Results 221-240 of 354 for speaker:Conor Sheehan

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: A bit like the Obamas, there is apparently a rift at the heart of this marriage of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil Ministers barely being seen together this week. The Tánaiste said earlier that process matters. Can he confirm, with regard to the Government's so-called housing tsar, that Mr. Brendan McDonagh is the Government's preferred candidate, as...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: The Minister, Deputy Browne, said Mr. McDonagh is the Government's preferred candidate.

Final Draft Revised National Planning Framework: Motion (30 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: The national planning framework is a critical piece of work that underpins everything in regional planning, development plans and local area plans. It is vital we get this right, as this document goes to the very essence of how we do planning, development and infrastructure in this country. This plan should be an opportunity to set out and better reflect the need for a more balanced...

Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: I thank the Minister for the response. I will touch on some of the points she made. Schools are very concerned that they are not sufficiently funded to open new special classes. There are issues with space, staffing, resources and appropriate sensory spaces, among other things. The majority of our traditional schools do not have the appropriate facilities for spaces that they need, like...

Unnecessary Hip Surgeries at Children's Health Ireland: Motion [Private Members] (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: I was not in the Chamber for Deputy Brennan's moving contribution but I did listen to it from my office. It made me stop what I was doing. I was born with a congenital dislocated hip. I have a weakness in one of my hips. I went through some stuff as a child and may have to have more treatment on my hip. Orthopaedic surgery is an especially physical form of surgery, an especially...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Driver Licences (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 483. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has given any consideration in the absence of a license exchange programme to allowing permanent conversion of valid Canadian and US driving licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20318/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 656. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of candidates that are currently on the panel for executive officer grade within civil service from the most recent EO recruitment campaign. [20247/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 977. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of refunds sought from parents availing of the school transport scheme in Limerick in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20248/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 1158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to consider setting up a roving workforce to assist local authorities bring vacant housing stock back into use; if he will consider a local authority (details supplied) as a pilot for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18668/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 1448. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of Citizens advice centres in Limerick; and the number employed in each centre and the grade of each employee, in tabular form. [20255/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 1610. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the names of projects within Limerick Garda division that received funding under Community Safety Innovation Fund in 2024; and he amount received per project, in tabular form. [20251/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 1611. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Department funded youth division projects workers based in Limerick in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [20252/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 1730. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which new markets continue to be established for Irish food products. [20253/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 1829. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding for disability capital projects drawn down in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19187/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 1888. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown of the staff numbers and grade in each of children's disability network teams in Limerick in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20256/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Special Educational Needs (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 1889. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of HSE-funded therapists who have been allocated to special schools in Limerick, in tabular form. [20257/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Medical Inquiries (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 2347. To ask the Minister for Health when she will sign off on regulations (details supplied) to allow the enquiry to commence to investigate the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20314/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Staff (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 2326. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant vascular surgeons based at University Hospital Limerick in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [20245/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 2327. To ask the Minister for Health the number of optometrists registered with the community optometry scheme in each of the past three years ,in tabular form. [20246/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 2614. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the projects in Limerick that were funded under local enhancement programme in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [20249/25]