Results 1-20 of 149 for sligo speaker:Denis Naughten

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Denis Naughten: ..., and Mr. Tadhg Buckley, director of policy; from the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association, Mr. Vincent Roddy, president, Mr. John Joe Fitzgerald, vice president, and Mr. Padraig Devaney, Sligo chair; and from the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association, Mr. Sean McNamara, president, and Mr. Hugh Farrell, animal health and welfare chair. I invite Mr. Smyth to make his opening...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (23 Feb 2023)

Denis Naughten: ...anywhere else in our region. However, that is not spinning out to other towns such as Longford, Roscommon, Ballinasloe, Mullingar and Tullamore. The Minister of State gave the example of Sligo. I will give the example of Ballinasloe, where there is under-utilised water, wastewater and utilities. There is an abundance of public service land but IDA Ireland will not secure that additional...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Oct 2022)

Denis Naughten: ...because they would have to travel across water. That is bizarre and should not be allowed. Some broadcasters in the UK, when they are announcing the weather forecast, show the weather for Donegal, Sligo, Cavan, Monaghan and so on as well as for the rest of Ulster. It is a pretty basic request. I accept that the wording of the amendment may not be reflective of what we want, but it is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Feb 2022)

Denis Naughten: 643. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 350 of 23 September 2021, his plans to roll out the Sligo model of eye-care to areas other than those already implementing the model in the north-west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4341/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: ...need to see structural reform and not just reward those who work within our private hospitals. In the programme for Government in 2016, for example, a commitment was secured to look at expanding the Sligo hospital cataract surgery model, which had slashed waiting times by providing the follow-up care in the community by ophthalmologists. Five years later, the only expansion of that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Sep 2021)

Denis Naughten: 350. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll-out the Sligo model of eye care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45934/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ophthalmology Services (3 Feb 2021)

Denis Naughten: 712. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll-out the Sligo model of eye care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5350/21]

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Dec 2020)

Denis Naughten: ...the level of the pandemic unemployment payment and having to sign on for that. Finally, I compliment the Minister, her predecessor and her team of officials in the Department, and in particular the officials in the regional offices in Roscommon, Longford, Sligo, Letterkenny and other places throughout the country on the tremendous work that was done in processing a phenomenal number of...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: ...plan does not include Roscommon and east Galway because Roscommon and east Galway are in the western plan. As we know, whether we like it or not, and whatever way we slice it and dice it, Mayo, Sligo and Galway city have a disproportionate say in that regard, even though it is a regional plan. It would make far more sense for Roscommon and east Galway to be part of the midlands plan and...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: ...at vacant public sector office spaces across the country. The Department of Social Protection has offices in my constituency of Roscommon along with offices in Longford, Carrick-on-Shannon, Sligo and Letterkenny. Perhaps somebody from County Leitrim who is working in the Department of Education and Skills in Athlone could hot-desk in the Department of Social Protection in...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Further Revised) (11 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: ...budget 2020 that we look at the possibility of staff being able to hotdesk in other Government offices. For argument's sake, that would mean someone who is based in the Department of Social Protection in Sligo, Carrick-on-Shannon or Longford hotdesking in Roscommon or Athlone, if that were closer to his or her home, rather than commute daily. People would still work in a public office...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Sep 2020)

Denis Naughten: 233. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll out the Sligo model of eye care; the reason for the delay; if alternatives to this model are being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23191/20]

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: ...difficulty in my constituency and many other parts of regional and rural Ireland is that people are commuting long distances to work. People in my constituency must travel long distances and they are commuting to Dublin, Galway and Sligo to obtain employment. There will be major benefits to the economy, society and our environment if we can get people to work remotely. I know that...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (17 Jun 2020)

Denis Naughten: ...a considerable period. There has been engagement between the OPW and the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding a number of individual roads in Roscommon, Westmeath, Galway, Cavan and Sligo in order to provide a specific scheme to protect and secure access for those communities. The Minister might provide an update on that matter. When I entered office, I authorised...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2019)

Denis Naughten: ...this country. That is in the interests of putting work through those smaller hospitals. It is in the interests of taking pressure off the waiting lists in the larger model 3 hospitals, such as Portiuncula, Sligo and Castlebar, and the model 4 hospitals, such as Galway University Hospital, where people have been waiting for years to get access to care. Thankfully, smaller hospitals,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harnessing Ireland's Ocean Wealth: Marine Co-ordination Group (22 Oct 2019)

Denis Naughten: ...we asking, say, Leitrim County Council to take responsibility for the offshore renewable resources it will have planning authorisation for while Donegal will have a significant amount, as will Mayo, Sligo and down along the coast? One cannot have an inconsistency from Cork County Council to Leitrim County Council in terms of fully exploiting this. There must be a standard position across...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (20 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: ...projects while also equipping local authorities with the latest technologies to catch those responsible. Funding has been provided under this initiative to support a pilot project undertaken by Sligo County Council aimed at tackling and addressing the source of illegal dumping. The aim of this project is to create and maintain a register of how households are managing their waste based...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (18 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: ..., the National Waste Collection Permit Office, the CCMA, the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection and the Office of the Revenue Commissioners. Funding of €70,000 is also being provided to support a pilot project undertaken by Sligo County Council aimed at tackling and addressing the source of illegal dumping. In addition and in recognition of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Better Energy Programme (10 Jul 2018)

Denis Naughten: ...x20ac;45,780 €56,310 €44,200 €55,150 €15,650 Limerick €394,417 €478,034 €916,553 €833,900 €370,524 Longford €43,690 €58,800 €35,350 €89,700 €27,700 Louth €220,670 €349,500 €457,218 €476,600 €374,050 Mayo €251,590 €339,901 €478,725...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (3 Jul 2018)

Denis Naughten: ...current financial penalties for littering were being increased from €150 to €250 and that legislation needed to be strengthened to deal with repeat offenders.  I also highlighted a pilot project currently running in Sligo County Council, where the local authority is requesting customer Eircodes from waste collectors to ensure that people are disposing of...