Results 4,981-5,000 of 5,157 for speaker:Mairéad Farrell

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (6 Mar 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total amount of funding/financial aid given by his Department and agencies under his Department’s remit to two organisations (details supplied) since 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10461/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (6 Mar 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 243. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers to date that have applied to have their flat-rate expenses (FRE) reinstated; if he will provide a breakdown for the numbers in each category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10456/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Inland Fisheries (6 Mar 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will confirm that his Department received written advice from Inland Fisheries Ireland in September 2010 to list pike (esox lucius) as an invasive freshwater fish species in Ireland when drafting S.I. No. 477/2011 - European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (6 Mar 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 371. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will consider creating more peer support for children who have lost a parent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10454/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (6 Mar 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 442. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to install a dedicated maternity theatre at University Hospital Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10450/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (6 Mar 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 443. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the additional financial burden placed on individuals who present at accident-and-emergency departments after a road-traffic accident (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10451/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (6 Mar 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 444. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on University Hospital Galway’s waiting list for the pain clinic; the length of time they have been waiting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10455/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (6 Mar 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what plans he has for grants or other financial assistance for students who are studying primary school teaching outside of the public system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10464/25]

Social Housing Tenant In Situ Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (19 Mar 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Homeless accommodation in Galway city and county is full. This means that at least two councils cannot provide accommodation in cases of emergency. At the same time, if somebody is trying to get a HAP property in Galway city or county, it is nearly to impossible to find one. If somebody in Galway city or county gets an eviction notice, what is the option available to him or her? He or she...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Mar 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: Tonight marks eight weeks since Storm Éowyn, but people across Connemara are still without broadband or a telephone service. Any of us who have tried to contact, deal with or get answers from the network providers have been met with absolute nonsense. No dates or information have been provided. This is very serious. I have been informed that if there is an emergency situation...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services (20 Mar 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 211. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the direct contact he has had with broadband and phone providers recently with regard to the continued outage in certain parts of Connemara since Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13053/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (4 Mar 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if coaches fitted with toilets will be considered for longer rural bus routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9475/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (4 Mar 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 152 of 18 February 2025, if he will comment on the particular wind turbine affected in this case (details supplied). [9197/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff (4 Mar 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 220. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date the principal officer with responsibility for the inland fisheries division/unit of his Department was appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9760/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Septic Tanks (4 Mar 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 439. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends on expanding eligibility to current septic tank grant schemes, or to design a new grant scheme, to support homeowners with the cost of updating their septic tank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9225/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Funding (4 Mar 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 462. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of HAS1 and HAS2 applications received in the aftermath of storm Éowyn; the number of each that have been processed to date; the average length of time it is taking to process HAS1 applications, in tabular form, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9063/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Expenditure (4 Mar 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 625. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will outline available funding streams from her Department to support recreational activities and social spaces for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9649/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Service (19 Mar 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of leasing five helicopters for the Coast Guard from a company (details supplied) over a ten-year period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11131/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 825. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the housing grants available for a person (details supplied) living in a home who’s owner is now deceased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10773/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (19 Mar 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 943. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that not all local authority tenants are being income assessed on the same differential rent review (details supplied); the reason Kilkenny County Council does not have a maximum rental cap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12279/25]