Results 1-20 of 20,996 for speaker:Mattie McGrath

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff (9 Oct 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide the number of ecologists, ornithologists, hydrologists, hydrogeologists and environmental scientists, respectively, employed as inspectors at An Bord Pleanála at the beginning of 2025. [54339/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff (9 Oct 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide the number of ecologists, ornithologists, hydrologists, hydrogeologists and environmental scientists, respectively, employed in any capacity at An Bord Pleanála at the beginning of 2025. [54340/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff (9 Oct 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide the number of ecologists, ornithologists, hydrologists, hydrogeologists and environmental scientists, respectively, engaged on a panel of consultants at An Bord Pleanála at the beginning of 2025. [54341/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Consultations (9 Oct 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of occasions on which the services of a specialist consultant in ecology, ornithology, hydrology, hydrogeology, or environmental science, respectively, were engaged by An Bord Pleanála in 2024. [54342/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (9 Oct 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide the number of ecologists, ornithologists, hydrologists, hydrogeologists and environmental scientists, respectively, employed as inspectors at An Bord Pleanála at the beginning of 2024. [54343/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (9 Oct 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide the number of ecologists, ornithologists, hydrologists, hydrogeologists and environmental scientists, respectively, employed in any capacity at An Bord Pleanála at the beginning of 2024. [54344/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (8 Oct 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 144. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding developers of wind energy farms have received from the State in the previous ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54064/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (8 Oct 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 145. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding developers of solar energy farms have received from the State in the previous ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54066/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (8 Oct 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 146. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding developers of large scale renewable energy projects have received from the State in the previous ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54070/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (8 Oct 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 147. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated cost to the State to achieve its 2050 climate plan of achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54072/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (8 Oct 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 148. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the expected cost to the State to achieve its 2030 climate plan of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 51% compared to 2018 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54074/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 Oct 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 310. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the recruitment campaign for the consultant ophthalmologist position in south Tipperary is being advertised as a temporary position; the reason this post is not being advertised as a permanent position, making it more attractive; the number who have applied for the post in this new recruitment campaign; the number who applied for the post in the...

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

Mattie McGrath: 311. To ask the Minister for Health where children require appropriate eyecare and cannot be seen by a consultant ophthalmologist in the area, if there are any areas where children receive vouchers towards the cost of their eye care; if she will outline all the schemes available under which families can receive vouchers to assist them with the cost of their eye care; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Recycling Policy (7 Oct 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 27. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether he will commit to reviewing the Government’s recycling contract (details supplied) that launched in 2024, as there is no accommodation for wheelchair users to access this public service; the reason disability access was not deemed essential as part of this contract; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (7 Oct 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the serious concerns raised by parents, educators and school leaders regarding the recently published NCSE guidelines for the SNA review process for 2025-26; if she will consider suspending or reviewing these guidelines pending meaningful consultation with stakeholders; if she will address specific issues (details supplied);...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (7 Oct 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 410. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to the proposed payments to asylum seekers to leave the State, the protections in place to prevent re-entry by those who have received payment to leave the State; the protections in place to avoid this payment being used as a draw to the State, encouraging more asylum seekers to travel here to receive this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (7 Oct 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 474. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to his statement at the Joint Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration on 23 September 2025, in which he affirmed that IPAS contracts will not be awarded to applicants with convictions for fraud or serious crimes, and that contracts require tax compliance, solvency, and adherence to public service contract...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (7 Oct 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 475. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in view of his assertion that a tax clearance certificate is a prerequisite for IPAS contracts, if he will confirm whether tax compliance is assessed only for the applying company, or whether it includes all companies under the directorship of the applicant; if the latter, the mechanisms in place to verify the full...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (7 Oct 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 476. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to his statement at the Joint Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration on 23 September 2025 that applicants with fraud convictions will not receive IPAS contracts, if he will confirm whether this exclusion applies to convictions in jurisdictions outside Ireland; if Garda vetting and international police...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (7 Oct 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 477. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in view of his statement that IPAS contracts require the provider to be solvent, if he will outline his Department's policy on continuing IPAS contracts at properties subject to liquidation proceedings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53915/25]