Results 261-280 of 2,398 for speaker:Ruairi Ó Murchú in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Climate Change Negotiations (22 Nov 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 52. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the COP27 conference which he recently attended in Egypt. [56371/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (22 Nov 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail the Government's response to the UN report detailing evidence of torture and abuse of prisoners by both sides in the war in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57917/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (17 Nov 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 38. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports available to sporting clubs and associations to deal with the rising cost of energy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56376/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (17 Nov 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 58. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update in relation to interactions with the IABA; the current position with regards to future funding for the IABA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56375/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (15 Nov 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 132. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are many Cvil Service pensions that were eligible for the pension increases that took place on 1 October 2022; the number of these pensions that have had the increases applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56373/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (15 Nov 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 512. To ask the Minister for Health when section 38 organisations, whose workers are entitled to the backdated pay increases awarded under building momentum and detailed under HR circular 025/2022, will be given the extra funding to award this back pay given that without additional funding these organisations cannot afford same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56200/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (10 Nov 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration is being given to allowing parts of motorway hard shoulders to be used as bus corridors, such as the one going into Belfast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54990/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Supports (10 Nov 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 127. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures under consideration to alleviate the huge increases in the cost of energy to small and medium businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54997/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (10 Nov 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 151. To ask the Minister for Finance the work being done in his Department to fix the anomaly by which many workers who live in the North and work in the South are precluded from working from home because of the significant revenue implications for their employers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54998/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Supports (10 Nov 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 195. To ask the Minister for Finance if the newly announced temporary business energy support scheme can be used by companies supplying heat through communal and district heating schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53088/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (8 Nov 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 24. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the rollout of the National Broadband Plan to include the number of premises passed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55001/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (8 Nov 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the short-term and long-term solutions for communities whose homes are heated through communal/district heating systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55002/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Pensions (8 Nov 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress that is being made in signing-off on pension increases due to retired An Post workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48257/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (8 Nov 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 373. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of housing assistance applications received and processed by each local authority from January to June 2022; the number of staff dedicated in each local authority to the processing of HAP applications during the same period; the turnaround time from receipt of HAP applications to their completion in each...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Nov 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 950. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to change the criteria for those who are eligible for the third booster to include people of under 50 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54341/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Energy Prices (27 Oct 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 45. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline any future plans for energy cost supports and assistance for businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53087/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Broadband Infrastructure (27 Oct 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 98. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the work of the Broadband Mobile Phone Task Force, particularly the work being that is being carried out to provide alternatives for persons who have been waiting for a broadband connection for up to five years under the plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53089/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (27 Oct 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 138. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the work that is being carried out on remote working hubs and broadband connection points; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53090/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (26 Oct 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the anomaly in cases in which a social welfare recipient, who would otherwise qualify for the fuel allowance, is deemed illegible because they are renting a room in a house in which non-qualifying persons live with whom they have no relationship; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Household Incomes (25 Oct 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 735. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department’s working understanding of the definition of a family farm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52745/22]