Results 401-420 of 439 for speaker:Liam Quaide

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: I move amendment No. 276: In page 160, line 7, to delete “a mental disorder” and substitute “mental health difficulties”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: I move amendment No. 277: In page 160, line 12, to delete “ ‘mental disorder’ ” and substitute “’mental health difficulties’”.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (24 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to expand rural bus services in east Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34079/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (24 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any additional funding will be provided for the expansion of Local Link services in County Cork in the upcoming budgetary process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34080/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office (24 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 181. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to address the fact that data in relation to many marginalised groups such as Travellers and Roma, migrants, disabled people, and homeless people is not included in the annual CSO Survey on Income and Living Conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34533/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Presidency (24 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 201. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to bring some of the high-level meetings during Ireland's EU presidency to east Cork to ensure County Cork benefits from the profile the presidency brings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33870/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (24 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the recommendation from an organisation (details supplied) to increase the uptake of battery electric vehicles, by introducing grants of up to €10,000 for lower income households, particularly in areas with limited access to public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34109/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (24 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline his plans to develop a new scheme to support people with disabilities to access personal transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34153/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the National Council for Special Education accept clinical diagnosing of autism in assessment reports completed by counselling psychologists. [34542/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (24 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will report on progress on completing and publishing the study on benchmarking and indexing working-age social protection payments committed to in the Mid-Term Review of the Roadmap for Social Inclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34532/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (24 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 602. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide an update on his Department's examination of the concept of income adequacy as a lever to take people out of consistent poverty in the context that our social protection payments are not linked to the cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34534/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (24 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 603. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide an update in relation to MESL 2025; the steps that are necessary to ensure that Ireland's obligations under the European Pillar of Social Rights and the UN Sustainable Development Goals are met regarding providing everyone with an income that allows them to live with dignity; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (24 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 609. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of visit family/friend visas processed by the South Africa visa desk within the target processing time of 6-8 weeks; the number of visas processed which exceeded the target processing time in 2024; the number of tourist visas processed by the South Africa visa desk within the target processing time of 12 weeks; the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Programmes (24 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 611. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the progression of the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022; his plans to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to enact legislation to update licensing laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33589/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policies (24 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 675. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on making a national programme to reduce the risk of re-offending mandatory for sexual offenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34518/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Legislative Programme (24 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 740. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to enact legislation to include socio-economic disadvantage as a ground for discrimination under equality legislation, particularly in light of a report (details supplied) which showed that one of the highest categories of discrimination was on the basis of socio-economic background; and if she will make a statement on...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: I thank the witnesses from the NDA for being here today. The areas of concern outlined in Dr. Hartney's opening statement are of central importance. Continuing on a theme I spoke to at last week's meeting, I respectfully suggest that any review of children's disability network teams, CDNTs, must include primary care services or we are missing a large part of the picture of disability...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: Last week, I appealed to the CEO of the HSE, Bernard Gloster, to reconsider a significant project in Cork that will be a clear breach of the UNCRPD if it goes ahead. The HSE is proposing to invest €64 million in developing a 50-bed, centralised residential mental health facility on the grounds of St. Stephen's Hospital in Glanmire. St. Stephen's Hospital is the site of a new elective...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: We have a very concrete example here of something that, if it goes ahead, will centralise a large sum of funding in Cork for people with very high needs. Alternatively, it could take a different direction. Can the NDA, as an authority, directly comment on that or make representations to the HSE or the Minister?

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

Liam Quaide: 27. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people under the care of the Midleton, Youghal and Cobh and Glenville adult mental health teams who have been transferred to continuing care settings or high-support hostels since the Owenacurra Centre took in its last resident in February 2021; and the name and locations of those services. [34664/25]