Results 81-100 of 413 for speaker:Barry Heneghan
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (1 May 2025)
Barry Heneghan: 310. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the review of the family reunion policy, which was due to be completed last year; if consideration will be given to amending the policy to allow individuals in full-time employment to have their family with them from the start; when it is envisaged that this review will be finalised and the review...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (1 May 2025)
Barry Heneghan: 338. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when meaningful progress will be made on the childcare cost commitments made by all major parties during the 2024 general election, particularly regarding the promised reduction to a cap of €50 per week; and the specific steps being taken to honour these commitments and provide relief to families facing...
- Final Draft Revised National Planning Framework: Motion (30 Apr 2025)
Barry Heneghan: The NPF is a critical tool in how we shape our housing infrastructure, services and communities. I welcome the revision placed before the House following public consultation and a comprehensive review. However, we need a plan that reflects the major changes our country has seen in recent years. Planning is not just about numbers and maps; it is about the kind of people and communities we...
- Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2025)
Barry Heneghan: When I raised this through a parliamentary question on 10 April, I welcomed the Government's commitment to special needs assistant numbers with new posts by 2025 but good intentions are not enough. I asked the Minister of State, Deputy Moynihan, how the numbers were proposed to be distributed, and specifically for me how they would be allocated to schools in Dublin Bay North where families...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (30 Apr 2025)
Barry Heneghan: 10. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken to address the situation in certain areas of Ireland where no waste collection companies are providing services, particularly in cases where elderly and disabled individuals are left without any viable means of disposing of household waste, the supports or interventions being considered to ensure...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (30 Apr 2025)
Barry Heneghan: 30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the reinstallation of the shelter on the southbound platform at Killester DART station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21657/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Apr 2025)
Barry Heneghan: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21656/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Rights of People with Disabilities (30 Apr 2025)
Barry Heneghan: 261. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which she plans to address the shortcomings in oversight and monitoring of foster care placements for individuals with disabilities, as highlighted by the prolonged neglect experienced by Grace as outlined in the Farrelly Commission report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21660/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (30 Apr 2025)
Barry Heneghan: 262. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has conducted a review of the effectiveness and availability of community-based services for adults with eating disorders; and if so, to provide the findings and planned follow-up actions. [21661/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (30 Apr 2025)
Barry Heneghan: 263. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of inpatient beds currently available for adults with eating disorders; the average occupancy rate of each facility over the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21662/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (30 Apr 2025)
Barry Heneghan: 264. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding allocated to adult eating disorder services in each of the past five years; the amount of funding drawn down and spent in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21663/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (30 Apr 2025)
Barry Heneghan: 265. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to expand adult-specific eating disorder treatment centres in regional areas outside of Dublin; the proposed timeline for such developments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21664/25]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Apr 2025)
Barry Heneghan: Right across Dublin Bay North and, indeed, the entire country, vacant and derelict buildings are sitting idle while people are crying out for housing. Hundreds of people email me weekly. They are dying to get into these houses on the same street they are in in north Dublin. Local authorities are struggling with enforcement. I urge that there be an investigation into Dublin City Council...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Apr 2025)
Barry Heneghan: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [15512/25]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (29 Apr 2025)
Barry Heneghan: 62. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Disability will next meet. [15513/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (29 Apr 2025)
Barry Heneghan: 153. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the provision of respite services for children with disabilities in the Dublin Bay North constituency; the number of families availing of respite; and whether any increase in respite capacity is planned for 2025. [20994/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff (29 Apr 2025)
Barry Heneghan: 212. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a disability for the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20010/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (29 Apr 2025)
Barry Heneghan: 279. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department will publish the current projected EU climate targets for Ireland; and the actions being taken to reduce Ireland’s projected emissions in order to meet those targets. [19679/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (29 Apr 2025)
Barry Heneghan: 280. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether the proposed liquefied natural gas facility, which has been acknowledged as an interim measure, will include infrastructure to facilitate a transition to green hydrogen; and if not, whether such infrastructure will be developed in parallel. [19680/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff (29 Apr 2025)
Barry Heneghan: 345. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a disability for the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20011/25]