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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: Ireland has shown strong and compassionate leadership over the last year by pledging €20 million extra to UNRWA at a time when other key donors were withdrawing their support. I recognise the role that the Tánaiste and the Taoiseach played in swiftly pledging support for UNRWA last year. This funding has allowed the organisation to meet the urgent need of Palestinian refugees in...

Situation in Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (5 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: We must use this debate to burst the myth being peddled by the Government that we have to start the occupied territories Bill from scratch. This is a tactic being used by Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Independents to avoid doing something that, before the recent general election, they all indicated they would do. Senator Frances Black's occupied territories Bill needs some amendment....

Government’s Response to Storm Éowyn: Statements (Resumed) (5 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: I would like to begin by recognising the dramatic impact on people's lives, the destruction of homes and property, the impact on businesses and indeed the loss of life that Storm Éowyn has caused. Storm Éowyn was an exceptional weather event, breaking all-time wind-speed records and causing unprecedented damage to our critical infrastructure and disruption for the second time in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (5 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the urgent diplomatic actions the Government is taking to prevent the execution of a person (details supplied), a Kurdish humanitarian worker and civil society activist sentenced to death in Iran; and whether he will publicly condemn this sentence while engaging with his Department to apply diplomatic pressure on the Iranian government to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (5 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline, given the risks posed by the discharge of toxic chemicals and the proposed 17-storey mine waste facility in the Sperrins AONB gold mine project, the measures the Government is considering to ensure that the Environmental Protection Agency is fully involved in the review of this project and its potential...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Measures (5 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current status of the drafting and approval process for the heat Bill, including the expected timeline for its introduction to the Government; and the steps taken to amend legislation to extend the CRU’s regulatory role to all district and communal heating systems, including existing gas-fired schemes, in...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Mining Industry (5 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 559. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure has formally notified the Government of the gold mine application in the Sperrins AONB, as required under the Espoo Convention and EIA Regulations, given the shared waterways between both jurisdictions. [3305/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Mining Industry (5 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 560. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a formal notification has been made of the gold mine application in the Sperrins AONB; when this will be published in a national newspaper in the Republic of Ireland to ensure full public awareness, particularly regarding potential impacts on the River Finn SAC and species such as the Atlantic salmon. [3306/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Mining Industry (5 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 561. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps the Government will take to ensure that proper transboundary environmental impact assessments are conducted for the Sperrins AONB gold mine project, particularly concerning water quality and ecology in the River Finn SAC, as required under the Habitats Directive. [3307/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Mining Industry (5 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 562. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the length of time the public consultation period in the Republic of Ireland will last for the Sperrins AONB gold mine project; and what efforts will be made to engage relevant environmental authorities and the public, given the significant potential environmental and health risks associated with the proposed gold mine and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Conservation (5 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 624. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received responses from the four Dublin local authorities to his letter of 18 October 2024 regarding Ireland’s Obligation under the EU Birds Directive; for an update on the work the four bodies are undertaking with the National Parks and Wildlife Service on a comprehensive review of inland sites used by...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Reviews (5 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position in relation to the Department HLGH Working Group review of the current engineering qualifications declared under s160 of the Local Government Act 2001. [3519/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Planning Issues (5 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 997. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the use of a private residential dwelling home as a residential care home for children in the care of the State, where that care is being provided by a private provider contracted to Tusla, requires a change in either the planning status of the private residential dwelling, or a change in its planning use;...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (5 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 1010. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline her Department’s policy on the charging of non-refundable registration fees by early learning and care centre providers; whether this breaches the requirements of the core funding contract; if there is any upper limit to the registration fees that can be charged; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (5 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 1276. To ask the Minister for Health what preparations have been made to roll out the free hormone replacement therapy scheme, as outlined in Budget 2025. [3302/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Policies (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputy for this question and I understand that my colleague, the Minister for Finance, will provide an answer on the first part of this question relating to the supports available to individuals who require wheelchair-modified vehicles for personal use, under the Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme that is operated by his department. In relation to the second part of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Housing Schemes (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: As part of the State’s humanitarian response to the Ukrainian crisis, the Government has developed a Rapid Build Housing Programme to provide accommodation for families fleeing the war in Ukraine who request it. The programme aims to provide short-term accommodation for up to 2,800 Ukrainians at several sites across Ireland. The Office of Public Works (OPW) is leading the development...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Accommodation Recognition Payment is a tax-free monthly payment available to those providing accommodation to people who arrived in Ireland under the EU Temporary Protection Directive since March 2022. The scheme is provided for under Part 2 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 and is administered by the Department of Social Protection on behalf of my Department. The...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Foreign Conflicts (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: At this time, there are no plans to establish an agreement for intercountry adoptions from Palestine. Intercountry adoption should not be considered in the first instance as a solution/humanitarian response to emergency situations such as war, civil unrest, natural disasters or the displacement of people due to these events. Ireland is a signatory to the 1993 Hague Convention on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Department’s cold weather response plan came into effect on Friday 15 November 2024, amid significant adverse weather conditions forecast. This response plan focuses on international protection applicants who are in our tented accommodation sites, and applicants who are unaccommodated. This plan is also active this week, as we see further cold weather and extremely low...