Results 361-380 of 587 for speaker:Naoise Ó Cearúil

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Sep 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: Permanent anaphylaxis is not currently listed as a qualifying condition under the long-term illness scheme, even though it is a long-term condition and requires lifelong management and access to emergency medication. The long-term illness scheme has not been updated since the 1970s. I ask the Minister of State if permanent anaphylaxis would be considered but also if the Government plans on...

Auto-Enrolment: Statements (24 Sep 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: I welcome the auto-enrolment scheme. My Future Fund is a key aspect of the programme for Government. I commend the Minister on the work he has done to date on bringing it forward. If we look to our counterparts across Europe, the UK, for example, introduced auto-enrolment in 2012, Italy did so 2007 and Estonia in 2002. It is about time that we moved towards auto-enrolment. The thing...

Use of Vapes and Nicotine Products by Young People and Adolescents: Statements (24 Sep 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: When I was in college in Maynooth, a while ago now, I started smoking. I was 19 and playing hurling for Kildare and the university but fell into a bad habit and it took me a long time to quit smoking - about 12 years. I was on and off but managed to quit cold turkey and then eventually found a vape on a night out and become dependent on vapes in social settings and then in normal day-to-day...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Radon Gas Levels (29 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 161. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to increase testing of radon gas given CSO data showing that 64% of homes in the mid-eastern region had not been tested as of 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40778/25]

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

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 387. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans to make changes to a bus route under the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40723/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Parliamentary Questions (29 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 2542. To ask the Minister for Health to address the significant delays in parliamentary question responses from the HSE (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40776/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Misuse of Drugs (29 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 2728. To ask the Minister for Health the expected timeline for the introduction of legislation to add hexahydrocannabinol to control measures under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 as a schedule 1 controlled drug; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41719/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (23 Sep 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 56. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken by her Department to address significant childcare waiting lists, including the almost 2,400 children currently awaiting a place in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50172/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Presidency (23 Sep 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the means by which his Department will consult on shaping the agenda of Ireland’s presidency of the EU Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50348/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Presidency (23 Sep 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he expects to have a draft timetable for the various EU Ministerial engagements for Ireland’s EU presidency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50349/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Data (23 Sep 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline communications he has had with the European Commission to date in respect of the impact of tariffs on the pharmaceutical and medtech sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50350/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Presidency (23 Sep 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 257. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will carry out a consultation on how to shape the agenda of Ireland’s presidency of the EU Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50351/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (23 Sep 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 258. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps being taken to appoint a semiconductor advisory committee, as set out in the recommendations of the national semiconductor strategy, Silicon Ireland; whether or not the Department is seeking expressions of interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50352/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (25 Sep 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 41. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures being considered to ensure that regulatory oversight under the European Union AI Act does not create barriers to AI start-ups and SMEs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50602/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (25 Sep 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 67. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the preparations underway for the establishment of the national AI office by August 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50601/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Sep 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to address delays in processing illness benefit and invalidity pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50783/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Sep 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 134. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review the eligibility criteria for the fuel allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50782/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (24 Sep 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: I apologise for being late. I was speaking in the Dáil. I have a number of questions. I read the opening statement. One question relates to energy costs and supporting consumers. In September, the CRU announced additional customer projection measures to shield consumers from the most severe impacts of elevated energy prices. The pay-as-you-go debt recovery rate has increased from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (24 Sep 2025)

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