Results 1-20 of 1,749 for speaker:Joe Flaherty

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Complaints Procedures (1 May 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 257. To ask the Minister for Health the reason or reasons for the unacceptable failure in care of a person (details supplied) at Beaumont Hospital which led to the misreading and misreporting of a smear test in January 2007.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19627/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Apr 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the development of a dedicated special education school for County Leitrim (details supplied). [19128/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Apr 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a change in the application of the capitation grant for special schools (details supplied). [19129/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Apr 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a change in the application of the minor works grant for special schools (details supplied). [19130/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Apr 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will direct Department officials to meet with a school (details supplied) and their architect for their new build in order to resolve outstanding issues. [19373/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Apr 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if exceptional teaching posts are still available for special schools. [19374/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Apr 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider an exceptional teaching post for a school (details supplied). [19375/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Apr 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine changing the requirements to provide substitute teaching cover in special schools. [19376/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (30 Apr 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 379. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, following recent press reports that have suggested a new sports capital grants scheme could be launched for schools, she will provide any further details on same. [19078/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (23 Apr 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when it is intended to publish the preferred route corridor for the N4 Mullingar to Rooskey. [17740/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (23 Apr 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the enrolment numbers at 30 March 2024 for all national schools in County Longford. [17592/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (23 Apr 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the enrolment numbers at 30 March 2024 for all secondary schools in County Longford. [17593/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Payments (23 Apr 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 380. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he agrees that local authorities need greater discretion when deciding on the housing adaptation grant aid for elderly and disabled people given the increased rate of building inflation over the past two years; and if he agrees the grant amount should be increased by 50%. [17992/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Payments (23 Apr 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 381. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he agrees that the six-month timeframe allowed to carry out approved works under the housing adaptation grant scheme for the elderly and disabled is too tight; and if he agrees that it should be increased to 12 months in order to counter weather issues, availability of contractors and other issues. [17993/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (18 Apr 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 72. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in counties Longford, Westmeath, Offaly and Laois, respectively, that have registered for the increased cost of business Grant to date; when payments under the grant will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16881/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (18 Apr 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 112. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the progress being made to acquire an IDA Ireland purpose-built facility in Longford town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16882/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (17 Apr 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 82. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider the return of community welfare offices to principal secondary towns in provincial Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16893/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing: Irish Harness Racing Association (17 Apr 2024)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the speakers for coming in. I agree with the Chair that the IHRA's submission is comprehensive. There is one thing that is always queried. What is the DNA, the breeding, of the typical trotter?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing: Irish Harness Racing Association (17 Apr 2024)

Joe Flaherty: For the IHRA's stock, it would bring semen in from the Continent. Is that what it does?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing: Irish Harness Racing Association (17 Apr 2024)

Joe Flaherty: We cannot look at the IHRA in isolation from on-road sulky racing. Do they use similar breeding to harness racers or do they just use traditional cob with a thoroughbred cross?