Results 41-60 of 136 for speaker:Séamus McGrath

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Apr 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [7772/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (29 Apr 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 300. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position in relation to grant funding under the better energy homes grant, and whether a person can apply for a further grant for the measure of external insulation to their home through this grant, or any other grant available through SEAI, if they already drew down a grant back in 2011 for internal insulation,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (29 Apr 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 567. To ask the Minister for Finance to reinstate the home renovation incentive tax relief (details supplied). [18957/25]

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

Séamus McGrath: 752. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the Leaving Cert Covid-related grade inflation for the class of 2025, and how this compares to the class of 2024, as some students from 2024 will be competing for college places in 2025; and how is it considered fair to have different grade inflation levels. [18552/25]

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

Séamus McGrath: 841. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the possible funding options for a secondary school in County Cork (details supplied) to carry essential roof replacement works to its sports hall. [19134/25]

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

Séamus McGrath: 1024. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an application for funding to install another prefab to facilitate a second junior infants class in September at a school (details supplied). [20674/25]

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

Séamus McGrath: 1326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the number of successful applications for the Croi Conaithe cities scheme in 2024; the amount of funding approved to successful applicants in the same year; the number of apartments involved in the successful schemes in 2024; and the number of applications to date in 2025; and how many have been approved to date...

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

Séamus McGrath: 1327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the total number of residential development applications with An Bord Pleanála at present; the number of residential units involved in total in these applications, including all applications, including one-off houses and applications for multiple units; and the average period of time since these residential...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (29 Apr 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 1534. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the fees to apply for Irish citizenship to make them relative to the length of time people have lived here (details supplied). [18961/25]

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

Séamus McGrath: 1874. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide some funding to an organisation (details supplied) providing essential services for those with brain injuries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19989/25]

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

Séamus McGrath: 1876. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will consider reviewing the national childcare scheme to allow for some flexibility in the operation of the scheme, particularly in relation to the hours children are required to stay at a facility (details supplied). [20070/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Apr 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 1986. To ask the Minister for Health how many cataract surgeries have taken place in Cork county in the years 2022, 2023, 2024, and the target number for 2025; the current waiting list for such surgery in Cork county; and the up-to-date average waiting period for patients to receive treatment. [18547/25]

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

Séamus McGrath: 2166. To ask the Minister for Health if she will engage with the HSE and the National Ambulance Service on the withdrawal of ambulance vehicles from advance paramedics–educational officers and resource managers (details supplied). [19581/25]

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

Séamus McGrath: 2188. To ask the Minister for Health to engage with the HSE on the pause in recruitment for positions of physician associate; the number of students the HSE funded to partake in a qualifying course; and the amount of funding spent on students who have not yet taken up employment, due to the pause in recruitment. [19630/25]

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

Séamus McGrath: 60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to set up a specific fund for local authorities for the installation of air monitoring units in urban areas; and the level of air monitoring taking place across the State. [17839/25]

Tariffs: Statements (9 Apr 2025)

Séamus McGrath: I too welcome this debate and the opportunity to speak. The stakes are very high, as mentioned earlier. We now have some more clarity on President Trump’s announcements. He is upending decades of international trade norms and relationships in a matter of weeks. That is extremely serious. For Ireland it presents a real threat. We are a small open trading economy with a very strong...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Apr 2025)

Séamus McGrath: I want to raise the issue of driving tests and the unacceptable delays in securing an appointment. This issue has been raised numerous times but, unfortunately, it does not seem to be improving. If anything, it is worsening. Someone applying for a driving test in the Wilton test centre in Cork this morning will be given an estimated date for the end of November 2025. This is a wait of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Apr 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 274. To ask the Minister for Health if she will support a proposal by an organisation (details supplied) to acquire the vacant former health centre building in Passage West; and if she will provide an update on the proposal/request; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17876/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Apr 2025)

Séamus McGrath: I welcome the establishment of the subcommittee on infrastructure. I want to raise the issue of the accessibility of our towns and villages for people with disabilities. I acknowledge a lot of funding has been spent under the active travel heading to improve accessibility but many challenges remain and we need to continually improve this funding. Recently, unfortunately, I heard the story...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Apr 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 30. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will next meet. [13972/25]