Results 361-380 of 392 for speaker:Robert O'Donoghue

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (14 Oct 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 575. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Fingal local authority will be included in the defective block scheme; the timeline for when the decision will be signed off on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54699/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Artists' Remuneration (14 Oct 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 651. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if under the successor scheme to the basic income for arts announced in Budget 2026, for individuals who are in receipt of social welfare payments, including disability allowance and carers allowance will be permitted to retain those payments while participating in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Care Services (14 Oct 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 765. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware that only 15 of the 26 High Court-directed special care beds in the State are currently operational due to ongoing staffing shortages; the steps being taken to ensure full capacity is restored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54701/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Care Services (14 Oct 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 766. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the rationale for the proposed restructuring of Tusla’s special care services of a facility (details supplied); whether a full consultation with staff and their representative union took place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54702/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Care Services (14 Oct 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 767. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has considered the impact of the proposed restructuring on the regulatory responsibilities of persons in charge; if HIQA has been consulted regarding the potential implications for the registration of special care centres (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54703/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Care Services (14 Oct 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 768. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if an updated job specification has been issued for new and revised roles under the proposed restructuring of facilities (details supplied); if not, when these documents will be provided to staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54704/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Care Services (14 Oct 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 769. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if an equality or risk assessment has been undertaken on the proposed restructuring of Tusla’s special care services, given widespread staff concerns that the changes could result in centre closures (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54705/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Care Services (14 Oct 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 770. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will address concerns that the proposed amalgamation of the social care leader and social care worker grades into a single “special care worker” grade will erode the supervisory and support structures essential for safe service delivery in special care centres (details supplied); and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Care Services (14 Oct 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 772. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will clarify whether Tusla’s previous “agency incentive scheme” was approved by her Department; the cost implications of this scheme; the safeguards now in place to prevent pay disparities between agency and directly employed staff (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Care Services (14 Oct 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 773. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide details of any proposals submitted by Tusla to increase the “special care allowance” to improve recruitment and retention; whether her Department supports these measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54709/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Care Services (14 Oct 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 774. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the engagement that has taken place between her Department, Tusla, and a union (details supplied) to address ongoing staff retention issues in special care; if she will ensure that the restructuring plan is paused pending meaningful consultation with affected staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54710/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Care Services (14 Oct 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 775. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to explain the reason for the decision by her Department not to approve the proposed increase in the “special care allowance” for staff working in Tusla’s special care centres (details supplied); if she will reconsider this decision given the acute staffing crisis and associated High Court implications; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Child and Family Agency (14 Oct 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 771. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the outcome of Tusla’s recent overseas recruitment campaign for special care staff; the total cost of this initiative, including accommodation and relocation supports; whether it has delivered measurable improvements in staffing levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54707/25]

Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Representatives of the Regional Assemblies (15 Oct 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: I thank the witnesses for the presentations and welcome back Ms Coughlan. I was on EMRA with Mr. Healy for a number of years. I am genuinely delighted he is in the chair. As a member, he was always far more on top of the brief than I was. Given that the European Commission details on its website that Ireland got €1.4 billion in cohesion policy funding for the period 2021 to 2027,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2026 (15 Oct 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the recent reduction in VAT from 13.5% to 9% to include cinema admissions, in recognition of the similar economic pressures faced by the sector, including rising energy and wage costs, incomplete post-pandemic recovery and competition from global streaming platforms, and given the vital role that local and independent cinemas...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Oct 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address an urgent matter regarding school transport (details supplied); if she is aware that the bus transporting six children to the school is no longer operational; if she will outline what immediate measures can be taken to ensure these children have access to school transport while a replacement service is arranged; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (16 Oct 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support an initiative to include CPR and defibrillator awareness training as part of the school curriculum to equip children with essential life-saving skills; if she will support a proposal for a non-uniform day on 13 February, through which schools will raise funds for local defibrillators, as part of an initiative being...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Oct 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the progress on a building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56360/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Defibrillators Provision (16 Oct 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 380. To ask the Minister for Health the number of defibrillators currently located in public buildings (details supplied), by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56318/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Defibrillators Provision (16 Oct 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 381. To ask the Minister for Health if she will report on the absence of a comprehensive, up-to-date, public register of automated external defibrillators (AED); if she has plans to develop or support the creation of a national AED register and mapping system, accessible to the public and emergency services, to enable faster emergency response; and if she will make a statement on the matter....