Results 741-760 of 1,163 for speaker:Aidan Farrelly

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (29 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 86. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update regarding the way in which she has initiated the lowering of the cost of childcare in the State since she took office as Minister; and the steps she has taken for broader reform of the childcare model. [21093/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (29 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: The programme for Government outlines an ambitious plan to progressively reduce the cost of childcare to €200 per month, and commits to a review and increase of core funding, a reduction in the administrative burden on providers, capital investment to build State-owned childcare facilities and so much more. What steps has the Minister taken to progress these actions? Will she outline...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (29 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I thank the Minister for her reply. The Social Democrats believe that solving the systemic problems facing the childcare sector in Ireland will not happen by doing more of the same. A triple threat is facing the sector. We cannot ignore that any longer. A dearth of places faces children and young people. There is a real capacity issue in many counties. There is also a lack of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (29 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: The scale of what the Government is proposing, and what parents are demanding and what the sector deserves, is very significant. To see that type of growth and investment requires strategic cross-party thinking on this. I wrote to the Minister a couple of weeks ago proposing that we establish a special select time-bound committee, páistecare, which would perform a similar role to and...

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

Aidan Farrelly: 120. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will set out her plans to implement in full 'Opportunities for Youth: the National Strategy for Youth Work 2024-2028'. [7553/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Driver Licences (29 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 443. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications for driving licence restoration that were granted, by county, in each calendar year from 2010 to date in 2025, as recorded by the National Driving Licence Service, in tabular form. [19862/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Driver Licences (29 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 445. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for each year from 2010 to date in 2025, of the successful applications for driving licence restorations recorded by the National Driving Licence Service, the number of cases in which the applicant had received a second or additional disqualification order of two years or more within the ten years prior to their application for driving...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Driver Licences (29 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 444. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the number of driving licence disqualifications, by county, that were granted in each calendar year from 2010 to date in 2025, as recorded by the National Driving Licence Service, in tabular form. [19863/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (29 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 589. To ask the Minister for Finance the weight, value and type of illicit substances detected by officials from the Revenue Commissioners and State and private airports and ports of entry in the State, by location in the 2023, 2024 to date in 2025; the amount of cash and high-value items seized at same within the timeframe; and the amount of cash and high value items returned to persons on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Data (29 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 650. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of all capital projects being delivered or which have been completed by the OPW since 1 January 2020; the total project cost of projects in excess of €500,000 or of any other capital projects below this that have come to his Department's attention for reasons of overspend or due to the fact that...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Charge (29 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 1104. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will publish the Coimisiún na Meán viability report into the content levy without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19689/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 1547. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times persons under the age of 18 years have been subject to strip searches while in Garda custody in each of the past five years; the number of occasions where those searches were not carried out in the presence of an appropriate adult; and the number of occasions those strip searches were not carried out with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Regulations (29 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 1548. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the regulations in respect of the strip searching of persons under the age of 18 years and persons aged above 18 years in Garda custody. [19147/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (29 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 1586. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for driving licence restoration granted in each calendar year from 2010 to date in 2025, as recorded on An Garda Síochána's Pulse database and Courts Service database, in tabular form and on a county by county basis [19859/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (29 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 1588. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality each year from 2010 to date in 2025, of the successful applications for driving licence restorations recorded on An Garda Síochána's Pulse database and Courts Service database, the number of cases in which the applicant had received a second or additional disqualification order of two years or more within the ten...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (29 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 1587. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of driving licence disqualifications that were granted in each calendar year from 2010 to date in 2025, as recorded on An Garda Síochána's Pulse database and Courts Service database, in tabular form and on a county by county basis [19860/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 1606. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he and or his officials have engaged with An Garda Síochána leadership team in respect of Garda trainees commencing training on the first point of the Garda payscale; if he and or his officials have engaged with An Garda Síochána leadership team in respect in the context of a retainment strategy of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (29 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 1607. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of former Garda officers that have provided consultancy to his Department and or An Garda Síochána in the past three years to date; the costs associated with those engagements, the nature of same; and if the engagement resulted in a report being produced. [20177/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cross-Border Co-operation (29 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 1608. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has met and or engaged with Naomi Long and or the Chief Constable of the police service of Northern Ireland since his appointment; if so, the nature and or subject matter of those engagements. [20178/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 1626. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received an interim report from the Recruitment and Training Capacity Group in respect of Garda recruitment; if he has received advance recommendations; the date on which it will finalise its work and report to him; if the group, or his Department, has utilised external consultancy in respect of the group's work;...