Results 181-200 of 474 for speaker:Aidan Farrelly

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Services (27 Feb 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 419. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid out in legal costs to each of the top ten named legal firms representing the agency in medical negligence cases in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of cases payments relate to, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8907/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency (27 Feb 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 420. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims ongoing by the State Claims Agency in relation to late diagnosis and missed diagnosis in relation to failings in the CervicalCheck screening programme; the number of cases settled; the total amount paid out in claims to date; and the legal costs of the cases to date. [8908/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (27 Feb 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 422. To ask the Minister for Health if she will engage with the HSE to ensure that Kildare North is future-proofed with regard to its provision of primary care centres, particularly in relation to separate centres for Maynooth and Leixlip. [8945/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (27 Feb 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 423. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a rationale for the HSE expending approximately €2 million on non-emergency vehicles in 2024, if she will examine same in the context of value for money; and if she and-or the HSE produced a VFM report in respect of the expenditure. [8946/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (27 Feb 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 434. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he has received an application for funding in 2023, 2024 or to date in 2025 regarding works to enable the reopening of the Bray-to-Greystones cliff walk; and the heading under which funding is available. [8878/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (26 Feb 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the 8,758 non-coursing greyhounds whelped in 2023 that were subsequently registered in the stud book of an organisation (details supplied) at microchipping stage at 12 weeks of-age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8285/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (26 Feb 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds registered with an organisation (details supplied) at whelping stage whose year of birth was 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8288/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (26 Feb 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the 8,758 non-coursing greyhounds whelped in 2023 that were subsequently registered on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system at microchipping stage at 12 weeks of-age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8286/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (26 Feb 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the 8,758 non-coursing greyhounds whelped in 2023 giving a detailed breakdown into active, inactive, exported and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8287/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (26 Feb 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current economic value of the greyhound racing industry to the economy here not including a figure for the economic value of hare coursing in the island of Ireland, or for greyhound racing and hare coursing greyhounds in Northern Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8289/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Bodies (6 Mar 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 2. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide further details in respect of his plans to review spending by bodies under his remit and-or aegis. [9994/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Bodies (6 Mar 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: First, I take the opportunity to wish the Minister well and congratulate him on his new role. I ask him to provide further details in respect of his plans to review spending by bodies under his remit or aegis.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Bodies (6 Mar 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: There is a bit of a smoke and mirrors effort happening here; a bit of a damage limitation stunt. I appreciate what the Minister has inherited here is a little bit of a mess but the reality is that his Department already knows what is being spent. That is fair to say. What we have seen though, with both of the incidents the Minister cited, is an abject failure in terms of oversight in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Bodies (6 Mar 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: We all know, having worked in different sectors, that extensive reporting mechanisms are in place already. If we draw down public funds, we have to report at every step of that process. We know that, for example, as regards the IT system, there are what we call decision gates at various stages of expenditure, whereby organisations have to report that back. As for my concern about the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (6 Mar 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 207. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of fighter jets the Government intends to purchase; if he will provide the make and model of the aircraft; the estimated cost of each aircraft; the hourly cost of flight per aircraft; the type of munitions these aircraft will have capability to carry; the circumstances in which the aircraft will be permitted to reach and exceed the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (6 Mar 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 289. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to address the issue of price gouging in the tourism sector in the context the State hosting high-profile international sporting events and performances. [9995/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (6 Mar 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 296. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to continue funding for the basic income for the arts scheme announced as part of Budget 2025 beyond the current three-year pilot scheme; his plans to establish permanency in respect of this funding; if it will apply to the same cohort of artists who are currently recipients of the payment or if there will be a new...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (6 Mar 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 317. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount his Department has paid each external security company to provide security personnel at Intreo offices to date in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and the contract with each security company due to expire, in tabular form. [10439/25]

Report of the Housing Commission: Statements (Resumed) (19 Mar 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I am thankful to have the opportunity to speak on the report today. The discourse on housing is often influenced by numbers, namely the number of people experiencing homelessness, the number of homes delivered below the Government's target in 2024, the falling number of planning permissions and commencement notices, the number of workers and apprentices needed, the number of recommendations...

Social Housing Tenant In Situ Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (19 Mar 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I thank our colleagues in Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion. I have been listening to the conversation and the debate. Who is making this decision? Who is taking this scheme, a diamond in the rough of a terrible housing policy, and saying let us scrap it because it is nearly too successful?