additional Garda Síochána resources in communities (details supplied) in County Meath; if she will request a report from the Garda Commissioner on plans to improve policing in the relevant communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42287/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (1 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: 99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a need for a greater Garda Síochána presence in three County Meath communities (details supplied), one of which is policed at night by gardaí who are based at a Garda Síochána station 46.1 kilometres away; her views on the security requirements of those communities, including at night; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (2 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: 36. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to a Topical Issue debate (details supplied) on 12 November 2015, for an update on his efforts to provide equal access to pre-school for all children, including children with a disability or disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42502/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: 29. To ask the Minister for Health for an overview on surgical waiting lists at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogehda, County Louth, and at Our Lady’s Hospital in Navan, County Meath, as of 1 November 2015, 1 November 2014, 1 November 2012 and 1 November 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42715/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments (3 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: 46. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his efforts to improve overcrowding challenges at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42714/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (3 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: 75. To ask the Minister for Health further to a Dáil debate (details supplied) on 12 November 2015, if he will update Dáil Éireann on his ambitions to provide equal access to pre-school children with disabilities; his efforts to ensure that 15 children in County Meath will be able to avail of the free early childhood care and education scheme year; and if he will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Energy Policy: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (3 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: I thank the Minister for his opening statement. This week was obviously an important one with the opening of the conference on climate change which is very much on the agenda. We all have a responsibility to stop its effects and to reduce our carbon footprint. The biggest obstacle I see not just for Ireland but for every country is public acceptance and participation. Communities must...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Energy Policy: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (3 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: With all due respect, I believe wind has a part to play; I am not saying it does not. The Minister has touched on a number of areas that will contribute to wind energy but the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government has said himself the proposed revised wind energy guidelines will allow for a considerable amount of wind energy generation and will not, as the Minister for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Energy Policy: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (3 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: May I ask a question requiring an answer of "Yes" or "No"?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Energy Policy: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (3 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: Does the Minister intend to reach a solution with the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government before the end of this term-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Energy Policy: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (3 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: ----- in regard to the wind energy guidelines?

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Built Heritage Jobs Leverage Scheme (8 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: 63. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the recently announced built heritage investment fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43457/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Built Heritage Jobs Leverage Scheme (8 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: 76. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports she provides to protect the built heritage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43456/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (8 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: 647. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the context of the commemorative projects in 2016 that will reflect on the lives and deaths of 3,500 Irish soldiers who died in combat at the Somme in northern France in 1916, if the industrial-scale slaughter at the Battle of the Somme demonstrates the vital need for institutions that facilitate and strengthen peace and unity in...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Archaeological Sites (8 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: 648. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the impact of archaeological and heritage policy on the ambitions of the community that is deemed to be in the buffer zone of a significant heritage site (details supplied) in County Meath, if local families share custody of that heritage and archaeological legacy with the wider nation, if that policy should take account of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Health and Safety (9 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: 12. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she needs to be more assertive with local authorities in setting out the parking and road safety requirements of schools; if her remit, which includes administrative responsibility for over 3,000 rural schools, requires a formal school car parking policy that takes account of the reliance on car transport in rural areas; if the shortage of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Health and Safety (9 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: 39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she needs to interact more directly and more proactively with local authorities in respect of road safety at rural schools; her views on the experiences of parents, teachers and pupils at three schools (details supplied) in County Meath, as examples of the problems that are arising from what she may regard as a current policy deficit; and if...