Results 401-420 of 461 for speaker:Joanna Byrne

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Sep 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 2297. To ask the Minister for Health if there are proposals in Budget 2026 for the provision of additional funding for addiction services provided through the north eastern regional drugs and alcohol task force. [45497/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (8 Sep 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 2298. To ask the Minister for Health to detail all the Department of Health and Health Service Executive owned sites in County Louth; the number of these sites currently in use; the purpose for which they are used; the number of these sites earmarked for proposed development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45499/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tax Reliefs (8 Sep 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 2332. To ask the Minister for Health the support and assistance available to a family based in County Louth (details supplied) who do not meet the criteria for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme,; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45621/25]

Special Education School Places: Motion [Private Members] (17 Sep 2025)

Joanna Byrne: I will use my time to highlight an unbelievable situation. A DEIS school in my constituency was originally denied the recommended SNA allocation. The reason given to the school for this decision was a freeze or cap on SNA recruitment. When the Minister was questioned in March about this ridiculous freeze, we were told that if the school feels it has insufficient SNA support to meet the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Sep 2025)

Joanna Byrne: I want to raise the debacle that is the school transport scheme, in particular the scheme for children with special educational needs in Louth and east Meath. My constituency office is inundated with parents, some worried and some livid, as their children have not received a place on the school bus, even though they received their tickets some months ago. Very late notice was given to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Sep 2025)

Joanna Byrne: I will be brief. As the Chair alluded to, we discussed this in detail. I want to ensure that the operational capacity of the fleet has the capabilities it needs to serve its purpose. I ask for a comparison of the super-medium and heavy fleet and capacity in terms of range and time, as well as internal capacity within the fleet. I appreciate the support of the committee on that.

School Transport: Statements (23 Sep 2025)

Joanna Byrne: I raised this issue directly with the Tánaiste last week and, due to the level of calls I have received from parents and guardians across Louth and east Meath, unfortunately I feel the need to speak on it again. Every year, the Government knows how many school buses are needed, how many seats are needed and what routes are required. Every year, we end up having the same discussion,...

Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)

Joanna Byrne: The starkest example of how unimportant child poverty and homelessness are to this Government is in its amendment to this motion. The Government's response mentions reducing child poverty but nowhere does it mention eradicating it entirely. The response also mentions that this Government has announced a target of 3% or less of consistent poverty to be achieved by the end of 2030. Does the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (29 Jul 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 803. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on any works or proposals to open Saint Laurence's Gate, Drogheda to the public, and on improving the surrounding public realm and creating a civic space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41788/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Archaeological Sites (29 Jul 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 1484. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the routine maintenance and conservation of structures (details supplied), as there is significant vegetation growing on them that may damage the structure of all of these historical structures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41789/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (29 Jul 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 2500. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she plans to provide a community neuro-rehabilitation team in the Dublin and north-east region noting that they do not currently have one. [43899/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (29 Jul 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 2518. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the progress being made on rolling out the national information management system for children's disability network teams; and if manual data collection is currently in place for the Dublin and North East Regional Healthcare Area. [44199/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (29 Jul 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 2519. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there are any plans to collect data for individual disciplines such as SLT, OT, physiotherapy and so on, within the children's disability network teams in the Dublin and North East Regional Healthcare Area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44200/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (29 Jul 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 2743. To ask the Minister for Health if, in light of the recent RTE Investigates programme on a nursing home, she is satisfied that HSE safeguarding and protection teams are adequately skilled and resourced to meet their responsibilities in each of the six HSE regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41787/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Joanna Byrne: It is safe to say the last time the FAI appeared before this committee it was probably one of the most infamous hearings in the committee's history. As somebody who is heavily involved with the game and has a huge love for it, I was always very hopeful that the next time the FAI returned, it would be in a more positive setting and its representatives could outline the good work that is done...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Joanna Byrne: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Joanna Byrne: Ms Rafferty mentioned in one of her answers that at times there can be many allegations. Are there any stand-down orders in place at the moment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Joanna Byrne: That is Ms Pakes as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Joanna Byrne: I just picked up on a comment Ms Rafferty made that there can be many allegations, which I presume-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Joanna Byrne: Does Ms Pakes want to comment on that, whether there are any stand-down orders in place at the moment?