Results 101-120 of 12,629 for speaker:Willie O'Dea

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 182. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of valid applications received for the latest Garda recruitment campaign; the number of these from applicants aged over 40 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12372/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (20 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects the Land Development Agency to begin delivering houses for Limerick, given it has yet to lodge a planning application for direct delivery in Limerick since their inception, despite being active in Limerick since 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13075/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (20 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that Government-funded approved housing bodies (AHBs) are competing with potential owner occupiers to buy houses, and in Limerick analysis suggests that AHBs buy six out of every ten new homes, which is totally distorting the market; if there is a strategy in place to ensure a good mix in future housing...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (19 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 345. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans any regulations requiring cyclists and scooterists to wear a high-vis jacket at night-time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12030/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Noise Pollution (19 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 360. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding to local authorities to implement noise mitigation action plans on major roads such as the M7 and M20 motorways, where they are adjacent to residential areas in Limerick city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12386/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 874. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason an application for the tenant-in-situ scheme was rejected for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11351/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 875. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason an application for the tenant in situ scheme for a person (details supplied) was rejected.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11352/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Process (19 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 884. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects the Planning and Development Act 2024 to be implemented; if safeguards to prevent frivolous or vexatious objections, appeals and judicial reviews are provided for within the Act; if any rules relating to the distance an objector, appellant or submitter of a judicial reviews must be from the subject site of a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (19 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 993. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made by his Department’s appeals office in relation to a request for an oral hearing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10719/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 1015. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for working family payment (details supplied) that was submitted in November 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11355/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (19 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 1032. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a carer’s appeal by a person (details supplied) that was submitted in July 2024. [11656/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (19 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 1041. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to backdating arrears for six months for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11895/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (19 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 1165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the capacity of Limerick prison; the number of persons currently incarcerated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11835/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (19 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 1490. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider increasing funding for a service (details supplied) which has been funded by the HSE since 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10685/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (19 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 1659. To ask the Minister for Health when a dedicated public specialist unit will be provided for Limerick and the mid-west to treat children and adolescents with eating disorders; if she will provide an update on the newly established consultant-led multidisciplinary team in CHO 3 Limerick to diagnose and treat children and adolescents with eating disorders; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (19 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 1929. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider developing a centre of excellence for marine and airborne field robotics, with a particular focus on supporting many Government and semi-State agencies that have requirements from time to time for marine field robot systems; if he will consider locating this centre of excellence at University Limerick, given it has the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (6 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 99. To ask the Minister for Health the budget for primary care services in 2025; the proportion this represents of the total health budget for 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9922/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (6 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 122. To ask the Minister for Health the way the HSE and the hospital groups are improving car park facilities at hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9921/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (6 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 187. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to reduce the three-year waiting time for the energy upgrades under the warmer homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10365/25]

Policing and Community Safety: Statements (Resumed) (5 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: I congratulate the new Minister of State, the Ceann Comhairle and the Leas-Cheann Comhairle on their new positions. I wish them well. It is self-evident that with the rapidly increasing population, more gardaí are needed. I am very glad that the Government has taken very positive steps in that regard. Figures from Templemore indicate that it will probably be successful in its...