Results 461-480 of 730 for speaker:Conor McGuinness

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (28 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 383. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department will take to ensure a fair deal applicant (details supplied) can receive long-term care in a location that best caters to their needs and ensures cohesion with their family. [27855/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Relations (29 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 189. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to offset the potential negative impacts of a trade war with the US on the life sciences sector in Ireland, in particular the pharmaceutical industry; and the engagements he has had with workers and employers, and the representatives, in this regard. [26755/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (29 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 203. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he agrees with the comments of an tUachtarán at the recent National Famine Commemoration that the General Assembly of the United Nations should exercise its powers under ‘Uniting for Peace’ to bypass the Security Council and authorise collective action to preserve life in Gaza in the face of Israel’s genocidal...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department will take to fast-track the approval of funding for an outside modular unit to provide an additional special class at a school (details supplied). [28856/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (29 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 455. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take to ensure that the Legal Aid Board is properly funded and resourced, so as to be able to hire temporary replacement staff in cases where existing staff are on maternity leave. [28470/25]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: It is being gutted.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Your delivery on the supply side has been weak.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: There is no time.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Disability Services (10 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 17. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Disability will next meet. [30139/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Disability Services (10 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: September is just around the corner. Despite a flurry of announcements earlier this year, there is still no sign of delivery on special education. I say that because Knockmahon National School in Bunmahon in my county, Waterford, received approval from the NCSE in 2023 to provide an autism class but was refused funding this April. St. Mary's nationals school in Grange also in County...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Disability Services (10 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Sustained political will is needed. It will not happen by itself. The announcements are great but on their own they are nothing. I mentioned seven schools in west Waterford which have written to me in the past two months. We need to see concerted political action from the Government to ensure those spaces are available in September.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (10 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 31. To ask the Taoiseach for a report on new shared island projects. [30140/25]

Vacant Council Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: The snail's pace at which vacant council homes are being brought back into use is a disgrace and it tells a wider story about the Government's other failure in housing delivery. In communities right across the State we see the consequences of this every day in vacant homes gathering dust while families sit on waiting lists, dereliction, antisocial behaviour and the crassness of people...

Vacant Council Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: -----press release issued by his own Government today and had to consult-----

Vacant Council Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: -----the Minister across the Chamber in answering questions. The Minister and this Government need to do better.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I speak in support of the amendment. Both the Minister of State and I have dealt with situations where people have sought the help of mental health services and have been effectively told they need to address the other issue, go elsewhere before they go to them or not to come to them at all. That is not good enough in the modern age. As Deputy Clarke said, there should be no wrong door....

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I support Deputy Clarke. This is an issue that mental health professionals and gardaí are bringing to us regularly. I know last year, in response to a parliamentary question, as the Minister of State knows, there was only one authorised officer between the city and county in Waterford. I have a number of questions submitted but I do not know if that situation has improved. I hope to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Relations (10 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 193. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the specific steps he might consider taking to protect the pharmaceutical industry in Ireland should there be an increase in tariffs on EU pharmaceuticals in the US. [29779/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (10 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 194. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 29 May 2025, to ask for clarity on what his definition of 'Israeli security needs' are, in reference to his written reply. [29781/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if plans are in place to open another ASD early intervention preschool class in Dungarvan, County Waterford, given the demand in the area and the fact that there is only one such class in the area (details supplied), which is full for the coming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29090/25]