Results 121-140 of 3,335 for speaker:Jackie Cahill in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (17 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 374. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on his work to ensure that retired members of An Garda Síochána retain pension parity in line with increases awarded to serving members of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56339/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (17 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 375. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to ensure that members of An Garda Síochána who retired after 1995 on full service receive the same rate of pension as those who retired prior to 1995; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56340/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when payments for teachers and SNA’s who facilitated the Home-Based Summer Programme in 2023 will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56327/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 613. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a competition was held for the funding of STEM grants to primary schools, given this is a core curricular area and a key priority for Government; the legislation this competition was run under; what oversight measures were in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1321/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 614. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she believes the lottery system for the provision of STEM grants to primary schools was the fairest way to divide available resources; the reason a lottery was held when the number of applications exceeded expectations; if the possibility of a lottery system was explained to schools prior to the application deadline; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 615. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what criteria, if any, applied to the initial reading of applications for STEM funding for primary schools; if none, the purpose of reading the applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1323/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 616. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how it is envisaged that a school which did not receive funding for STEM applications will engage in STEM activities to the same level as neighbouring schools that received funding under the lottery process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1324/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 617. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is the case that STEM grants made available to primary schools in 2024 will be lower than those awarded in December 2023; if so, how much lower; what funding is expected to be made available to the remaining unsuccessful schools, which number approximately 2,000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1325/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (17 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 856. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports that are available for a self-employed person who has to stop working for a period of time due to a diagnosed illness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56326/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 911. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the financial assistance, for maintenance and care related costs and so on, available to those who are vision impaired and have a guide dog; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57166/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (17 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 1140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average turnaround for a spouse of an Irish national application currently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1772/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Assisted Animal Reproduction (17 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 1171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will be in the position to sanction the use of multi-breed artificial insemination straws from 1 January 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56450/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (17 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 1172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quantity of bark that is being imported into the country for use by nurseries and horticulture, per month in 2023, in tabular form; if this bark is being certified or checked for bark beetle at the point of export and the point of import; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56451/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (17 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 1173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the visits his Department has made to Scotland and other regions affected by the bark beetle to inspect the timber being imported into Ireland to ensure it is free of bark beetle; how many visits were made; when they were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56452/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (17 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 1174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of personnel employed to inspect timber at the point of import into Ireland for bark beetle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56453/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (17 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 1175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider banning the import of timber from regions affected by the bark beetle, on grounds of biosecurity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56454/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Information and Communications Technology (17 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 1220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department’s plans to upgrade its IT infrastructure and improve the online application process for all payment schemes; his plans to implement a system by which applications are assessed to ensure all necessary documentation has been submitted to allow applicants ample opportunity to submit complete applications ahead...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Industrial Disputes (17 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 1458. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on his work to resolve the industrial action currently underway by HSE staff who are members of a union (details supplied), including their action to not respond to elected representatives’ Parliamentary Questions and direct HSE representations; when he expects this to be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56293/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (17 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 1833. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the nature of documents previously accepted by SUSI as proof of estrangement or irreconcilable estrange of an applicant from their parents, for the purposes of assessing the means of a grant application; the number of cases between 2018 and 2023 that included a letter from a social workers, a court order, evidence from An Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Road Projects (17 Jan 2024)

Jackie Cahill: 1872. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development how many dead-end private lanes across all local authorities, which have applied for the local improvement scheme and have been approved, but are awaiting funding to complete the works for each local authority, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1318/24]