Results 141-160 of 855 for speaker:Albert Dolan

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (8 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: 512. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has ever conducted an analysis, audit, or review of local authority compliance with Circular Fin 07/2012 regarding the publication of purchase orders over €20,000; the last time such an analysis or audit took place; if all local authorities were found to be compliant at that time, and if not, to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: 562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of purchase orders processed by his Department in 2023 that were not included in the published reports of purchase orders over €20,000; the number of purchase orders excluded due to their value falling below the €20,000 threshold, and the total combined value of those purchase orders; and the number...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: 578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are any plans to include schoolteachers who are without a permanent contract or a contract of indefinite duration in the eligibility criteria for the jobseekers pay-related benefit scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37466/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: 623. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of purchase orders processed by his Department in 2023 that were not included in the published reports of purchase orders over €20,000; the number of purchase orders excluded due to their value falling below the €20,000 threshold, and the total combined value of those purchase orders; and the number...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: 698. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of purchase orders processed by his Department in 2023 that were not included in the published reports of purchase orders over €20,000; the number of purchase orders excluded due to their value falling below the €20,000 threshold, and the total combined value of those purchase orders; and the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statutory Instruments (8 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: 717. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 762 of 8 April 2025, if the Statutory Instrument mentioned in his response, to allow sharing of data between third party agri-loan providers and his Department has been finalised; and if so, when it was finalised. [37788/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: 727. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of purchase orders processed by her Department in 2023 that were not included in the published reports of purchase orders over €20,000; the number of purchase orders excluded due to their value falling below the €20,000 threshold, and the total combined value of those purchase orders; and the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: 734. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there are plans to expand the access and inclusion model to include children attending afterschool provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37463/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (8 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: 778. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE only began publishing purchase order data for payments over €100,000 on its website from quarter 4 of 2021 onwards (details supplied). [37223/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: 779. To ask the Minister for Health the number of purchase orders processed by her Department in 2023 that were not included in the published reports of purchase orders over €20,000; the number of purchase orders excluded due to their value falling below the €20,000 threshold, and the total combined value of those purchase orders; and the number of purchase orders excluded...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (8 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: 819. To ask the Minister for Health for a status update on the planned primary care centre for Portumna; the steps being taken to expedite this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37464/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (8 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: 820. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place for the St. Brigid's Psychiatric Hospital site in Ballinasloe, County Galway. [37465/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (8 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: 898. To ask the Minister for Health the measures the Government is taking to address the unacceptable delays in accessing public psychological and speech and language therapy services for children; if a scheme will be introduced to reimburse families who are forced to pay for the provision of assessments and therapies due to the public system’s inability to meet demand; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: 934. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of purchase orders processed by his Department in 2023 that were not included in the published reports of purchase orders over €20,000; the number of purchase orders excluded due to their value falling below the €20,000 threshold, and the total combined value of those purchase orders; and the number of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (3 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: I appreciate the reply. It is also welcome that the IQ measure has been removed but, as I said, the Government has highlighted that bringing therapy back into special schools is a key priority. However, there is a cohort of children with disabilities and speech sound disorders in mainstream education who have a critical need for in-school speech therapy. In 2005, the Department's report...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (3 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: It is arranged.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (3 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: I refer to the issue of specific speech and language disorder, SSLD, classes and the eligibility criteria for same. The Circular 0038/2007 published by the Department of education set out the criteria for enrolment into specific speech and language disorder classes, which precluded access to this service for children who have an identified disability. Essentially, the children with speech...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: I want Ms Nugent to set out clearly what has changed since witnesses from CHI were last here, which I am conscious was just over a month ago. What concrete improvements have been delivered and where can we now show that the issues raised here have been addressed or are in the process of being addressed? We need evidence of progress; we do not need the same problems. Families and children...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Albert Dolan: On how CHI does its business, how is it planned to change the culture within CHI? The culture being toxic seems to be the number one issue pervading all reports, all media and presentations to us.