Results 41-60 of 1,876 for speaker:Bobby Aylward in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (22 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 627. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has been included in the review of pension entitlements for persons who were affected by changes in 2012 to the State pension (contributory) scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43422/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (16 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the tax refund available to farmers using green diesel following the recent rise in carbon tax affecting fuel and operating costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42399/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Haulage Industry (16 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the rebate available to hauliers following the recent rise in carbon tax affecting cost of fuel and operating costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42398/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (15 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reopen the GLAS scheme for new applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41963/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (15 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 78. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he requested compensation at European level to assist farmers who have incurred beef price losses since May 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41964/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (10 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 77. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider implementing multi-annual budgets to support planned service for section 39 agencies such as an organisation (details supplied) in advance of budget 2020; his plans for the provision of additional funding to assist such agencies meet their deficits in respect of unmet business cases; his further plans for the provision of additional...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (8 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 12. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to reach the 0.7% ODA-GNI investment commitment with respect to the overseas development aid budget in advance of budget 2020, as set out in the international development policy of Ireland in order to achieve sustainable development goals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41128/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Review (8 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to review the workings of the school transport system, in particular the system for the allocation of concessionary tickets; his plans to seek funding in budget 2020 to restore general scheme parameters with a particular focus on rule determining eligibility to the pre-2011 system; if he will investigate the possibility...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Supply (8 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide extra support for teaching principals in primary schools in view of the increase in responsibilities, reports and paperwork that must be handled by teaching principals to date and the long hours involved in dealing with this work; the position regarding the possibility of allocating one release day per week to teaching...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Funding (8 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 271. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding certainty of sufficient funding for supported care homes to enable the continuation of the provision of cost efficient care for residents; if he will consider a 50% increase of current funding levels for supported care homes in advance of budget 2020 to meet urgent needs such as annually increasing energy costs, depreciation costs...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Funding (8 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 272. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the significant savings supported care homes contribute to the State and the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection through non-payment of fuel and living alone allowances and household benefits package and the provision of cost effective care; his views on the inspection of supported care homes in accordance with standards...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (8 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 277. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding cuts to the rostered hours of home help sector workers within the Health Service Executive CHO Area 5; the position regarding deficits which may occur between the 39 hours contracted and the eventual hours allotted and rostered; the protocol in place by which such shortfalls of hours are monitored and analysed and the utilisation of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (8 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 303. To ask the Minister for Health if the review of the pricing system for long-term residential care facilities, as recommended in the review of the fair deal scheme, will be published; if an independent appeals mechanism within the fair deal scheme to provide third party recourse for nursing home providers that fail to agree a fee with the NTPF and in an effort to bring greater...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Haulage Industry (8 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 410. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the challenging operating environment the haulage sector faces, in particular the unprecedented challenges posed by Brexit; the steps he has taken to protect the industry from daily fuel increases (details supplied); the steps he will take to ensure fuel costs for HGVs do not increase significantly as a result of measures...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (8 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 439. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will investigate the possibility of increasing investment in youth work in advance of budget 2020 to enable youth organisations to deliver enhanced youth work services to support young persons in County Kilkenny; if she will consider increasing the 2% allocation of overall funding within her Department to support youth work...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (8 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 440. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider increasing the funding allocation to the youth service grant scheme which supports 30 voluntary youth organisations to deliver mainstream youth work and to support local youth groups, branches and units through Budget 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41130/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Reviews (8 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 475. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delays issuing a decision on the review of an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied) which commenced over two months ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40911/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (3 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 153. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to identify and implement a direct pathway to high-level care for women and their families that suffered significant side effects and have been severely disaffected by the transvaginal mesh implant devices they received within the healthcare system since the numerous meetings he has facilitated with members of a group (details...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (3 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 154. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the transvaginal mesh implant devices procedure in view of the number of affected women; if his attention has been drawn to the risks associated with this procedure and the need for a State apology and possible compensation to be awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40221/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (3 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 285. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding funding streams which are available to gym owners and fitness entrepreneurs to assist with the significant costs associated with purchasing self-power generating treadmills and exercise bikes thus ensuring the business has a higher degree of energy self-sufficiency and incentivises companies to...