Results 21-40 of 87 for speaker:William Aird

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (26 Feb 2025)

William Aird: 290. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on CAMHS waiting lists in County Laois, broken down by the number of months they are waiting, in tabular form; the plans to address the crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8397/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (26 Feb 2025)

William Aird: 291. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on the psychology waiting-list; the exact wait times in months and years for children and adolescents in County Laois primary care services, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8398/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (26 Feb 2025)

William Aird: 292. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine an issue in relation to radiation therapy students (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8399/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (26 Feb 2025)

William Aird: 293. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on interim funding that was promised to SOSAD Ireland in November 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8402/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (26 Feb 2025)

William Aird: 345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the third level fee supports that exist for graduate medicine students who have attended third level college in Ireland; if none are in place, if he will outline future plans for this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8237/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Industry (5 Mar 2025)

William Aird: It is a great honour for me to be here today and speak for the first time in this Chamber. As a representative for the people of Laois, I thank my constituents for their trust and my family, friends and supporters for their unwavering encouragement. I waited a long time to get here. I was first elected in 1979, the then youngest person ever elected to public life at 19 years of age. As an...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Industry (5 Mar 2025)

William Aird: I am delighted the Minister said everything will be voluntary from the farmers' point of view but he must accept where I am coming from as well. At that meeting where there were no farmers involved, it was announced that 80,000 ha of land were going to be rewetted. Whether we like it or not, a lot of soils throughout this country are peat-nature soils, so it will affect probably every...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Industry (5 Mar 2025)

William Aird: Could the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach imagine anyone in this building being told on a Wednesday that they would not be getting paid? That is what is happening to us in the farming community.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (4 Mar 2025)

William Aird: 344. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in Laois that applied for the Power Up grant; the number of the applications that were successful; the total value of the grants approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9451/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Legislative Measures (4 Mar 2025)

William Aird: 569. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to consider introducing a derogation on tree felling and hedge cutting in certain areas starting this March, ensuring that all necessary measures can be taken to minimise power outages and power can be restored quickly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9447/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (4 Mar 2025)

William Aird: 620. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide funding for private therapists in schools (details supplied) in the absence of HSE therapists being available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9450/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (4 Mar 2025)

William Aird: 703. To ask the Minister for Health to facilitate people unable to register with a GP due to the shortage by allowing them to attend out-of-hours services in the short-term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9448/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (4 Mar 2025)

William Aird: 704. To ask the Minister for Health to address the issue of lack of respite beds available in Laois in the short-term, given that there are presently only six beds available to accommodate approximately twenty referrals weekly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9449/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Mar 2025)

William Aird: A Cheann Comhairle, because of what happened in the Dáil yesterday I was deprived of raising a question. Once only have I been allowed to speak in this Chamber, having been elected to represent Laois. I have never seen anything like it. I ask the Ceann Comhairle to make it good for those of us who were to ask questions yesterday. I think it is totally unfair and she has to change it.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Mar 2025)

William Aird: I am the same as everybody else-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Mar 2025)

William Aird: -----democratically elected and I lost my opportunity. The Ceann Comhairle should make good of it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (27 Mar 2025)

William Aird: 82. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will allocate funding to the community recognition fund for 2025. [14504/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (27 Mar 2025)

William Aird: I am asking for an extension of the community recognition fund in 2025. The community recognition fund was a major initiative designed to facilitate and support communities across the country that are hosting people from Ukraine and other countries around the world. The community recognition fund has been key to enhancing the social fabric of our communities, fostering inclusion and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (27 Mar 2025)

William Aird: That is good news. I take it that the Minister is going to have the fund available in 2025. The aim is to complete and maintain community development initiatives and plan for future needs. The enhanced social cohesion measure was great for the community. The promotion of the health and well-being element was too. Numerous people and clubs have benefited from walking tracks. There has...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (27 Mar 2025)

William Aird: All the work in County Laois is near completion and the next round is awaited anxiously. At least seven or eight groups would be disappointed if they thought they would not be included, and that is why I am asking for such an important fund to be extended into 2025. I support everything said about the local improvement schemes. They are most important to rural counties, and my county is...