Results 21-40 of 71 for speaker:Paula Butterly

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Community Safety Partnerships (3 Apr 2025)

Paula Butterly: I welcome the news that the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act will be commenced in the coming days. Following that, I welcome the news that the secondary legislation required for these regulations will also be enacted shortly thereafter. These regulations cannot come soon enough. The establishment of the chairs and the committees are sorely needed in counties like Louth. Without...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Planning Framework (3 Apr 2025)

Paula Butterly: 209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform considering that as based on the National Planning Framework, Drogheda and Dundalk have been recognised as regional growth centres with population due to increase by 50,000 in each town by 2030; if he will commit to meeting the associated resourcing requirements and demands for the county; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (3 Apr 2025)

Paula Butterly: 235. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to respond to correspondence received (details supplied) in relation to the basic income for the arts pilot programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16475/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (2 Apr 2025)

Paula Butterly: 181. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the additional rent contribution provided through local authorities to assist people in homeless situations will be extended beyond March 2025 following a review by his Department; and if not, the other supports that will be made available as already vulnerable homeless people will be put back into the homeless services...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Apr 2025)

Paula Butterly: 423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 628 of 19 March 2025, if she will consider bringing school secretaries under a public service contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15677/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 Mar 2025)

Paula Butterly: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the new strategy for the further education and training sector includes a review of infrastructure capacity so as to cater for the continued growth in demand for further education and training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13980/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Small and Medium Enterprises (27 Mar 2025)

Paula Butterly: 66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the work of his Department in encouraging SMEs to avail of further education and training for their staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13981/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (25 Mar 2025)

Paula Butterly: 126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the operation of the agri-tax initiatives to help farmers and farm families with succession planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13816/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (25 Mar 2025)

Paula Butterly: 144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that there is an understanding of the importance of the Nitrates derogation among EU counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13814/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (25 Mar 2025)

Paula Butterly: 265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to respond to correspondence received (details supplied) in relation to the 2025 Taxsaver fares determination and the new fare structure coming into effect in June this year; if the commuter zone tickets will be extended to Dundalk given the significant number of people commuting to Dublin on the train on a daily basis; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (25 Mar 2025)

Paula Butterly: 620. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to report on the work underway with regard to the Nitrates derogation given its importance of sectors of Irish farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13815/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Sanctions (25 Mar 2025)

Paula Butterly: 621. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement he has had with Government colleagues and European counterparts with regard to the threat of tariffs on food produce from Ireland and Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13817/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (19 Mar 2025)

Paula Butterly: 628. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to school-secretary pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11321/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (19 Mar 2025)

Paula Butterly: 701. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide any further State support to parents who wish to homeschool their children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11963/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council (19 Mar 2025)

Paula Butterly: 797. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total amount of Arts Council funding allocated to each county for the past two years; the groups that have had a decrease in funding, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11827/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Development (19 Mar 2025)

Paula Butterly: 823. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in light of the very welcome news that the Westgate Vision Project has been approved for Drogheda town, if he will commit to additional urban regeneration and development funding to ensure that the project is commenced as swiftly as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10747/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (19 Mar 2025)

Paula Butterly: 1908. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) concerning ETB personal assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11324/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Healthcare Policy (6 Mar 2025)

Paula Butterly: I thank the Minister and welcome those updates. I turn my attention now to women in mid-life and older women in general. I have realised myself since I entered this Chamber and come down those very steep steps that my bones are tending to creak a little bit more than they were two months ago. There are programmes in the plan for bone health. This is a vital issue, especially for women in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Healthcare Policy (6 Mar 2025)

Paula Butterly: I also acknowledge the work being done on the cardiovascular health of women. As the Minister pointed out, the symptoms for women are not the same as those that present in men. Very often, we tend to ignore it. Through marketing, communication and just general acknowledgement these symptoms are different, we can definitely change the lives of many women across the country.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Strategies (6 Mar 2025)

Paula Butterly: I thank the Minister for the recognition of this very important issue. As she said, it has wide-ranging effects on women. Some can live with it day to day; others live in chronic pain. We have to highlight as well that many women have to go abroad in order to get some of the surgical treatment, so I welcome the fact that we will focus on this and get the surgical treatments for these women...