Results 41-60 of 122 for speaker:Noel McCarthy

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Apr 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a request for the establishment of a special class and an SET increase at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17460/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (3 Apr 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 190. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department’s plans to increase the relief rate payment under the help-to-buy scheme beyond €30,000; if so, when he envisages such a change will take effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16342/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (2 Apr 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the future plans for the delivery of court service at Youghal District Court, Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16223/25]

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Diplomatic Representation (1 Apr 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 161. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number and location of new Irish embassies and consulates planned for opening before the end of 2029; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15360/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 Apr 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 165. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to establish a passport printing service at the Cork Passport Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15395/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (1 Apr 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 549. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the process for the re-admission of former Garda personnel back into An Garda Síochána; the current timescales for re-admittance to the service; the efforts being made by his Department to improve processing times for such applications; the number of such applications received and approved in each...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (1 Apr 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 772. To ask the Minister for Health the plans for a building, and possible use of the building (details supplied) as a community-led health and wellbeing centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15424/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Wind Energy Generation (27 Mar 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline his Department's plans for facilities at a location (details supplied) to service the erection of offshore wind turbines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14790/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (26 Mar 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 49. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 74 of 23 April 2024 and 448 of 19 March 2025, if Mogeely is included in flood relief plans for the Castlemartyr area or if it is being reviewed separately for flood relief measures; if his Department is considering the full hydrological and hydrogeological analysis of the Mogeely area as part of...

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

Noel McCarthy: 134. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts being made by his Department to mitigate against the potential threat of tariffs and their impact on Irish farmers and agri-food producers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13811/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise (25 Mar 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 271. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 5 February 2025, the number of prosecutions that were taken at both district and circuit court level in each year from 2020 to 2024, inclusive; the number of these prosecutions that resulted in a summary conviction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13295/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (25 Mar 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 298. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the progress of flood prevention measures for an area (details supplied); if the diversion of the local river around the town is still being considered as part of such measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13794/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (25 Mar 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 724. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria, both medical and social, used in determining patient access to step-down or transitional beds in the community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13533/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (25 Mar 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 778. To ask the Minister for Health her plans for the proposed development of a site (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13784/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Projects (25 Mar 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 898. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 1750 of 22 January 2025, to provide an update on structural and demolition works on a project (details supplied); the amount expended to date on works at the site; the next envisaged phase in the development of the project; when it is expected to be put out to tender; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (20 Mar 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 204. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade regarding the passport application system, the reasoning behind the recent change in policy whereby the notarising of a passport applicant’s driver’s licence must now be undertaken by a solicitor or notary public rather than by a member of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13143/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (20 Mar 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding the decreasing year on year monthly CSO numbers of driving tests being delivered in County Cork, the efforts being made to reduce waiting times for driving tests in the county; the number of testers employed at the beginning of each respective year from 2021 to 2025 inclusive; the plans to employ additional testers or to open...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (19 Mar 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 442. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures his Department is considering to assist property owners whose premises may have previously been damaged by flooding and who now have difficulty in getting insured; the engagement his Department has had with insurance providers on the matter in the wake of severe weather events; if his Department has considered the establishment of re-insurance...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (19 Mar 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 443. To ask the Minister for Finance the current turnaround period for ROS VAT unregistered refunds to farmers; the efforts his Department is making to improve these turnaround times to prevent cashflow issues for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12571/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (19 Mar 2025)

Noel McCarthy: 444. To ask the Minister for Finance the eligibility of those who were previously declared bankrupt to apply for the help-to-buy scheme; if they are not eligible, if his Department is considering any changes in this regard; the current house purchase funding supports available to people in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12651/25]