Results 261-280 of 392 for speaker:Robert O'Donoghue

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

Robert O'Donoghue: 1863. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when she will publish the findings and recommendations of the Advisory Group on Administrative and Regulatory Simplification for the Early Years Sector, which met during 2023 and 2024; to outline the actions that have been or will be taken on foot of the group’s work to reduce the administrative burden on providers; and if...

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

Robert O'Donoghue: 1920. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will reverse the new ECCE compliance requirement, introduced on 10 June 2025, obliging providers to store children’s PPSN details for one year considering the PPSN's are not required once a child is registered in The Hive, and the requirement increases the risk of unnecessary data breaches; and if she will make a...

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

Robert O'Donoghue: 2008. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of early years and school age childcare services that have withdrawn from the core funding scheme; the number and percentage of services that have signed up to the scheme to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47083/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Sep 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 2047. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the ongoing delays in access to timely diagnostic and consultant-led care in both public and private healthcare systems, including for patients with urgent referrals and private health insurance; if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied); if she will outline the steps being taken to improve access to diagnostics and...

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

Robert O'Donoghue: 2523. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) to review its English language requirements for overseas-qualified nurses, particularly those already registered with the UK NMC (details supplied); if he will consider requesting the NMBI to review its policy to allow more flexible recognition, for example through a one-year...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (17 Sep 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will commit to commencing the reduction in the student to teacher ratio from 23:1 to 19:1 in Budget 2026 as outlined in the Programme for Government; the measures she will introduce to prevent splitting classes in a school (details supplied) if the ratio remains at the current 23:1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48171/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Legislative Measures (17 Sep 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 985. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a timeline for the transfer of policy and legislative responsibility in relation to the Dog Breeding Establishment Act 2010 to his Department; if there are any existing plans to enact any policy or legislative changes in respect of the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (18 Sep 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 316. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the arrangements that are in place to ensure that regional ISPCA facilities, such as the Donegal Animal Rehabilitation Centre, are safeguarded under the new National SPCA structure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49460/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vaccination Programme (18 Sep 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 317. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the rollout of the badger BCG vaccination programme as part of the national bovine TB eradication strategy; the number of badgers vaccinated in each of the past three years; the number culled over the same period; the geographic areas where vaccination is currently taking place; the expected timeline...

Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: I am proud the Labour Party has brought forward this motion. This Government has many things to be considering and reasons to be under pressure. There are 5,000 children are homeless and that one in five children is growing up in constant poverty. That will be the legacy of this Government. Food prices are up, energy prices are up, childcare fees are up and college fees are up. Rents,...

Industrial Relations (Boycott of Joint Labour Committees) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Sep 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: This debate comes at a rather important time. Yesterday, in the audiovisual room, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions had its Respect at Work campaign. One point that it raised that struck me is that we are still in this position, in 2025, where we have a constitutional right to join a trade union but we have no legislative right to collective bargaining or to halt union busting, which...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (24 Sep 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the policy position in relation to planning permission for farmers, and arming families who wish to build a home on their farm holding, in order to allow them to reside closer to their work and maintain the viability of their farming enterprise; if his Department has considered the particular challenges...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (24 Sep 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to publish the sanction letter and conditions attached to the €200,000 advance payment made to an organisation (details supplied) in August 2024, together with the balance paid in November 2024; the way in which his Department has verified compliance with those conditions; if there was a connection between this exceptional...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (24 Sep 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied the advance funding in 2024 was used for agreed purposes and none of the advance funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) in 2024 was applied towards legal settlements, redundancy payments, or merger costs without prior Departmental approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50627/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (29 Jul 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 484. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department or the National Transport Authority collects or has access to data on footfall in nightlife areas, particularly in urban centres, for the purpose of assessing public transport demand between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.; if he will make this data available for 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form, to inform future planning...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Proposed Legislation (29 Jul 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 913. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the impact of dynamic pricing practices in the sale of tickets to cultural, entertainment, recreational and sporting events; his plans to support and bring forward to Second Stage the Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) (Amendment) Bill 2024, introduced by the then Deputy Jim...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Artists' Remuneration (29 Jul 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 1317. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of initial applicants for the basic income for artists payment; the number of initial applicants rejected for the basic income for artists payment; the number of initial applicants rejected for the basic income for artists payment, but were successfully able to appeal their rejection; the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Bodies (29 Jul 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 1364. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a contact list of all State and semi-State bodies connected with his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43129/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (29 Jul 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 1460. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will urgently reconsider the significant reduction in funding to the tenant in situ scheme allocated to Fingal County Council, reported to have been cut by more than 50%, and funding already allocated, given that this scheme remains one of the few effective mechanisms currently preventing families from falling into...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (29 Jul 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 1816. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection with reference to the programme for Government’s commitment to ‘examine how the social protection system can better support people fleeing domestic violence’ to outline the achievements to date to support victims of domestic violence and future plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter....