Results 321-340 of 397 for speaker:John Connolly

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (17 Jun 2025)

John Connolly: 727. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail the strategies being progressed within her Department to expand the provision of after-school and childcare in school buildings and campuses, in order to provide better access for parents and communities as per the Programme for Government commitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Service Executive (17 Jun 2025)

John Connolly: 728. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement her Department has had with the HSE on its proposed audit of capacity and provision of respite services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32572/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (17 Jun 2025)

John Connolly: 957. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the progress of the Government's strategy for third-level accommodation, and specifically, how this strategy addresses the needs of third-level institutions located in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32189/25]

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (18 Jun 2025)

John Connolly: It has been very interesting to observe the debate and listen to the significant criticism and disapproval on the part of Opposition Members of what the Minister is bringing forward. Those same Members then say they do not intend to vote against the measure. In a very challenging scenario, the Minister has brought balance to a situation in which it is difficult to do so. Primarily, it is...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

John Connolly: I welcome the officials and I thank Mr. O'Sullivan for his presentation. I am still getting used to the Teams system and I not sure whether we got a copy of the opening statement. Did we get a copy?

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

John Connolly: My apologies.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

John Connolly: I am sure I will figure it out as we go along. I thank Mr. O'Sullivan for the copy provided. What role or remit does the social inclusion unit of the Department have other than funding for the provision of Traveller-specific accommodation? Something that used to frustrate me as a member of a local authority, which relates to standard housing projects, was the length of time it took...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Jun 2025)

John Connolly: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the emergency works team have completed their review of an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32984/25]

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

John Connolly: I welcome that clarity on the 48 families because my interpretation and experience are similar. This is a small number. It only represents presentations in one quarter. Cumulatively, up to that point, there could be thousands of presentations.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

John Connolly: With regard to the €7 million in current expenditure, €4 million of that is for the caravan scheme. The other €3 million-----

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

John Connolly: Will Mr. O’Sullivan give us some idea of the types of expenditure that €7 million is used for? Where does it go? My local authority has started to develop group schemes for members of the Traveller community within a broader housing scheme. When it comes to the timeframe, Mr. O'Sullivan said that given the nature of the projects, some of them take longer. I would have...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

John Connolly: To come back to Deputy Rice's point on the monitoring of the standards, we could increase current expenditure on that role. While we do not have any monitoring role per se, we are extending money to manage the facilities with the local authorities. Perhaps there is a greater role for the Department in making sure facilities are maintained to a better standard.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

John Connolly: I will not take long. The questions arise out of some of the answers we received from the Department officials who were here previously. One of those is the current expenditure of the Department for the maintenance and upkeep of halting sites and the sufficiency around that. There was much commentary beforehand about how some halting sites are in poor condition and could do with more...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

John Connolly: Regarding the emergency scheme, that was not touched on by officials previously. Is there a particular budget allocated to the emergency scheme on an annual basis or do the local authorities have to go and look for additional moneys for that? I have a personal story. During Storm Éowyn, I tried to help a Traveller family with the humanitarian assistance scheme and it was quite...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion (19 Jun 2025)

John Connolly: I will raise two more things. On the monitoring of the organisation's own Traveller accommodation programmes—--

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jun 2025)

John Connolly: 20. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [34058/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jun 2025)

John Connolly: The healthcare sector is one sector of our public service that relies heavily on attracting and recruiting practitioners and staff internationally. In 2024, 6,000 of the 17,000 critical skills permits provided by the State were in the health or social work sectors, 5,031 of which were for nursing staff. In 2023, the OECD said that 54% of nurses working in Ireland had trained in other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish-Speaking Community: Clár Oibre agus Tosaíochtaí Údarás na Gaeltachta: Plé (24 Jun 2025)

John Connolly: Cé chomh mór is atá an géarghá sin faoi láthair? An bhfuil an easpa tithíochta ag cur as d'iarrachtaí fiontraíochta an údaráis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish-Speaking Community: Clár Oibre agus Tosaíochtaí Údarás na Gaeltachta: Plé (24 Jun 2025)

John Connolly: Maidir le foireann reatha na Gaeltachta, feicim na figiúirí sa tuairisc ach cé mhéad atá ag obair go díreach ar son an údaráis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish-Speaking Community: Clár Oibre agus Tosaíochtaí Údarás na Gaeltachta: Plé (24 Jun 2025)

John Connolly: Bhí an Teachta Ó Snodaigh ag caint faoi na hoifigigh pleanála teanga agus an córas earcaíochta atá ann dóibhsean. Faoi láthair, tá poist i gcomhair oifigeach pleanála teanga ag na ceanneagraíochtaí ar fad. Cén sórt ról atá acu? An coistí deonacha iad sin? An bhfaigheann siad cúnamh acmhainní...