Results 1-20 of 71 for speaker:Paula Butterly

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (15 May 2025)

Paula Butterly: I fear I am being repetitive on this issue. However, I am very passionate about it because I am aware of the trauma it causes victims. While I understand the legislation will give power to the judge to use his or her discretion on whether to allow these documents to be accessed by any defence team, it will be very subjective. It will put the victim in the position, prior to any trial, of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (15 May 2025)

Paula Butterly: 121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will commit to the removal of the provision that allows counselling notes to be used in all legal proceedings in the proposed general scheme of the Criminal Law and Civil Law Bill 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25015/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (15 May 2025)

Paula Butterly: I welcome the news that the general scheme of the criminal law and civil law Bill 2025 has now received Cabinet approval. Will the Minister commit to the removal of the provision that allows for counselling notes to be used in all legal proceedings?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (15 May 2025)

Paula Butterly: I thank the Minister for that comprehensive answer. I understand fully the conflict he will face in trying to balance these rights. However, I want to point out the purpose of counselling notes. These notes are confidential. The are about helping victims on the road to recovery following a very traumatic and harrowing experience. The very idea that these notes could be exposed to the...

Driving Test Wait Times: Statements (14 May 2025)

Paula Butterly: I raise the lack of a driving test centre in Drogheda town. Louth Deputies have beaten a path to the RSA over the years and have continuously raised this issue in the Chamber. All they have ever received are generic replies stating that the Office of Public Works, OPW, and the RSA are continuing to try to find a suitable site. It is on record that a number of these sites have been...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Records (14 May 2025)

Paula Butterly: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the number of certificates of withholding from public inspection of departmental records approved by his Department under the National Archives Act 1986 in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, respectively, by Department or State agency, in tabular form. [24515/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Deaths of Irish Citizens Abroad (14 May 2025)

Paula Butterly: 5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens repatriated back to the island of Ireland after dying abroad in the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24512/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Communities Abroad (14 May 2025)

Paula Butterly: 6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of countries that have established Irish support agencies similar to the one in Sydney, Australia, which provide front-line support to persons in the Irish Australian community; the way in which these organisations are funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24513/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (8 May 2025)

Paula Butterly: 46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider funding and, if necessary, entering into a public private partnership, in order to deliver a new transport hub for the mid Louth/ Drogheda area that would include a new train station, park and ride and bus facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22198/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (8 May 2025)

Paula Butterly: 58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of ongoing delays to key transport projects, if he will bring forward legislation to facilitate delivering these projects in the shortest time possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22199/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (7 May 2025)

Paula Butterly: 102. To ask the Minister for Finance if the help-to-buy scheme, will be extended to include second hand homes following a revision of the scheme (details supplied). [22157/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: House Prices (7 May 2025)

Paula Butterly: 249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to extend the Uisce Éireann rebate considering the success and significant response to the rebate, in particular the significant positive impact it had for first-time builders who faced various rising costs and benefitted greatly from the rebate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22122/25]

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

Paula Butterly: 139. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement she has with other Government Departments and State agencies in encouraging private sector businesses to increase the numbers of people with disabilities employed in their organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20438/25]

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

Paula Butterly: 158. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding envisaged to support the expansion of personalised budgets following the pilot being run by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20439/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (29 Apr 2025)

Paula Butterly: 595. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider applying a reduced VAT rate to hydrotreated vegetable oil biofuel when used for agricultural purposes, in recognition of the need to support the farming community in reducing carbon emissions and transitioning to more sustainable fuel alternatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20223/25]

Tariffs: Statements (9 Apr 2025)

Paula Butterly: I welcome the opening statements by the Taoiseach and Ministers which recognise the threats faced by businesses and people at a global and national level. President Trump's "liberation day" did not come as a surprise to anybody. As the Minister for Finance outlined, deglobalisation has been under way for some time. One did not have to be a financial wizard to realise that the tariffs were...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Apr 2025)

Paula Butterly: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17720/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (8 Apr 2025)

Paula Butterly: 402. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the application process for employment permits will reopen now that the quota has been met, considering that companies have stress tested the Irish market with no success prior to making these permit applications and are at a loss now as to how to fill these vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16543/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (8 Apr 2025)

Paula Butterly: 1008. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider reviewing the long-term illness scheme to provide financial support to people with Crohn's disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17448/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Community Safety Partnerships (3 Apr 2025)

Paula Butterly: I thank the Minister of State for his reply on behalf of the Minister, Deputy O'Callaghan. It very much reflects my own thoughts regarding these community safety partnerships. As I said at the outset, these cannot come about quickly enough. The partnerships are part of the community and policing coming together to work for the betterment of the community. Towns like Drogheda are now on...