Results 21-40 of 126 for speaker:Tom Brabazon

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (13 Feb 2025)

Tom Brabazon: 94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to review the provisions of the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, especially in the context of its impact on retention in certain parts of the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4917/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (13 Feb 2025)

Tom Brabazon: 217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the initiatives he will be taking in relation to rent pressure zones; if he is aware of concerns about their possible abolition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5433/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Feb 2025)

Tom Brabazon: 315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement her Department has had with parents of students attending a school (details supplied) who are without school transport; the engagement her Department has had with Bus Eireann regarding the procurement of transport for these children; the status of the procurement process for such transport; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (18 Feb 2025)

Tom Brabazon: 408. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will issue Dublin City Council guidance on its ability to purchase tenant-in-situ properties in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6484/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (18 Feb 2025)

Tom Brabazon: 410. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will issue local authorities with guidance on their ability to purchase tenant-in-situ properties in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6819/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (18 Feb 2025)

Tom Brabazon: 670. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the new measures her Department is taking to reduce the cost of childcare, including children who attend after school services; and when they are due to be implemented. [6297/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (18 Feb 2025)

Tom Brabazon: 799. To ask the Minister for Health the capital works projects that were carried out at Saint Joseph's Hospital, Dublin 5 in the years of 2023 and 2024; the future capital works projects that are scheduled to be carried out at this hospital over the next 18 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6128/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (19 Feb 2025)

Tom Brabazon: 184. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of enduring powers of attorney that have been created since the commencement of the Assistant Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015. [6467/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: E-scooters (20 Feb 2025)

Tom Brabazon: 149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions his Department is taking to address the misuse of E-scooters, specifically actions taken to address speeding, driving on footpaths and dangerous behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6869/25]

Disability: Statements (25 Feb 2025)

Tom Brabazon: Tá an-áthas orm labhairt ar an ábhar seo sa Teach anocht. In recent years, it has become very apparent that the State has failed many neurodivergent children. Many have been left languishing for years waiting not just for assessments but also for timely early interventions. It is often stated by the HSE and its representatives, and by the child experts, that early...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Feb 2025)

Tom Brabazon: 442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts that have been made to date to provide proper reliable school transport for students attending a school (details supplied) who are without school transport; when it is anticipated transport will be provided to these students; and if she will supply more details on the special transport interim grant. [7997/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 Feb 2025)

Tom Brabazon: 539. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the identified defects at the Oscar Traynor Road affordable housing project; and the actions his Department is taking to address this. [7819/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Alcohol Sales (25 Feb 2025)

Tom Brabazon: 635. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to clarify the position of sports facilities (details supplied) under new alcohol licence laws, and if he intends to amend the draft legislation to include these stadiums. [7333/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (25 Feb 2025)

Tom Brabazon: 758. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied) will receive early intervention services from their local CDNT team. [7491/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (25 Feb 2025)

Tom Brabazon: 804. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department plans to extend the accommodation recognition payment beyond March 2025, and when recipients will receive official notification of its extension. [7991/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (25 Feb 2025)

Tom Brabazon: 996. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether his Department has engaged with a community services group (details supplied) regarding its level of funding and inability to tender; if his Department will allocate them for high-level funding for a two-year period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7143/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Feb 2025)

Tom Brabazon: 67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new school building will be provided for a school (details supplied); what stage of the development process the project is at; when construction will commence and be completed; if she will visit the school to allay the concerns of staff, students and parents in relation to delays in the delivery of the project; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (27 Feb 2025)

Tom Brabazon: 165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of that residents in parts of Portmarnock are without access to broadband; what engagement his Department has had with National Broadband Ireland and SIRO regarding this issue and when residents can expect to have access to broadband. [8783/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Mar 2025)

Tom Brabazon: 36. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [9245/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Mar 2025)

Tom Brabazon: I raise the issue of prefabs. Will they be discussed at the Cabinet committee? I have serious concerns about prefabs being used as long-term or even medium-term solutions for education provision. For example, in Gaelcholáiste Reachrann in my constituency pupils and teachers have been left sitting in prefabs for over 24 years. The new school has been at planning stage 3 for at least...