Results 41-60 of 173 for speaker:Joanna Byrne

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (8 Apr 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on primary projects planned within the Drogheda school planning area (details supplied). [17502/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (8 Apr 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on post primary projects planned within the Drogheda school planning area (details supplied). [17503/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (8 Apr 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on post primary school projects underway within the Drogheda school planning area. [17504/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (3 Apr 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 49. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the betting tax levy by 1%, and noting the disparity in funding for sports, commit to directing a portion of these funds into Irish football with a view to improving facilities, upgrading training grounds and modernise stadiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10152/25]

Housing Emergency Measures: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2025)

Joanna Byrne: It should come as no surprise that Sinn Féin supports the principle behind this Private Members’ motion, as many of the policy proposals are in line with Sinn Féin’s housing policy. Of course, correction is needed. The Government’s overall housing policy has not worked to date and will not work in the future. To think otherwise is to ignore the facts. While...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Policy (2 Apr 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 168. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a report will be published following the nighttime economy accessibility survey, which concluded in June 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16033/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (2 Apr 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 297. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs currently registered and operational in County Louth and East Meath. [16021/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (2 Apr 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 298. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs due to retire in County Louth and East Meath within the next five years. [16022/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (2 Apr 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 299. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs retired from practice in County Louth and East Meath from 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of these vacancies filled for the same years. [16023/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (2 Apr 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 300. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new GP practices opened in County Louth and East Meath for the years 2020 to 2025. [16024/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (2 Apr 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 301. To ask the Minister for Health the number of newly qualified GPs took up work in County Louth and East Meath for the years 2020 to 2025. [16025/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (2 Apr 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 303. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card patients, GP only card patients, private patients currently registered with a GP service in County Louth and East Meath. [16027/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (2 Apr 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 304. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card patients, GP only card patients, private patients currently waiting to secure a place with a registered GP service in County Louth and East Meath. [16028/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (2 Apr 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 302. To ask the Minister for Health the current average number of patients per GP in County Louth; whether there is a cap on the number of patients each GP can treat; and the number of GP services currently exceed this average. [16026/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (2 Apr 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 305. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs estimated to be required in County Louth and East Meath over the next five years, to keep pace with the expected rise in demand based on the best information available; and the plans in place to address this. [16029/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (2 Apr 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 306. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of GP surgeries in County Louth and East Meath being " at capacity "; and the plans are in place to address this. [16030/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (2 Apr 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 307. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons presented to out of hours services, such as NEDOC etc, in County Louth in 2024 and to date in 2025, who are currently not registered with a GP in the county. [16031/25]

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Joanna Byrne: In my maiden speech in December, I emphasised how I am a young woman who prides myself on breaking down barriers for women in worlds traditionally dominated by men. Verona Murphy, too, has done that as the first female Ceann Comhairle of this House. She had a chance to dispense with the old boys' club, the back-room deals, the wink-and-nudge politics and, indeed, the stroke politics. She...

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Joanna Byrne: Yes.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Apr 2025)

Joanna Byrne: This morning, I hosted a briefing here in Leinster House with Dignity4Patients, an organisation that supports victims of sexual abuse and inappropriate sexual behaviour in medical settings. For decades, the great and the good of Irish politics have pledged their support to this organisation and, in particular, to the survivors of Ireland's most prolific paedophile, Michael Shine. Yet,...