Results 21-40 of 5,128 for speaker:Mairéad Farrell

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (29 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 583. To ask the Minister for Finance the legal status of postmasters as employees that was recently confirmed by both the scope section and the social welfare appeals office in an individual case (details supplied); and if the Revenue Commissioners will review their contractor agreement with An Post in light of the Supreme Court decision in Karshan. [19481/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Government Procurement (29 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 651. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the guidance the OGP gives to local authorities in relation to establishing an ethical procurement policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19703/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (29 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 653. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform can he outline what his new proposed expert taskforce for infrastructure will involve; the key timelines; if any other organisations are being considered for inclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19967/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (29 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 914. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has not received the Cineáltas flag; if she will ensure the flag is provided without delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19649/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (29 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 955. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that she has been written to on seven occasions since April 2021 by a family (details supplied) regarding allegations of historical child abuse and sexual harassment and a failure of school management to deal with these issues; the reason the family never got a response beyond an acknowledgements of the receipt of these...

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

Mairéad Farrell: 1049. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding her recent announcement about offering teachers permanent contracts earlier in their career, whether she will clarify if she is proposing to reduce the current requirement of two years of continuous service down to one year for contract of indefinite duration eligibility; when these changes will come into effect; and if they will...

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

Mairéad Farrell: 1152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if new TIS guidelines allow for older people and people with disabilities to be considered under the scheme even in cases where they do not have children living with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18622/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (29 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 1428. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available for an older person who needs a new roof but does not have insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19614/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Orders (29 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 1532. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if mechanisms have been considered to redact an individual’s address from a safety order if it is requested by the person requesting the safety order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18933/25]

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

Mairéad Farrell: 1678. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason commonage framework plans prepared under the last CAP for the townlands of Ballyconneely, Galway, are no longer publicly accessible; and if there is any change in policy on making such plans publicly available. [18710/25]

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

Mairéad Farrell: 1679. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his department have no records on file for an appropriate assessment or a natura impact statement as required under the EU habitats directive for (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18720/25]

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

Mairéad Farrell: 1870. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to remarks made by An Taoiseach while in Washington DC regarding the Government's approach to IPAS centres (details supplied) that "we didn't want hotels, particularly the last hotel in a given town, to be used for housing asylum seekers,"; and how she intends to implement this in coming months. [19876/25]

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

Mairéad Farrell: 2021. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the dental treatment services scheme; the current number of dentists registered in the scheme and the number of dentists registered in the scheme in April 2024, by county, in tabular form; the work her Department is doing to increase the number of dentists who are not only registered in the scheme but willing to take on new...

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

Mairéad Farrell: 2195. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider allocating funding for a transport service to a day care centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19677/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (29 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 2500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Ukrainian students who were included in the free fee scheme in the year 2023 and 2024, and the cost of funding related to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18909/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (10 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement he has had with the ESB to improve energy infrastructure and prepare for future catastrophic storms as seen during storm Éowyn. [17755/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (10 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the retrofit scheme; the number of homes that have benefitted from the scheme to date; and the work he is undertaking to meet the target of retrofitting 500,000 homes by 2030. [17754/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (10 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 289. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in relation to invalidity pension, if a change has taken place with regard to the application criteria from ‘incapable to work for the following 12-month period’ to ‘incapable to work permanently’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18094/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (9 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school (details supplied) following extensive damage caused by storm Éowyn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17845/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (9 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 136. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans for the basic income for artists; the amount of funding that was allocated for the scheme in the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17657/25]