Results 481-500 of 652 for speaker:Barry Heneghan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Labelling (27 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 669. To ask the Minister for Health in light of ongoing speculation and the absence of any formal communication from the Department, to confirm whether the implementation of the alcohol labelling provisions under the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 is being delayed or shelved; and to state the specific timeline she can now rely on; and whether continued Governmental indecision risks...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Labelling (27 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 670. To ask the Minister for Health given the upcoming commencement of the alcohol labelling requirements under the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 and the distinct logistical realities faced by importers and distributors managing significant stock volumes, if the Department will provide an explicit dispensation for these businesses, similar to that afforded to on- and off-trade premises,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Labelling (27 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 671. To ask the Minister for Health if she will confirm whether the implementation of the alcohol labelling provisions under the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 is proceeding as planned; if she will clarify whether any delay or deferral is under consideration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26959/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Social Isolation (27 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 672. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the HSE social prescribing programme which helps combat social isolation, if she will outline if this programme is still fully operational in the Dublin Bay North constituency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26960/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Social Isolation (27 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 673. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will expand community support services for individuals who are isolated from their community and are suffering from prolonged loneliness; if she will outline the measures the HSE will take to deal with this growing issue in the Dublin Bay North constituency and specifically the Clontarf, Raheny, Killester area; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Labelling (27 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 674. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide clarification on whether importers and distributors will receive a dispensation for alcohol stock held prior to the implementation of labelling requirements under the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018, similar to the dispensation afforded to on- and off-trade premises; if she accepts that the absence of such clarity could place a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (29 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 5. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the review of the help to buy scheme; if consideration is being given to adjusting the eligibility criteria or value thresholds in response to recent changes in house prices and inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28246/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (29 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: My question concerns the help to buy scheme and its future direction. The programme for Government commits to both retaining and revising the scheme. Given the significant rise in house prices, particularly in north Dublin, has consideration been given to adjusting the eligibility criteria or value threshold to ensure the scheme remains relevant and accessible to first-time buyers of my...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (29 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. I welcome the Minister said that. I have met developers in north Dublin and across the country and they told me that the Housing Finance Agency was meeting just once a month. Completed buildings are sitting empty in the middle of a housing crisis, yet there does not seem to be a sense of urgency in the Department. Housing is not the Minister's...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (29 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: I thank the Minister for his answer. It is exactly that - the board is meeting once a month. Developers and investors are seeing this. It is holding developers up and adding many costs for them, which they do not like and discourages the building of homes. The scheme is valuable and it is right that it is being retained. I look forward to the budget and seeing what this Government...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Data Centres (29 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: I thank my constituency colleague for bringing up data centres and the State data centre. The programme for Government talks about expediting private wire legislation. As Deputy Ó Muirí just said with regard to the decarbonisation of data centres, as we are all aware, 21% of our electricity is being used by data centres. While other Deputies will attack data centres, there are...

Flood Relief: Statements (29 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: I wish to address something to which reference has already been made, namely our climate targets. This is a matter I have already spoken about. We know it will be beneficial for the Government if we invest millions of euro in our ports and expand them. While there is going to be huge offshore renewable energy coming into the Port of Cork, the latter is not a viable location for brining in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Data Protection (28 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 55 of 14 May 2025, the reason the number of unauthorised or unlawful destructions of personal data by the Revenue Commissioners for each year from 2013 to 2024, in breach of the National Archives Act 1986 and data protection legislation, is not available; if he will confirm whether the number of such destructions...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Data Protection (28 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 117. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 56 of 14 May 2025, if he will provide the number of phone call recordings destroyed by the Revenue Commissioners for each year since 2018 without the certified authorisation required under section 7 of the National Archives Act 1986; if he will confirm whether the number of such destructions exceeded 10 million; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Data Protection (28 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 118. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 56 of 14 May 2025, if he will confirm whether the pre-recorded message on the Revenue Commissioners’ local property tax helpline in 2024 stated that calls would be recorded and may be used for verification purposes by callers; if he will explain the reason such recordings were deleted six months later, despite...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (28 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 284. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the additional supports or supplementary payments available to individuals on maternity leave, including access to the supplementary welfare allowance or mortgage interest supplements; if he will review the current rate of maternity benefit and the potential introduction of a mandatory employer top-up scheme to better...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (28 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 285. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied), if he will consider the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on older workers’ ability to re-enter employment post-2018; whether any discretion or compassionate grounds can be applied in cases such as this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27750/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (28 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 354. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures being taken to promote greater flexibility in crèche drop-off policies, in view of concerns that rigid enforcement of arrival times, such as refusing entry for minor delays despite prior communication places undue pressure on working parents and fails to accommodate the realities of family...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (29 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax revenue generated in 2024 from commercial properties and rental income in Dublin Bay North; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28247/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (29 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 122. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm the capital allocations made in 2024 to public infrastructure projects located in Dublin Bay North, including schools, transport, and healthcare facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28249/25]