Results 1-20 of 834 for "section:" . (isset($hansardmajors[$1]["title"]) ? $hansardmajors[$z[1]]["title"] : "$z[1]") speaker:Martin Kenny

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (12 Dec 2019)

Martin Kenny: 270. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card review for a person (details supplied) is on hold in view of the fact the person is automatically entitled to a card due to being on a rural social scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52438/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (3 Dec 2019)

Martin Kenny: 287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Legal Services Regulatory Authority has been fully established; the activities the authority has been engaged in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50219/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications Data (3 Dec 2019)

Martin Kenny: 289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff from his Department, the INIS, the RIA or other agencies employed in processing the applications of asylum seekers; the reason the process is taking a long time resulting in persons spending years in direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50267/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (3 Dec 2019)

Martin Kenny: 410. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the gynaecological services at Our Lady's Hospital, Manorhamilton, County Leitrim; if no reduction in gynaecological services at the hospital will be guaranteed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50188/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme Data (28 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: 184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budget allocated to the new organic farming scheme which opened on 19 November 2018; the amount of same to be allocated to successful applicants to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49475/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme Data (28 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: 185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the terms of the organic farming scheme which opened on 19 November 2019 (details supplied); if he will consider compensating the unsuccessful applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49476/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme Data (28 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: 186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of suckler farmers who were successful in applying to the organic farming scheme which opened on 19 November 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49477/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Exports (27 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: 184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the export markets that have different specifications from those set out in a document (details supplied) which restricts beef from particular holdings here being exported to such countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49186/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Disease Controls (27 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: 185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the information retained by his Department on historical and recent BSE cases here relating to the animal, the herdowner and-or the holding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49187/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Disease Controls (27 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: 186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the length of time his Department retains information on historical BSE cases; the persons or bodies this information is shared with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49188/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (27 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: 187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a holding on which an animal with BSE was discovered poses a higher risk to the food chain than a holding that never had a case of BSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49189/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Exports (27 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: 188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the World Organisation for Animal Health considers that beef from an animal which has come from a holding on which a historical case of BSE was confirmed should be treated differently when being exported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49190/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Investigations (26 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: 246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will extend the brief of an investigation (details supplied) into the payment of protection money to cover other building projects since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48963/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (26 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: 247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will establish the two outstanding commissions of investigation which were recommended by the final report on the independent commission of inquiry into the murder of a person (details supplied) by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women’s Rights in March 2006; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (26 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: 248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date for the finalisation of the policy on the new inspection process for compliance with the national standards for accommodation of persons in the international protection process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48965/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: State Visits (20 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: 12. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the area of the budget of An Garda Síochána from which the estimated €15 to €18 million cost of the visits of the President and Vice-President of the United States of America will come from; the details of the expenditure in view of the high cost and the fact that the visits were of a short duration;...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (12 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: 454. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of climate action regions set up here; the counties that are grouped together to make up the regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46424/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (12 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: 463. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when passengers will be allowed to use their travel card on the LocalLink bus in view of the fact that the lack of free travel is affecting persons with disabilities and older persons, especially in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46008/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (12 Nov 2019)

Martin Kenny: 464. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the LocalLink service has changed its procedure in relation to charging passengers that attend day care services; the reason it did not provide passengers with adequate notice of the changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46009/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Oct 2019)

Martin Kenny: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which funding for apprenticeships was allocated by his Department; and if preference was given to rural areas in such allocations. [30218/19]