Results 2,321-2,340 of 7,176 for speaker:Cian O'Callaghan

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 401. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10963/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 425. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11531/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 433. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11680/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 397. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10877/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (1 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 410. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking through Ireland’s seat on the United Nations Security Council to bring about an end to the war in Yemen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11226/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new school (details supplied) has gone to tender; if she will provide the details on the development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11123/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if full-time staff refers to both SNAs and teachers in relation to the criteria for pay grades for school secretaries paid by her Department; if not, the reason; the steps she is taking to address same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11339/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason school secretaries who are paid by her Department do not get time off in the same way as most other school staff during mid-term break unless they use annual leave days; the steps she is taking to address the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11340/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Support Services (1 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 603. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality , further to Parliamentary Question No. 246 of 17 February 2022, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Irish citizens who are contacting the visa office to get their family members out of Ukraine and settled safely in Ireland are being told the process will take eight to ten weeks, and as part of this process...

Comóradh Sheachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (2 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Tá áthas orm Seachtain na Gaeilge a cheiliúradh inniu agus don choicís amach romhainn. Tacaíonn na Daonlathaithe Sóisialta le stádas na Gaeilge sa tír seo. Tá leagan Gaeilge againn dár suíomh Idirlín agus tá polasaí againn chun stádas na Gaeilge a threisiú. Tá na Daonlathaithe Sóisialta thar a bheith...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (2 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the consideration that has been given to the proposals from the collaborative town centre health check and other new methods of locating vacant properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11854/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (2 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 451 of 22 February 2022, if she will ensure that a school (details supplied) which had an allocation of two SNAs for four children during the 2021-2022 academic year will have its allocation increased for the next academic year to reflect the fact that there will be seven children in need of support from...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (2 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeship applications that are outstanding; the number of apprenticeship applications in the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11855/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (3 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 112. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase protections for tenants by preventing those landlords in receipt of Government retrofitting grants from ending tenancies for related works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12314/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (3 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: There is already a serious problem with tenants being evicted due to renovations and grants for retrofitting should not lead to tenants being evicted or rent increases. The retrofitting scheme is very welcome, but public money should not incentivise evictions or rent increases. What measures specifically will be introduced to prevent this happening and will there be changes to the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (3 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State for the reply, but all the information he provided is available, almost word for word, on the RTB website. This is a problem and this public money could be used to incentivise evictions and rent increases. Under current rules, there is an onus on the tenant to make a complaint. Tenants often are not offered their tenancies back in such circumstances. Will a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (3 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I am bringing up a matter of specific evictions. The Minister acknowledged before that there have been evictions arising from renovations and it has been a problem. He acknowledged it here in the Chamber while I was present. I am seeking to find out what the Government is looking to do to protect tenants in such a position. Saying the current provisions will not be changed is not good...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (3 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: Often, it is not offered back.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rental Sector (3 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action that he has taken to eliminate the exploitive practice of sex for rent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11858/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rental Sector (3 Mar 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: I ask the Minister what is being done to address the apparent practice where a very small number of landlords are looking for sex in return for rent. It is an absolutely abhorrent practice which I am sure all of us condemn outright. Is the Minister bringing specific legislation forward to criminalise this or what approach is he taking?