Results 281-300 of 3,931 for speaker:Steven Matthews in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (15 Jul 2021)

Steven Matthews: 27. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he has taken to improve the welfare of animals during his first nine months in office; and the plans he has to build on these improvements over the lifetime of this Government. [37090/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (15 Jul 2021)

Steven Matthews: 73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the independent regulatory review on forestry licensing announced recently by his Department. [37091/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 Jul 2021)

Steven Matthews: 544. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on whether there has been sufficient advertising of the music and entertainment business assistance scheme; and if she will consider any future advertising and awareness campaigns in advance of the final application deadline. [40598/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 Jul 2021)

Steven Matthews: 545. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the music and entertainment business assistance scheme; the number of applications have been made both successful and unsuccessful to date; if all successful grants have been drawn down; and if there is a timeline for payment of outstanding monies owed to applicants. [40609/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 Jul 2021)

Steven Matthews: 546. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason business costs are included in the music and entertainment business assistance scheme when they are not a qualifying criterion for other Government grants including the small business assistance scheme for COVID; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40611/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (27 Jul 2021)

Steven Matthews: 1148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a potential conflict between two Government supports, the live performance support scheme and the pandemic unemployment payment, by which if a person in the live entertainment sector gets short-term employment through the live performance support scheme it may force them permanently off...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (27 Jul 2021)

Steven Matthews: 2065. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of students who will be going on Erasmus as a mandatory aspect of their college course in August 2021 given that as per the current projections many in this situation will not have been reached by the vaccination programme; if there are plans in place to deal with this cohort in advance of their scheduled...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (27 Jul 2021)

Steven Matthews: 2257. To ask the Minister for Health if a transfer of HSE disability services funding will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in view of the long delay since initial request. [37179/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Steven Matthews: 2708. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding Irish citizens who received the required dosage of EMA approved vaccines in other jurisdictions; and if they will be registered on the HSE system and by extension be eligible for the EU digital Covid certificate for travel if they can prove their vaccine status. [38825/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Jul 2021)

Steven Matthews: 2783. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the multidisciplinary team for adolescent trans healthcare; if he will provide an outline regarding the process of it being established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39155/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (27 Jul 2021)

Steven Matthews: 2879. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding children under the age of 16 who have conditions that place them at high risk if they contract Covid-19; the plans he has put in place to deal with this cohort regarding immunisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39471/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Culls (27 Jul 2021)

Steven Matthews: 3380. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the total amount spent on badger culling by his Department in the past ten years in County Wicklow; the number of badgers that have been culled each year in the same time period in the county; and the research that has been carried out to research the impact of culling on the prevalence of tuberculosis....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (27 Jul 2021)

Steven Matthews: 3381. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the total amount spent on the vaccination of badgers for tuberculosis by his Department in the past ten years in County Wicklow in tabular form; the number of vaccinations that have been administered to the badger population in the same time period in the county; and the research that has been carried out on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (21 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: 274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding first-time buyers who wish to purchase second-hand homes; the initiatives that will be made available to them through the Housing for All strategy or related initiatives from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44678/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (28 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: 157. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the Departmental working group set up to investigate potential amendments to building regulations to require changing places (details supplied) in suitable public buildings; the number of times the group has met; if he plans to meet with the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46211/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (28 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: 258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons currently on the waiting list for the standard driver test in test centres in County Wicklow; the mechanisms being put in place to alleviate this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46341/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (28 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: 323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times between January 2017 to August 2020 that the board of An Bord Pleanála overruled the recommendation of case inspectors with regards to decisions on planning applications and appeals in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47135/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pesticide Use (29 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: 76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the use of chemical pesticide weed killers to clear rail tracks; if he will investigate this policy and consider the use of alternative methods of weed removal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47108/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (29 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: 118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which a local authority can apply for funding to employ a full-time biodiversity officer; the number of officers that he proposes to be employed nationally; and the local authorities that currently employ a biodiversity officer, in tabular form. [47107/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Protection (30 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: 65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to cases of Afghan citizens who had been long-term residents of Ireland and have a large support network here but who do not hold Irish EU visas and who are currently stuck in Kabul; if advice will be provided to anyone in this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46210/21]