Results 81-100 of 2,072 for speaker:Joe O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 594. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a tailored awareness campaign for young persons aimed at maintaining adherence to the required social distancing measures and perhaps engaging popular musicians, celebrities or entertainers in the process (details supplied). [8729/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 681. To ask the Minister for Health if mandatory quarantining is envisaged for overseas visitors as international travel begins to resume; the length of time the quarantining period will be; if facilities have been sourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9260/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aer Lingus (3 Jun 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 956. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request a company (details supplied) to engage with employees and unions before deciding on restructuring plans and to place employee rights and welfare at the centre of future restructuring plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9261/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (3 Jun 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 897. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driver test centres are due to reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8688/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (3 Jun 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 899. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to allowing driver tests to take place under the criteria of exceptional circumstances of the Road Safety Authority, in which a person’s continued employment is reliant on obtaining a driver licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8714/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 901. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures which will be put in place to ensure the survival of the bus and coach sector in view of the important roles it plays in terms of public transport especially the school transport service and the tourism sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8728/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (3 Jun 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 1128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of pandemic unemployment payment recipients disaggregated by their previous net weekly pay in intervals of €10 and then €50, using the data that informed page 4 of the report that was published by the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Economic Considerations for Reinstating the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Jun 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new households created by IPAS since the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak here, households being persons not from the same family sharing a bedroom. [9896/20]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Joe O'Brien: The fact is that the climate action plan got it wrong in a variety of ways. Seeing as we are on the topic right now, one of the main ways the climate action plan got it wrong related to modal shift. It is well and good having ambition for electric vehicles because ambition is good. I was home-schooling my nine year old today. I think that if I showed her the figures for electric vehicles...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Joe O'Brien: I am not proposing we further subvent electric vehicles, just to be clear. Could the Minister give me an update on progress for BusConnects projects outside Dublin? I understand that there is a delay in Dublin, I think due to the inability to perform site visits. Will the Minister provide an update on the other projects? What cities are being considered? On the climate action plan, why...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Joe O'Brien: What about emissions from shipping?

Covid-19 (Sport): Statements (11 Jun 2020)

Joe O'Brien: No, I am taking it all myself. I will leave time for questions. I will make my contribution in two tranches. The Minister and Minister of State have already touched on some of the issues I wanted to talk about. I welcome the announcement of the sports recovery action plan. I ask the Minister of State to delve into it in a little bit more detail and outline a timeline for when he expects...

Covid-19 (Sport): Statements (11 Jun 2020)

Joe O'Brien: I would also like to raise the issue of racism, particularly as it pertains to sport. I bring it up because Ms Nadia Power, the Irish athlete, recently asked us to continue the conversation on racism. We need to continue it in an appropriate and positive way. That is the only way we will make a difference to the various ways that people of colour and people from ethnic minorities...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Jun 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent of the summer programme; if it will cover facilities that cater for the needs of children with intellectual disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10920/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (16 Jun 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 820. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ascertain the airlines that enter and leave Irish airports that use HEPA filters as standard in their aircraft and which do not (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10610/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development (16 Jun 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 824. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the memorandum of understanding with companies (details supplied) as joint shareholders of the Port of Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10643/20]

Supporting Inclusion and Combating Racism in Ireland: Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Joe O'Brien: I welcome this discussion. My colleague has already recognised that there is a fairly obvious deficiency in what we are doing. We are basically a room full of white men talking about racism. It is important to say that.

Supporting Inclusion and Combating Racism in Ireland: Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Joe O'Brien: Apologies. I had a look around earlier but did not spot Deputy Catherine Murphy sitting right behind me. As we go forward, we should have a committee session on this where we can hear people talk directly about their experiences. I want to address a couple of points. Racism is not exceptional. When we start talking about racists as individuals, we lose the ability to see how imbued...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (30 Jun 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will facilitate the longer opening of heritage sites outside of the traditional season in order to benefit from a potential increase in staycations and domestic holidays and in order to accommodate visitors and to avoid overcrowding sites during seasonal weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13091/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Student Visas (30 Jun 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 304. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration has been given to further visa extensions for students that are here to study English that have had classes cancelled as a result of the ongoing pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13155/20]