Results 21-34 of 34 for speaker:Keira Keogh

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (20 Mar 2025)

Keira Keogh: 456. To ask the Minister for Health the expected timeframe for the independent expert to carry out a comprehensive review on the physician associate role in Ireland; when the recommendations are expected to be rolled out in view of the challenges current and prospective physician associates are facing as a result of the HSE embargo on hiring; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (19 Mar 2025)

Keira Keogh: 374. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions that should be taken by a severely and permanently disabled person (details supplied) following refusal of primary medical certificate application based on the current criteria considering that the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994 is due to be changed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (19 Mar 2025)

Keira Keogh: 441. To ask the Minister for Finance when changes will be made to the primary medical certificate criteria, under the terms of Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994 in cases where a person (details supplied) is permanently and severely disabled but their disability does not come within the criteria in the regulations; if there is a timeline for such...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (19 Mar 2025)

Keira Keogh: 948. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reasons a property would be deemed ineligible for the defective concrete blocks grant scheme in view of the fact that a report has confirmed that there is pyrite in the property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12382/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (19 Mar 2025)

Keira Keogh: 991. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person, who has reached the age of 70, and is retired, must pay PRSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10617/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pension Provisions (19 Mar 2025)

Keira Keogh: 1854. To ask the Minister for Health when a reply will issue to the pension section of the HSE in respect of a person (details supplied) in view of the inordinate amount of time it has taken to respond to the HSE and the subsequent knock-on effect for the person involved and the difficulty it is causing them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12476/25]

International Women's Day: Statements (6 Mar 2025)

Keira Keogh: International Women's Day is not just for flowers or chocolate. It is about equality, empowerment and celebration. As we know, this year the theme is to accelerate action and action is needed now more than ever. When we look at this globally, we are 300 years away from ending child marriage and 140 years away from achieving equal representation in leadership in the workplace. We cannot...

Disability: Statements (25 Feb 2025)

Keira Keogh: I found preparing for this debate extremely difficult because for me disability advocacy is not just a policy area. For me, it is deeply personal. For the past 19 years I have worked within the disability sector. I have been specialising in supporting children who are neurodiverse and their families and their schools. It is very difficult to fit 19 years of passion and knowledge into just...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (20 Feb 2025)

Keira Keogh: 237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the exact number of persons on the social housing list in the electoral area in Mayo; the way the waiting list is devised, specifically the way an applicant is assigned their position on the social housing list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6899/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Feb 2025)

Keira Keogh: 244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social houses set to come on stream within the next five years in each electoral area in Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6945/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Feb 2025)

Keira Keogh: 245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the position on the provision of affordable housing in each electoral area in Mayo; the number of affordable houses proposed for each electoral area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6946/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (20 Feb 2025)

Keira Keogh: 246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline and proposed plans or amendments to the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 concerning the differing entitlements to homeowners under the pyrite remediation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6947/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Feb 2025)

Keira Keogh: I welcome the planned review of the defective concrete blocks scheme mentioned in the programme for Government. When should this review be expected as urgent changes are needed for those affected.? I can think of a retired couple who are now in ill-health who cannot cope with the toll of a rebuild and wish to sell with the grant intact, or people in Páirc Na Coille, Westport whose...

Government’s Response to Storm Éowyn: Statements (Resumed) (6 Feb 2025)

Keira Keogh: It is an honour to rise in the Chamber for the first time as a Teachta Dála. I want to express my deep gratitude to the people of Mayo who have put their trust in me and who voted for me. I feel a great responsibility and I commit to working as hard as possible every day to fulfil that responsibility. I also want to briefly thank my team, former Minister, Michael Ring, my friends,...