Results 441-460 of 730 for speaker:Conor McGuinness

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (22 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I thank Deputy McCormack for bringing this up because it is an issue very close to my heart and one I have been considering for a while. I had the opportunity to meet with the Irish Postmasters' Union yesterday morning. Speaking to it, a topic that came up was the impact and availability of the post office network, particularly in rural Ireland, to offset some of that exclusion and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish-Speaking Community: Gnó an Chomhchoiste (27 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Ar dtús, cuirim mo chomhghairdeas a chur in iúl don Chathaoirleach as a ceapachán. Ní ball don choiste áirithe seo mé ach tá mé ag súil go mór le bheith i dteannta na mball chomh minic agus is féidir agus páirt a ghlacadh ann. Teastaíonn uaim chomh maith mo bhuíochas a chur in iúl don iarChathaoirleach, an Teachta...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: It is all about the Taoiseach.

Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (28 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I see we have skipped over the Government slot. Time and again, workers in the State have been left high and dry when companies collapse, not only through sudden unforeseen insolvency but, all too often, through a deliberate and tactical decision to shut down, to strip assets, to walk away from obligations to staff, to hide assets in corporate mazes, to deny workers what they are owed....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (27 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the extension of the Cork to Midleton railway line to Youghal, given the significant commuter population in this town and its hinterland, the existence of sufficient space on the line adjacent to the Greenway, the positive impact for tourism in the area, and the benefits of public transport. [26708/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (27 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any engagement with Irish Rail, the National Transport Authority, Transport Infrastructure Ireland or Cork County Council regarding the extension of the existing Cork–Midleton railway line to include Youghal. [26709/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (27 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding mechanisms his Department, or the agencies under its aegis, could potentially provide to extend the existing Cork-Midleton railway line to include Youghal. [26710/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (27 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Rural Transport Programme Policy Review commissioned by his Department, carried out by Indecon; the major findings and recommendations of this review; when he intends to publish the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27383/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (27 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the proposed new local link Waterford service connecting Ballyduff and Dungarvan. [27384/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Welfare Service (27 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of full-time equivalent educational welfare officer positions in Waterford city and county; the number of these positions currently vacant; the timeline for filling these vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26711/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Staff (27 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider developing a policy that will require online interviews to be facilitated for primary and post-primary teachers who are living abroad and cannot attend interviews in person. [26790/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can advise in relation to a school securing the necessary funding for a child who has not received an ASD school placement for September 2025 (details supplied). [27636/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (27 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 459. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total funding allocated to the Legal Aid Board for 2024 and 2025. [26909/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (27 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason grant aid for course fees, under the new European Maritime and Fisheries Fund announced July 2024, is only available to BIM training courses or equivalent courses, resulting in the same qualifications as those provided by BIM and not for academic courses like the Higher Diploma in Business in Fisheries and Aquaculture...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (27 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to consider providing 50% grant aid for student fees for the Higher Diploma in Business in Fisheries and Aquaculture offered by South East Technological University, as had been the case in the past; if he will designate a State body with responsibility for promoting third level education courses and degree programmes in the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (27 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given the State has more than eight degree courses in agriculture, well-funded and endowed since 1926, whether it is now time to promote at least one degree course in fisheries in Ireland. [27119/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (27 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 507. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions taken in line with what the programme for Government calls "the promotion of marine education courses and degree programmes with a view to increasing enrolments"; if it is planned to make any promotional funding available to increase enrolments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27118/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Anti-Racism Measures (28 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 3. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 215, 216, 217, 218 and 441 of 29 April 2025, if he is aware of the use of the IHRA definition of antisemitism as a tool by groups and colleges in other countries to ban and penalise events being organised in universities and other non-state bodies that promote and reference Palestine or Palestinians or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to ensure that the bus route serving an area (details supplied) will reset the pick-up point; if her Department will undertake to engage with the parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27791/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to changing a bus route servicing an area to a school (details supplied) to ensure that students can be picked up and dropped off at a location that is safer for them than the present designated point; if her Department will undertake to engage with the parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter....