Results 481-500 of 730 for speaker:Conor McGuinness

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

Conor McGuinness: 514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to increase the number of ASD early intervention preschool classes in Dungarvan County Waterford, given the fact that access and inclusion model support in mainstream preschool may not be appropriate for every child with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29091/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (10 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 741. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to reform commercial rates or any other plans that might support small and micro-enterprises in rural counties such as Waterford. [28982/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Inquiries (10 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 876. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to the introduce an employer PRSI rebate for small firms or any other plans that might support small and micro-enterprises in rural counties such as Waterford. [28983/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Inquiries (10 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 877. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if any upcoming supports, such as a PRSI rebate, may include businesses that are not paying commercial rates, such as businesses that are renting their workspaces as opposed to those that own their premises. [28984/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (10 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 1170. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her position on the recognition or otherwise of university-level social worker qualifications from other EU member states by CORU and TUSLA, and if she considers that refusals or delays in recognising such qualifications is hindering the recruitment and retention of social workers. [29355/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Social Workers Register (10 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 1365. To ask the Minister for Health is she is aware of recognition and registration issues impacting a social worker (details supplied), whose principal social work qualification is from a university in another EU member state, if she will intervene to ameliorate this delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29356/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 1593. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department will take to ensure that a child (details supplied) will undertake their ADHD assessment in a timely manner and if she will engage with the child’s parents on the matter. [30354/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (12 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 36. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the contact that has been made with the Israeli Government after Irish peacekeepers in southern Lebanon having most recently came under fire from the Israel Defence Forces, IDF, at the end of May, which followed on from attacks by the IDF on Irish diplomats; how the Israeli Government has sanctioned the IDF soldiers involved in firing live...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Facilities (12 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following her announcement that she will give €65 million in minor works and ICT funding for schools, if she will explain the rationale for providing the same minor works grant to all schools when older buildings need increased funds to be maintained; if older school buildings will receive increased minor works funding; and if she will...

Fisheries: Statements (12 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: The Minister of State and I have had a number of engagements at the committee and at a number of different events. I echo Deputy Mac Lochlainn's wishes for him. I do not think I could wish more for success for him. This is crucial. Our industry and the coastal communities it sustains are facing existential crises. I really hope the Minister of State does well and succeeds, and that he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (11 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following her announcement of €65 million in minor works and ICT funding for schools, if she will confirm the difference between funding allocated in 2024 and the funding for 2025.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30146/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (11 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to stop the closure of post offices in rural Ireland. [31109/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (11 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will implement the call in a recent report (details supplied) and provide Government investment for the post office network by providing funding for a strategic investment of €15 million per year for five years. [31111/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (12 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 83. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total cost of the most recent public recruitment campaign for the naval forces; and the current number of new recruits who have joined the force since the campaign began. [31307/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has effectively capped SNAs staffing levels for secondary schools; and if any impact assessment has been taken regarding this measure. [31552/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department requires schools to assign resources for academic year 2025/26 from their current complement of SNAs irrespective of increased need for SNA resources. [31553/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the instruction her Department is giving schools that do not have enough SNA resources to cater to the needs of their pupils. [31554/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the situation in a school (details supplied) where a pupil that will enter the school in September requires 2 SNAs but sanction has only been given for 1.5, with the recommendation that .5 be reallocated from another child; if this is the policy of her Department; if she considers this an outworking of the SNA cap; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (12 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 467. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to consider extending the speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, and physiotherapy services schemes and provide opportunities, which are not currently available to all children under the remit of disability within the Department, as outlined in the Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023-2026...