Results 101-120 of 2,022 for speaker:John Brassil

Mental Health: Statements (Resumed) (1 Jun 2016)

John Brassil: I congratulate both Ministers of State on their appointment and look forward to working with them on this issue, which I see as not just an issue for the Government but for every Member of the Dáil. I will use the brief time I have available to concentrate on mental health and early intervention strategies at the education level. When it comes to mental health, prevention is better...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (1 Jun 2016)

John Brassil: 76. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to ensure that sufficient Garda Síochána cover is in place in Ballybunion Garda station for the tourist season, given that normal Garda numbers at the station for this period is eight but has been reduced to four; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13930/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electoral Reform (1 Jun 2016)

John Brassil: 118. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to review voting rights of British citizens living and paying tax here to allow them to vote in referenda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13931/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Regulation (1 Jun 2016)

John Brassil: 208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to ensure that the development of the liquefied natural gas terminal at the Ballylongford land bank in County Kerry is fully supported, given its strategic commercial and employment importance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13938/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Live Exports (8 Jun 2016)

John Brassil: 52. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to open new export markets given the sharp drop in live exports in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14477/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (8 Jun 2016)

John Brassil: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide additional funding to a school (details supplied) to carry out works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14641/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electoral Reform (8 Jun 2016)

John Brassil: 280. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 1 June 2016, if he will review and amend the voting rights of British citizens living and paying tax here and allow them the same voting rights as Irish citizens living in the UK, that is, the right to vote in referendums (details supplied). [14955/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Invasive Plant Species (8 Jun 2016)

John Brassil: 375. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to deal with an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14537/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme (9 Jun 2016)

John Brassil: 88. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the cost of providing broadband is not an allowable expense to a person under the farm assist payment scheme; if he will review this with a view to changing the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15194/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (9 Jun 2016)

John Brassil: 128. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic operations performed on persons from County Kerry in 2015; the number carried out on persons from County Cork in 2015 at the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15099/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Jun 2016)

John Brassil: 129. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently examine and to put in place adequate resources to improve the long orthopaedic waiting times, currently standing at 12 to 18 months for urgent cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15101/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (9 Jun 2016)

John Brassil: 222. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to review the application process for the general employment permit for businesses as the current practice is manual application only and needs to be updated to an online version; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15180/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: State Airports (14 Jun 2016)

John Brassil: The Chair is doing a great job.

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Local Improvement Scheme Funding (14 Jun 2016)

John Brassil: 59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to immediately restore the local improvement grants scheme which, prior to its suspension in 2011, provided an invaluable aid for persons in rural areas who were living in private cul-de-sacs. [11598/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Local Improvement Scheme Funding (14 Jun 2016)

John Brassil: Will the Minister reinstate the funding under local improvement schemes for cul-de-sacs and private roads in rural areas? County Kerry has approximately 2,000 km of such roads. We had a successful scheme that ran for many years but which was, unfortunately, stopped in 2011. There are approximately 100 roads on the current list awaiting improvement in County Kerry. I am sure the position...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Local Improvement Scheme Funding (14 Jun 2016)

John Brassil: Ring-fenced funding is what I am after, with every Deputy in a rural constituency. Saying to the local authority that the scheme is open and can be funded from its own resources just does not work. Since 2011, there has been a 50% cut in the funding for local roads within councils. We can barely maintain what we have with the funding available. Trying to fund local improvement schemes, in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Local Improvement Scheme Funding (14 Jun 2016)

John Brassil: I welcome the pressure exerted on the Minister by members of his own group about this matter which is significantly important for rural Members. It is also immensely important to a large number of the population in each county. Telling councils to use their own funding will simply not work. From 1999 to 2007, there was substantial investment in the road network. The majority of local...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Northern Ireland (14 Jun 2016)

John Brassil: 128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has conducted a cost-benefit analysis of re-establishing Border security if the United Kingdom exits the European Union and if so, the estimated cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15925/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Expenditure (14 Jun 2016)

John Brassil: 210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why he has not funded the extension to a school (details supplied) despite instruction from a previous Minister for Education and Skills that funding should be furnished; to expedite the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15908/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 Jun 2016)

John Brassil: 465. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the register of qualified mastectomy brassiere fitters with a view to putting a contract out for tender for County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15946/16]