Results 361-380 of 532 for speaker:Eoghan Kenny

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 May 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: 672. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients and length of time they have been waiting for a first and follow up appointment with a specialist neurologist in Cork University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28833/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jun 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: Today The Guardian newspaper reported on the up to 13,000 survivors of mother and baby homes living in Britain who risk losing access to essential means-tested benefits if they accept compensation. A campaign led by our British Labour Party colleague, Liam Conlon MP, shows that if the compensation is taken up by survivors it is considered to be savings and therefore disqualifies them from...

Proposed Approval of the Agreement Between the European Organization for Nuclear Research and Ireland: Motion (11 Jun 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: I welcome the fact Ireland will become an associate member of CERN, and my colleagues in the Labour Party will be happy to support this motion. Scientific and academic research are significant assets to Ireland. This membership has been pushed for a long time by many in the academic community in Ireland, so I congratulate the Minister on having got it over the line. It will serve...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Trade Data (10 Jun 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: 457. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total value of exports to Israel for 2023 and to date in 2025, segmented by type of product; if any Department or agency exports products or services to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29536/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Trade Data (10 Jun 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: 458. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total value of imports from Israel for 2023 and to date in 2025, segmented by type of product; if any Department or agency exports products or services to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29537/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts (10 Jun 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: 552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail any contracts entered into by her Department, agencies under the aegis of her Department or by schools that have notified her Department with companies that have ties with Israel in any form; the value of those contracts and date entered into, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29538/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Arts Council (10 Jun 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: 709. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason he exercised his power under the Arts Act 2004 to refuse to consent to the proposal by the Arts Council for the reappointment of its Director; if he disagreed with the business case submitted in support of the proposal; if so, the nature of the disagreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (10 Jun 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: 798. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the tenant-in-situ scheme in Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29540/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Inquiries (10 Jun 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: 1157. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide a date for an assessment of need for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29152/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (10 Jun 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: 1187. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers, by county and city local authority administrative area that have exited from the core funding scheme in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of families impacted by same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29759/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Examinations (12 Jun 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her engagement with stakeholders, including trade unions representing teachers, regarding the proposed reforms for the leaving certificate, as of June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30862/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Examinations (12 Jun 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: I would appreciate if the Minister would outline her engagement with stakeholders, including trade unions representing teachers, regarding the proposed reforms to the leaving certificate, as of June 2025, given that last Friday the largest post-primary teacher union in Ireland voted strongly in favour of industrial action over the reforms proposed for September.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Examinations (12 Jun 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: I absolutely agree and the Labour Party agrees that reform of the leaving certificate curriculum is necessary. I say that also as a secondary school teacher whose subject, namely, business, will be rolled out in September. It has been just under a week since the vote. Has the Minister spoken to the general secretary of the ASTI since the vote last Friday? There has been an overwhelming...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Examinations (12 Jun 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: The Minister referred to the TUI. There is a complete divide between post-primary teachers throughout the country on whether or not they have the correct training and whether schools are fully resourced to roll out leaving certificate reform in a mere couple of months' time. I understand packages have been put forward to resource our schools, but we are talking about 100-year-old...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Examinations (12 Jun 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: The Minister is asking teachers to sign off on that.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Examinations (12 Jun 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: There is no indemnity for teachers.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Examinations (12 Jun 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: The integrity of the exams will be lost.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Schemes (11 Jun 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: 260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a date for the payment of ACRES 2023 and 2024 for a person [details supplied]; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30915/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline plans in relation to opening five new special schools for the 2025-26 school year; if these additional school places will be created through the redesignation of existing schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30866/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (12 Jun 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on concerns in relation to ICT funding for 2025, as raised by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30864/25]