Results 21-40 of 4,494 for speaker:Joe Carey

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ukraine War (21 Mar 2023)

Joe Carey: 996. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any proposals to allow Ukrainian students, who meet the educational requirements, full and automatic access to SUSI supports while they remain in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12432/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (21 Mar 2023)

Joe Carey: 1558. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the parameters he will be proposing in the Suckler Cow Efficiency Programme in order to ensure former BEEP participants are not excluded (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13038/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (9 Mar 2023)

Joe Carey: 338. To ask the Minister for Health when all pensioners in the Mid-West region who worked in the health services will receive the public pay increases due; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12134/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (8 Mar 2023)

Joe Carey: 273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how he plans to address viability issues in the sheep industry; if he will make arrangements to introduce a €30/ewe targeted payment to underpin this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11711/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (7 Mar 2023)

Joe Carey: 121. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out his plans to address the rising cost of and issues with accessing public liability insurance for community groups to operate local festivals and events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11384/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Mar 2023)

Joe Carey: 269. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the additional expenditure incurred by the State for 2020, 2021, 2022, and to date in 2023 due to the occurrence of the Covid-19 pandemic, including that on employment and business supports and reliefs, testing and vaccine provision, PPE, and any other substantial expenditure during this period, in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Mar 2023)

Joe Carey: 376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the final costing associated with the provision of the new major school extension to schools (details supplied) completed in January 2023 led by Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board; if she will confirm the works delivered under this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11127/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (7 Mar 2023)

Joe Carey: 600. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to support general practitioners to take up positions in rural general practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11130/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (7 Mar 2023)

Joe Carey: 598. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding the provision of the primary healthcare centre at Station Road, Ennis, County Clare; the services that are currently being delivered from the centre; the remaining services that will be provided from this centre; when it is expected that all planned services will be available from the centre; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (7 Mar 2023)

Joe Carey: 599. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update with regarding to all the planned primary healthcare centres in County Clare, outlining the various stages of their development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11129/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (7 Mar 2023)

Joe Carey: 601. To ask the Minister for Health if he will put plans in place to improve access to occupational therapy, speech therapy and social therapy at Ennis General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11131/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Monuments (2 Mar 2023)

Joe Carey: 96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW will install CCTV at the national monument at Clare Abbey, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10569/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Monuments (2 Mar 2023)

Joe Carey: Will the Minister of State with responsibility for the OPW arrange for CCTV to be installed at the national monument at Clare Abbey, Clarecastle, County Clare?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Monuments (2 Mar 2023)

Joe Carey: The Minister of State is a regular visitor to County Clare and indeed to Clare Abbey and I have been there with him. In fairness, a working group was set up between the OPW, Clare County Council, and the local stakeholders, including the Tidy Towns committee. I welcome the Minister of State's intervention, commitment and provision of the resource of a caretaker for Clare Abbey. In 2022,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Monuments (2 Mar 2023)

Joe Carey: I recognise the work of the Minister of State and the OPW. In that area, the Ennis flood relief scheme, is very welcome. This multi-million euro project has been completed and formally opened by the Minister of State. I recognise his strong support for the River Fergus greenway, which was a tremendous success. We are looking to extend that greenway down to the Quay in Clarecastle also. ...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Coast Guard Service (2 Mar 2023)

Joe Carey: I would also like to see the Irish Coast Guard Volunteers Representative Association kept fully briefed on this review and be given an opportunity to contribute to it. I ask the Minister of State to meet its representatives to discuss their various concerns. I am a member of the Joint Committee on Transport and Communication, which has done work on this. It is welcome that this review is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Driver Test (2 Mar 2023)

Joe Carey: 11. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if deployment of staff has happened at the three driving test centres in County Clare to deal with significant waiting times of up to 35 weeks in Shannon, Ennis, and Kilrush (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10301/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Driver Test (2 Mar 2023)

Joe Carey: Significant waiting times for driving tests are being experienced by people in County Clare. I received a commitment in this Chamber and in the committee rooms from the Road Safety Authority, RSA, that a significant additional deployment of staff would happen in the driving test centres in Ennis, Shannon and Kilrush. I want to get an update from the Minister on that.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Driver Test (2 Mar 2023)

Joe Carey: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I have been following this issue for quite a while. I welcome the fact that additional driving testers have been sanctioned and approved, and they have been recruited. Now they need to be deployed to the different areas that are experiencing long delays. I was given to believe by the Minister of State that areas that are experiencing the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Driver Test (2 Mar 2023)

Joe Carey: The RSA has admitted that the current cohort of 130 testers will not be able to deal with the backlogs or cope into the future either. The Minister of State is right that sanction has been sought by the RSA for the employment of 40 additional testers. The RSA, under questioning from me, agreed that it should not be looking for temporary testers but that these should be permanent positions....