Results 1-20 of 92 for long speaker:Noel Grealish

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Widow's Pension (30 Apr 2024)

Noel Grealish: 473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when people who have lived with long-term partners that have passed away will be entitled to apply for widow’s pension benefits (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19440/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (9 Apr 2024)

Noel Grealish: ...staff levels at St. Anne's Community Nursing Home, Clifden and Clifden District Hospital, broken down by nursing staff, HCAs and other staff; the number of these staff on sick leave and for how long, broken down by nursing staff, HCAs and other staff; what steps are being taken to replace staff on long-term leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13560/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Illegal Dumping (7 Mar 2024)

Noel Grealish: ...raised several times in the House the issue of illegal dumping and the need for local authorities to be allowed to use CCTV footage to help to prosecute offenders in the courts. It has taken a long time but, finally, councils are to be legally permitted to use this and similar technologies in their efforts to clamp down on this scourge, which is destroying the countryside and towns....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Illegal Dumping (7 Mar 2024)

Noel Grealish: ...Síochána to seize a vehicle if they believe it is involved in illegal dumping. As I always say here, we should hit them where it hurts. If the vehicles are taken from these people, it will not take them long to stop dumping illegally.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (7 Feb 2024)

Noel Grealish: 245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what steps a landlord needs to take to avail of the landlord guarantee scheme (details supplied); how long the scheme will operate when a tenant does not make their contribution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4976/24]

Capital Supply Service and Purpose Report Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Nov 2023)

Noel Grealish: ...191 million and other grounds, such as Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Thomond Park, Semple Stadium, the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick and Irish Independent Park in Cork, also got massive State funding. In the west, we eventually got €20 million after a long battle to redevelop the sports ground for Connacht Rugby in Galway. I want to compliment Deputy Ring who did much work on that with...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (28 Sep 2023)

Noel Grealish: 198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the year-long guarantee to landlords of the State element of HAP payments when the tenant has defaulted on their contribution, can be backdated to cover the period when the eviction moratorium due to Covid-19 was in place, as landlords were faced with no income and were precluded from issuing a Notice to Quit during that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2023)

Noel Grealish: ...is the length of time it takes to get planning permission. Developers who want to build houses have told me it can take up to three or four years to get planning permission, which is far too long. The delays begin when working with local authorities to design suitable sites. When applications are granted, they are then more than likely appealed to An Bord Pleanála for approval....

Home Care and Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2023)

Noel Grealish: ...not happening; — the Health Service Executive (HSE) Home Support Service (formerly called the Home Help Service or Home Care Package Scheme) aims to support older people to remain in their own homes for as long as possible, and to support informal carers; — the HSE Home Support Service aims to also support people with a disability who need home help; — the Home...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (25 May 2023)

Noel Grealish: ...room. He had a real gift. Noel gave great service to the State as a county councillor and then as a Deputy for Galway East for almost three decades. During his time in the Dáil, he had a long and distinguished career serving as a Minister for State in nine different Departments, having first being appointed as a Minister for State in the Department of Finance in 1985. He was...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2023)

Noel Grealish: ...of Claregalway that is earmarked for affordable housing. No planning application has gone in for that yet and the local authority bought the site over three years ago. It is taking an extremely long time before a local authority applies for planning permission. By the time you buy the site and get the builder on board and building one is talking at least four or five years. That is...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (21 Mar 2023)

Noel Grealish: .... To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if grants are available to communities to refurbish parish halls; if the halls in question are owned by the parish or dioceses and not on a long-term lease to the community; the steps, if any need to be taken to ensure that communities can apply for grants in this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13661/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (28 Feb 2023)

Noel Grealish: ...if she will consider extending the living alone allowance to people who qualify for an increase for a qualified adult to their spouse's or partner's State pension, but whose partner is in long-term nursing home care, and they are now living on their own; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9501/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (21 Feb 2023)

Noel Grealish: 198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average waiting times for an NCT inspection in each centre in the country; the reason for the long delay in securing an appointment in Galway; the reason for the disparity in waiting times between centres; his plans to ensure that testing is carried out within a reasonable period of time following an application being made; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (2 Feb 2023)

Noel Grealish: ...the average waiting time for an invitation to a driving test will be returned to the service level agreement time of ten weeks; the current waiting time by test centre; the reason for the current long waiting times; the reason for the wide disparity in waiting times in test centres in County Galway, which range from 13 to 33 weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5330/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2023)

Noel Grealish: ...the region and what needs to be done to improve them. The Taoiseach may point out that a new elective hospital is to be built on the grounds of Merlin Park University Hospital in Galway but how long will it take for that to become a reality? Realistically, it could take 15 years or more, given that the recently-opened radiotherapy unit in Galway took over 14 years to deliver. There...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2022)

Noel Grealish: ...the matter is still before the courts and a judge has to make a determination. It is important that we respect the judicial process. The reason I raise this in the Dáil is to ask why it takes so long for a project of this magnitude to go through the planning process. As I stated previously, I was elected to Galway County Council in June 1999. The first project before us at the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (27 Sep 2022)

Noel Grealish: ...for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if Statutory Instrument 295 of 16 May 2022, which removed the exemption of one member arrangements and executive pension plans conflicts with the long-standing Pensions Authority advice which indicated that there would be no exemptions from institutions for occupational retirement provision 11 for these plans until there was a viable alternative...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage Resolution Processes (15 Sep 2022)

Noel Grealish: ...mortgage to rent cases completed in 2021 will be met in 2022; if not, if there are plans to initiate the previously mentioned consumer awareness campaign to target the 20,000+ homeowners still in long-term arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45227/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage Resolution Processes (15 Sep 2022)

Noel Grealish: ...the impact of the changes made to the eligibility criteria for the mortgage to rent scheme in January 2022 regarding the volume of applications to date; if the State-owned banks re-examined their long-term arrears cases following the changes to the eligibility criteria; if he will provide a breakdown on which lenders have made the greatest use of the scheme; and if he will make a statement...