Results 121-140 of 2,072 for speaker:Joe O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Personal Injury Claims (14 Jul 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 311. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to personal injuries claims being taken on the basis of persons claiming to have contracted Covid-19 in specific premises; if there is a clear plan to ensure business are not unfairly held liable in these circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15699/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (14 Jul 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 320. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position of retired members of An Garda Síochána in respect of pension entitlements following the FEMPI cuts from 1 March 2012; his plans to restore parity in pension entitlement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15172/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (14 Jul 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 692. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Covid-19 rent supplement scheme will be extended beyond August 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15493/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (16 Jul 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied). [16417/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (21 Jul 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 196. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address the issue of rising insurance premiums, especially in the context of the risk they pose to the viability of many SMEs. [16761/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Jul 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 435. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to the creation of a simple back-to-work Covid-19 scheme (details supplied). [16716/20]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Community Services Programme (22 Jul 2020)

Joe O'Brien: I thank the Deputy for his input. We shared a different chamber not so long ago and I recall him passionately defending his community there. There are not too many speeches I remember from that chamber but that was one of them. I thank him for doing that and for defending a crucial community resource in this case. There are two halves to the answer to the question, the first of which...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Community Services Programme (22 Jul 2020)

Joe O'Brien: I assure the Deputy that on my watch, these services will be there and I will do everything to ensure they will continue to be there. It is a requirement of receiving support under the programme that organisations are obliged to pay at least the minimum wage. CSP funding is for social enterprises that are in a position to generate income to match the CSP contribution, which is a minimum...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Extradition Arrangements (23 Jul 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider reviewing the extradition agreement with Hong Kong in view of the control that Chinese authorities are now exerting on the territory and in the context of increasing human rights abuses by Chinese authorities. [17805/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jul 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 233. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of devices which have been used to download the Covid-19 tracker application that are able to use the contact tracing functionality of the application by device type in tabular form [17801/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (28 Jul 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 372. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the use of the death penalty in Bahrain, in particular in cases (details supplied); if he will intervene in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18103/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (28 Jul 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the appropriate budget lines are being prepared for the necessary and planned works to a school (details supplied); the status of works planned for 2020; and if they will be completed for September 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18149/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (28 Jul 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 933. To ask the Minister for Health the turnaround time for Covid-19 tests relative to the recommended 48 hours for proper test and trace. [18155/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jul 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 934. To ask the Minister for Health if a series of matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will be examined. [18156/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jul 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 935. To ask the Minister for Health if verbal or written direction has been provided by the Director General of the HSE via the HSE to general practitioners relating to requests for letters to confirm the inability of a person to wear a mask on the basis of legitimate health grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18157/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Refugee Status (29 Jul 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of the cost and number of refugees who have arrived here to date through the community sponsorship initiative. [19383/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Jul 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 278. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to allowing partners to attend scans in maternity hospitals, particularly the first scan at 12 weeks and anomaly scans when they take place; and, if not, if maternity hospitals are being requested to make decisions on a case-by-case basis to allow partners to attend if the mother has had previously upsetting experience, such...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (29 Jul 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 279. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a shortage of diabetic nurse specialists in Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown; his plans to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19248/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (30 Jul 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 1123. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to providing a monetary bonus to healthcare workers in view of their extraordinary and heroic efforts, often at great personal risk to themselves, to fight Covid-19 in hospitals and other care settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19850/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 617. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans for an extension to a school (details supplied) which will provide for an ASD unit. [22396/20]