Results 721-740 of 1,033 for speaker:Joe Neville

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: The issue I raise today is facing a lot of towns across the country, especially in my constituency and town. In the likes of Leixlip and neighbouring towns like Kilcock, we see the centre of our towns facing dereliction and us having to do them up. We have vacant homes and towns that need regeneration. I want to draw a couple of key points that were brought up in the programme for...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (17 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: 90. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the steps taken to ensure that there are more creche spaces introduced in north Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32420/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (17 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: 108. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when capital investment to build or purchase State-owned childcare facilities will be provided, to create additional capacity in areas where unmet need exists' which is listed in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32421/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (17 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: 258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps his Department are implementing to help restore proper governance of the CIÉ Superannuation Scheme 1951; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32828/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: 41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress to date in improving pay levels for members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30993/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Public Sector Pensions (12 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: 74. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress to date in improving pension levels for members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30992/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (12 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the plan her Department has to introduce more new school in north Kildare given an increase in housing that is being introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30990/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (12 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has plans in place to ensure school facilities are utilised in communities outside of teaching hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30991/25]

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: I thank all the witnesses for attending. I know they are very busy. We appreciate their attendance. We see this as a key Department, considering all the issues we face as a country from a growth perspective. I am conscious I only have six minutes. I might jump around from person to person and ask people high-level and local-level questions. I will try to put the questions where they...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: So, it could be up on-----

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: It is €22 billion without any increase.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: Fine. That is what I am wondering about. I will jump to the NTA and Mr. Creegan. We get the opportunity to link in on some of the projects and we talked about the high-level funding. As regards the DART+ to Kilcock, which we have discussed before, what are the timelines at the moment for the DART+ to Maynooth and do we still envisage it ultimately going to Kilcock during that period?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: So, we believe we will try to get it out to Kilcock.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: Brilliant. I thank Mr. Creegan for that. As councillors, we would have worn our councillor hats when we looked for funding from the NTA. I want to use the example of a location on the Maynooth-to-Celbridge road in Maynooth, where there are two schools, the Gaelscoil and the ETB. We have had incidents happen. We have had children knocked down. I think the funding that is required for...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: There has been a report done on it, has there not? It was referred to earlier. We might be able to get a lot of the items in on the first scale rather than having to go for the full-scale project.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: If we could push that forward, it would be beneficial.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: I will use the example of another project. I believe this question is for TII. I refer to a second bridge at Celbridge, and I am sure there are a lot of similar examples. This is something we agreed in a local area plan in 2017. Money has been put towards it. Out of what pot would the funding for the bridge in Celbridge come and when will we see movement on it? Do we have to wait for...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: It is. The initial funding was.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: The next tranche of funding will not come through Mr. O'Grady's Department.